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Wednesday in the Word — 474 episodes

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11 Why Work Matters More Than You Think

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10 How Biblical Marriage Solves Your Need for Intimacy

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09 Are You Saved If You Still Struggle with Sin?

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08 How Trials Strengthen Your Faith

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07 How Paul Defines Spirituality

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06 What Does it Mean to Receive Jesus?

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05 How to Build Your Life on a Rock, not Sand

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04 What Jesus Taught About Saving Faith

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03 If All Religions Lead to God, Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

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02 Why Can't You Just Try Harder to Be Good?

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01 If Grace Covers All Sin, Why Not Keep Sinning?

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Radio: What New Believers Need to Know About Christianity

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Start Strong 2026: A New Season and a New Way to Listen

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The King and Priest Who Came at Christmas (Psalm 110)

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How to Know You're Saved Without Doubting

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17 Examine Yourself: Paul’s Warning to Corinth (2 Corinthians 12:13-13:14)

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16 Thorn in the Flesh: How to Embrace Weakness (2 Corinthians 11)

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15 False Apostles: Why Were They So Convincing? (2 Corinthians 11)

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14 How To Confront With the Meekness of Christ (2 Corinthians 10)

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13 Cheerful Giver: How to Sow for a Lasting Harvest (2 Corinthians 8-9)

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12 Why Gentiles Gave to Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8-9 Background)

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11 Godly Grief and Worldly Sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:2-16)

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10 Unequally Yoked: Understanding Paul’s Warning (2 Corinthians 6:13-7:2)

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09 Receiving Grace in Vain (2 Corinthians 6:1-12)

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08 New Creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:12-21)

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07 Why We Should Not Fear Death (2 Corinthians 5:1-11)

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06 Why Paul Did Not Lose Heart and What We Can Learn From Him (2 Corinthians 4)

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05 Why Paul’s Ministry Outshines Moses (2 Corinthians 3:7-18)

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04 What’s New About the New Covenant (2 Corinthians 3:1-6)

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03 Why Paul Refused to Change to Win More Converts (2 Corinthians 2:5-17)

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02 Why Paul Didn’t Visit Corinth and What That Means for Us (2 Corinthians 1:1-2:4)

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01 Suffering, Comfort & Prayer: What Paul Teaches about Ministry (2 Corinthians 1:1-11)

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Founding the Church in Corinth (Acts 18)

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Wednesday in the Word Season 26

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A Biblical Perspective on Money

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24 Why Believe? Themes from the Gospel of John’s Final Chapters

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23 The Upper Room Discourse: Jesus’ Final Teaching (John 13-17)

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22 Mary Anoints Jesus and the Triumphal Entry Explained (John 12)

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21 Why Jesus Delayed Raising Lazarus (John 11)

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20 Why Jesus said “I and the Father are One” (John 10:22-42)

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19 Understanding Jesus as the Good Shepherd (John 10:1-21)

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18 Jesus heals the Man Born Blind (John 9)

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17 Before Abraham was, I Am (John 8:48-59)

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16 The Light of the World (John 8:12-47)

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15 The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 7:53-8:11)

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14 Who is Jesus? (John 7)

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13 The Bread of Life (John 6)

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12 Sabbath Conflict and the Authority of Jesus (John 5)

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11 True Worship: The Woman at the Well, Part 2 (John 4)

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10 Living Water: The Woman at the Well, Part 1 (John 4)

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09 John the Baptist: Forerunner to Follower (John 3:22-36)

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08 Nicodemus: For God so loved the world (John 3:14-21)

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07 Nicodemus: You must be born again (John 3:1-13)

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06 Jesus Cleanses the Temple: Understanding His Authority (John 2:13-25)

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05 Jesus turns Water into Wine (John 2:1-12)

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04 Jesus calls the First Disciples (John 1:34-51)

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03 The Testimony of John the Baptist (John 1:19-34)

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02 In the Beginning was the Word (John 1:1-18)

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01 Gospel of John Introduction

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Wednesday in the Word Season 25

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Wednesday in the Word Update

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12 Fruit of the Spirit: Summary

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11 Fruit of the Spirit: Self-control

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10 Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

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09 Fruit of the Spirit: Faith

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08 Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness

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07 Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness

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06 Fruit of the Spirit: Patience

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05 Fruit of the Spirit: Peace

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04 Fruit of the Spirit: Joy

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03 Fruit of the Spirit: Love Part 2

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02 Fruit of the Spirit: Love Part 1

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01 Introduction to the Fruit of the Spirit: Understanding Galatians

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A Wednesday in the Word Announcement

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15 How to Invest in Truth Because You Reap What You Sow (Galatians 6:6-18)

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14 What it Means to Bear Each Others’ Burdens and Carry Your Own Load (Galatians 5:25-6:5)

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13 What it Means to Walk by the Spirit (Galatians 5:13-24)

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12 What It Means to “Fall from Grace” (Galatians 5:1-2)

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11 How Hagar and Sarah Explain the Two Ways to Approach God (Galatians 4:21-31)

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10 Five Principles of Christian Leadership (Galatians 4:12-20)

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09 Sonship: What it Means to No Longer Be a Slave (Galatians 4:1-11)

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08 What it Means to Graduate from the Law (Galatians 3:23-29)

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07 Why the Gospel Is a Promise, Not a Deal (Galatians 3:15-22)

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06 Having Begun by the Spirit, Are You Perfected by the Flesh (Galatians 3:1-14)

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05 Did Jesus Die for Nothing? (Galatians 2:11-21)

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04 The Gospel to the Uncircumcised (Galatians 2:1-10)

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03 Not Man’s Gospel (Galatians 1:11-24)

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02 If Anyone Preaches a Contrary Gospel (Galatians 1:1-10)

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01 Introduction to Galatians

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Study Break

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11 How to Handle Idleness, Work, and Generosity (2 Thessalonians 3:1-18)

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10 Who is The Lawless One? (2 Thessalonians 2:1-17)

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09 Handling Suffering: Encouragement for Weary Believers (2 Thessalonians 1:1-12)

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08 How to Deal with Difficult People at Church (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28)

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07 How to Be Ready For The Day of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11)

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06 How to Handle Work as a Christian (1 Thessalonians 4:9-12)

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Easter: Why the Resurrection Must Be Real

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05 How to Follow Jesus with Your Sexuality in a World Ruled by Desire (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)

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04 How to Care About Souls More Than Success (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13)

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03 How to Spot a Faithful Bible Teacher (1 Thessalonians 2:1-16)

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02 How to Know If Your Faith Is Genuine (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)

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01 Introduction to 1&2 Thessalonians

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04 I do or I don’t: Making the decision

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03 God’s Design for Sexuality

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02 The Relationship Landscape

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01 God’s Design for Marriage

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Why a Bible Study Podcast?

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What the Angel Said, A Christmas Message

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65 Can You Accidentally Commit the Unforgivable Sin? (Matthew 12:22-50)

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64 Why Jesus Withdrew When the Pharisees Plotted Against Him (Matthew 12:15-21)

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63 Why the Pharisees Wanted to Kill Jesus over the Sabbath (Matthew 12:1-14)

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62 How Jesus Brings Rest to the Weary (Matthew 11:25-30)

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61 Why the Most Religious People Rejected Jesus (Matthew 11:16-24)

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60 Why John the Baptist's Doubts Should Encourage You (Matthew 11:7-15)

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59 Why Even John the Baptist Doubted (Matthew 11:1-6)

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58 Why Your Response to Christians Shows Your Response to God (Matthew 10:40-42)

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57 Why Jesus Brought a Sword (Matthew 10:34-39)

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56 How to Overcome Fear When Following Jesus Costs Everything (Matthew 10:24-33)

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55 What "Before the Son of Man Comes" Means (Matthew 10:23)

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54 Why Jesus Made Ministry Harder for His Disciples (Matthew 10:8-23)

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53 What Jesus Taught the 12 Before Their First Mission Trip (Matthew 9:35-10:8)

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52 Why Jesus Healed the Blind (Matthew 9:27-34)

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51 Why Jesus called Death Sleeping (Matthew 9:18-26)

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50 Why Jesus Stopped Everything to Heal One Outcast Woman (Matthew 9:18-26)

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49 Why Jesus Refused to Fast Like the Pharisees (Matthew 9:14-17)

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48 Why Jesus Ate with Sinners (Matthew 9:9-13)

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47 Why Jesus Forgave Sins Before Healing the Paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8)

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46 Why Jesus Sent 2,000 Pigs Into the Sea (Matthew 8:28-34)

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45 What Jesus Teaches About Fear When Life Gets Hard (Matthew 8:23-27)

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44 Why Jesus Told a Man Not to Bury His Father (Matthew 8:18-22)

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43 Why Jesus Chose Healing Miracles, It Wasn't Compassion (Matthew 8:14-17)

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42 The Authority Question Everyone Must Answer (Matthew 7:28-8:13)

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Did Jesus change the Sabbath?

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When do we keep the Sabbath?

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How do we keep the Sabbath?

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Why keep the Sabbath?

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03 When God Calls: But I'm Afraid (2 Kings 6)

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02 When God calls: Rethink Greatness ( (2 Kings 5)

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01 When God calls: Burn your ox (1 Kings 19:19-21)

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04 How To Trust God When Judgment Is Coming (Habakkuk 3:1-19)

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03 The Righteous Will Live by Faith: Trusting God’s Justice (Habakkuk 2:1-20)

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02 What If God’s Answer Is Worse Than the Problem? (Habakkuk 1:1-2:1)

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01 Introduction to Habakkuk

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41 How to Know If You're on the Road to Life (Matthew 7:12-29)

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40 Four Truths That Unlock Jesus' Promise Seek and You will Find (Matthew 7:7-11)

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39 Why Everything You've Been Taught About Throwing Pearls to Pigs Might Be Wrong (Matthew 7:6)

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38 The Log in Your Eye Is Bigger Than You Think (Matthew 7:1-5)

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37 What Jesus Really Meant by 'Don't Worry' (Matthew 6:25-34)

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36 Why You Can't Serve Two Masters (Matthew 6:19-24)

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35 The Lord's Prayer: What 'Lead Us Not Into Temptation' Means (Matthew 6:13)

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34 The Lord’s Prayer: Why Jesus Included Forgiveness (Matthew 6:12-15)

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33 The Lord's Prayer: What Does 'Daily Bread' Mean (Matthew 6:11)

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32 The Lord’s Prayer: What Jesus Meant by Thy Kingdom Come (Matthew 6:7-10)

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31 How to Give, Pray, and Fast Without Being a Hypocrite (Matthew 6:1-6; 6:16-18)

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30 Why the Pharisees Were Wrong About Loving Your Neighbor (Matthew 5:43-48)

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29 Why "An Eye for an Eye" Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means (Matthew 5:28-42)

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28 What Every Christian Should Know About Making Promises (Matthew 5:33-37)

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27 What Jesus Taught about Divorce (Matthew 5:31-32)

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26 What Jesus Means by "Adultery in Your Heart" (Matthew 5:27-30)

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25 Why Jesus Says Your Anger Makes You Guilty of Murder (Matthew 5:21-26)

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24 Why Your Righteousness Must Surpass the Pharisees (Matthew 5:17-20)

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23 Why Jesus Says You're Blessed When Everyone Hates You (Matthew 5:10-16)

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22 Why Peacemakers Inherit the Kingdom (Matthew 5:9)

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21 What Does Pure in Heart Mean? (Matthew 5:8)

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20 Why Jesus Says Only the Merciful Will Receive Mercy (Matthew 5:7)

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19 What Jesus Means by "Blessed Are Those Who Hunger" (Matthew 5:6)

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18 Why Does God Bless the Meek? (Matthew 5:5)

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17 Why those who Mourn are Blessed (Matthew 5:4)

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16 Who are the Poor in Spirit? (Matthew 5:1-3)

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15 What is a Beatitude? (Matthew 5:1-12)

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14 How to Understand the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)

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13 Why Jesus Started His Ministry in the 'Wrong' Place (Matthew 4:12-25)

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12 Why Jesus Rejected Satan's Kingdom Offer (Matthew 4:8-11)

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11 Why Waiting on God Is Better Than Spectacular Acts (Matthew 4:5-7)

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10 Why Jesus Chose Starvation Over Self-Reliance (Matthew 4:1-4)

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09 Why Did Jesus Get Baptized? (Matthew 3:13-17)

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08 What Does "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand" Mean? (Matthew 3:1-12)

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07 Why Matthew Says Jesus Fulfilled a Prophecy That Doesn't Exist (Matthew 2:19-23)

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06 Why Understanding Rachel's Weeping is Important to the Gospel (Matthew 2:16-18)

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05 Why Matthew Quotes Hosea When Hosea Isn't Predicting Anything (Matthew 2:13-15)

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04 Why Your Nativity Scene Is Historically Wrong (Matthew 2:1-23)

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03 What Does "Fulfill" Mean in Matthew's Gospel? (Matthew 1:18-25)

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02 Stop Skipping Matthew's Genealogy, You're Missing the Point (Matthew 1:1-17)

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01 Gospel of Matthew Introduction

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03 Jesus: The Ideal Servant-King

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02 The King Claims His People

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01 Kingship in the Books of Moses

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03 Did God Lie to Israel?

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02 The Strange Journeys of the Glory of God

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01 Introduction to the Prophets

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Why bother with Jesus when I’ve got it made?

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10 What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

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09 What is the Unity of the Holy Spirit?

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08 Who is the Holy Spirit?

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07 What is Being Sealed With the Holy Spirit?

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06 Does the Holy Spirit Give a New Heart?

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05 Did the Prophets Have the Holy Spirit?

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04 Who is the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament?

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03 How does the Holy Spirit Speak? Revelation vs. Understanding

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02 How does the Holy Spirit Work? Universal vs Individual

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01 Who is the Holy Spirit and Why is He so Important?

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18 Why Have You Forsaken Me? (Mark 15:22-41)

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17 Couldn’t You Stay Awake? (Mark 14:27-42)

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16 Why Do You Bother Her? (Mark 14:1-11)

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15 Whose Likeness is on this Coin? (Mark 11:27-12:17)

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14 What Do You Want Me to Do for You? (Mark 10:32-45)

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13 Why Do You Call Me Good? (Mark 10:17-31)

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12 What did Moses command? Mark 10:2-12

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11 Who Do You Say that I Am? (Mark 8:27-38)

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10 Do You See Anything? (Mark 8:11-26)

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09 Don’t You Understand? (Mark 7:1-23)

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08 How Many Loaves Do You Have? (Mark 6:30-46)

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07 Why Do You Weep? (Mark 5:35-43)

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06 Who Touched Me? (Mark 5:21-34)

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05 What is Your Name? (Mark 5:1-20)

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04 Why Are You so Afraid? (Mark 4:35-41)

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03 Good or Evil, Life or Death? (Mark 2:23-3:6)

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02 What’s Easiest to Say? (Mark 2:1-12)

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01 Introduction to the Gospel of Mark

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What Does it Mean to Carry Your Cross? (Luke 14:25-35)

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Parable of the Great Banquet Parable (Luke 14:7-24)

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Return of the Unclean Spirit (Matthew 12:43-45)

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47 How 1 Corinthians Exposes Our Worldliness and Calls Us Back to the Gospel (1 Corinthians 16)

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46 The End of Death: Our Final Transformation (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

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45 What Will Our Resurrection Bodies Be Like? (1 Corinthians 15:29-49)

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44 The Goal of History: Christ’s Reign and the End of Death (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

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43 Why Christ’s Resurrection Matters (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)

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42 Should Women Keep Silent in Church? (1 Corinthians 14:26-40)

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41 Why Some Gifts are Greater (1 Corinthians 14:1-25)

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40 Faith, Hope, and Love: Why Love Is the Greatest (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

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39 What Does Real Love Look Like? (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

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38 1 Corinthians 12:14-31 Understanding the body of Christ

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37 Should Everyone Speak in Tongues? (1 Corinthians 12:11-13)

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36 What Are Spiritual Gifts? (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)

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35 What Is the Mark of True Spirituality? (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)

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34 What it Means to Take Communion in an Unworthy Manner (1 Corinthians 11:27-34)

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33 Why We Take Communion (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

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32 What Was Wrong with the Lord’s Supper in Corinth (1 Corinthians 11:17-22)

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31 What Does 'Head' Mean? Ephesians and a Husband’s Responsibility

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30 What does 'Head' in Corinthians? A Genesis-Based Look at Headship

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29 Are Women's Head Coverings Cultural? (1 Corinthians 11:2-16)

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28 Should Women Wear Head Coverings? (1 Corinthians 11:2-16)

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Holiday Study Break

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27 How to Use Your Freedom Without Playing With Idols (1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1)

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26 Does God Always Provide to Escape Temptation? (1 Corinthians 10:13)

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25 Take Heed Lest You Fall: Is Going to Church Enough? (1 Corinthians 10:1-12)

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24 Why Paul Refused to Take Support: Living on Support, Part 2 (1 Corinthians 9:15-27)

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23 Should Pastors Be Paid? Living on Support Part 1 (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)

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22 Freedom and the Weaker Brother: Guidance for the Gray Areas (1 Corinthians 8:4-13)

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21 Knowledge Makes Arrogant: What Paul Teaches About Being Right (1 Corinthians 8:1-3)

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20 Is Singleness Better Than Marriage? (1 Corinthians 7:25-40)

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19 Stay as You Are? What Paul Teaches About Mixed Marriages (1 Corinthians 7:12-24)

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18 Is Singleness a Gift or a Curse? (1 Corinthians 7:7-11)

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17 Too Spiritual for Sex? Paul's Advice To Married Couples (1 Corinthians 7:1-6)

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16 Glorify God in Your Body: What Paul Says About Sex and Belonging (1 Corinthians 6:15-20)

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15 All Things Are Lawful? What Paul Says About Sin and Freedom (1 Corinthians 6:9-14)

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14 When Christians Sue Each Other (1 Corinthians 6:1-8)

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13 What Paul Means by 'A Little Leaven Leavens the Dough' (1 Corinthians 5:6-13)

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12 When the Church Looks the Other Way (1 Corinthians 4:17-5:5)

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11 How to Be ‘Foolish’ in the World’s Eyes and Wise Before God (1 Corinthians 3:18-4:16)

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Are there Rewards in Heaven?

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10 What Paul said about Rewards in Heaven (1 Corinthians 3:10-17)

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09 How to Think Biblically About ‘Success’ (1 Corinthians 3:5-10)

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08 Who are the Carnal Christians? (1 Corinthians 3:1-4)

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07 What Paul Means by ‘God’s Hidden Wisdom’ (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)

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06 Why the Gospel Doesn’t Need Your Flashy Presentation (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

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05 Consider Your Calling: Why God Chooses the Weak (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)

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04 The Wise Message 'Smart' People Call Foolish (1 Corinthians 1:18-25)

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03 Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? (1 Corinthians 1:13-17)

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02 Finding Unity in a Divided Church (1 Corinthians 1:10-13)

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01 The Greeting That Warns a Church in Trouble (1 Corinthians 1:1-9 )

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Why Acts 18 Is the Key to Understanding 1–2 Corinthians

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11 What John Means by “Sin Leading to Death (1 John 5:13-21)

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10 How the Spirit, Water, and Blood Testify to Jesus (1 John 4:20-5:12)

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09 Why ‘Perfect Love Casts Out Fear’ Is Not About Your Feelings (1 John 4:7–19)

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08 What John Means by ‘Test the Spirits (1 John 4:1-6)

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07 When Your Heart Condemns You (1 John 3:13-24)

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06 Does John Say Christians Never Sin? (1 John 2:29-3:12)

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05 How to Recognize Essential Doctrine (1 John 2:18-28)

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04 What John Means by 'Do Not Love the World' (1 John 2:12-17)

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03 What does 'Abide in Christ' mean? (1 John 2:1-11)

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02 What It Really Means to ‘Walk in the Light’ (1 John 1:5-10)

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01 Discerning Truth in a Noisy World (1 John 1:1-4)

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14 How the Second Coming Should Change Your Life Today (2 Peter 3:10–18)

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13 Why God’s ‘Delay’ Is Mercy, Not Failure (2 Peter 3:8-9)

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12 Why the Future Matters for Today (2 Peter 3:1–7)

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11 Freedom or Slavery: How Peter Exposes False Promises (2 Peter 2:17–22)

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10 Balaam and the Way of False Teachers (2 Peter 2:13-16)

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09 2 Peter 2:10-12 Who are the glorious ones and why are they reviled?

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08 The Certainty of Judgment: Hope and Warning (2 Peter 2:5–10)

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07 Does Peter quote Enoch And Why it Matters (2 Peter 2:4)

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3 Tips for Bible Study in a Post-truth World

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06 Why 2 Peter 2 and Jude Sound So Alike and Why It Matters (2 Peter 2:1-3)

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05 The Prophetic Word: Why You Can Trust Scripture (2 Peter 1:12–21)

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04 Brotherly Affection and Love: How They Assure Your Faith (2 Peter 1:7–11)

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03 What Peter Teaches About Virtue, Knowledge, and Self-Control (2 Peter 1:5–6)

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02 What Peter Teaches About the Marks of Genuine Faith (2 Peter 1:5–11)

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01 Everything You Need for Life and Godliness (2 Peter 1:1-4)

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10 Shepherds, Sheep, and Lions (1 Peter 5)

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09 How to Live Now in Light of Eternity (1 Peter 4:7-19)

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Psalm 1: The Righteous and the Wicked

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08 What Does “Spirits in Prison” Mean in 1 Peter? (1 Peter 3:18-4:6)

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07 Who is There to Harm You? (1 Peter 3:8-17)

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06 What 1 Peter 3:1–7 Teaches About Wives, Husbands, and Submission

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05 What to Do When You’re Treated Unjustly (1 Peter 2:11–25)

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04 Living Stones: How 1 Peter 2:1–10 Redefines Your Identity in Christ

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03 How Hope in Christ Changes Everything (1 Peter 1:14-25)

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02 Living Hope in a Broken World (1 Peter 1:1-13)

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01 From Fisherman to Apostle: How Peter Learned to Follow Jesus as Lord

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02 Philemon: How to Be a Hero (Philemon 1:12-25)

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01 Philemon: How to Be a Hero (Philemon 1:1-11)

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04 Death Is Defeated: The Insane Hope of the Gospel

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03 What Is Saving Faith? (Most People Get This Wrong)

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02 How to Be Declared ‘Not Guilty’ Before a Holy God

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01 The One Problem No One Escapes (Even You)

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24 Paul’s Roman Yearbook (Romans 16)

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23 Paul’s Reflections (Romans 15:14-33)

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22 Handling Disagreement (Romans 14:19-15:13)

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21 The Problem of Christian Taboos (Romans 14:1-20)

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20 Freedom in Christ (Romans 13:8-14)

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19 Submission, Fearlessness and Conscience (Romans 13:1-7)

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18 How Shall We Live? (Romans 11:33-12:21)

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12 What is Biblical Repentance? (Isaiah 55:6-13)

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11 The Free Banquet Most People Refuse (Isaiah 55:1-5)

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10 Why God's New City Will Never Fall (Isaiah 54:11-17)

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09 Why the New Covenant Surpasses Every Old Testament Promise (Isaiah 54:1-10)

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08 Why the Servant Stayed Silent at His Trial (Isaiah 53:7-12)

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07 Why God Let His Servant Suffer (Isaiah 52:13-53:6)

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06 How the Servant Stayed Obedient When Everyone Turned Against Him (Isaiah 50:4-11)

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05 What the Servant Learned From Looking Like a Failure (Isaiah 49:1-13)

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04 Where Is Justice In a Broken World? (Isaiah 42:1-9)

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03 Why God Doesn't Need Your Plans to Succeed (Isaiah 40:12-31)

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02 Can You Start Over After You've Gone Too Far? (Isaiah 40:1-11)

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01 Introduction to the Servant Songs (Isaiah 6:1-13)

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17 Did God Reject His People? (Romans 11:1-32)

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16 Prayer & Legalism (Romans 10)

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15 God’s Sovereign Choice (Romans 9:14-33)

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14 Is the Gospel Too Good to Be True? (Romans 9:1-13)

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13 Confidence in Christ (Romans 8:26-39)

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12 Grief over Sin (Romans 8:12-25)

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03 Understanding God’s Will: In the World

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02 Understanding God’s Will: In the Church

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01 Understanding God’s Will: For You

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03 Interpreting the Psalms

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10 Rejoice in the Lord (Philippians 4:1–23)

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09 What To Do When You Keep Sinning (Philippians 3:12–21)

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08 Count It All Loss: Finding Hope in Christ Alone (Philippians 3:1–11)

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07 Do All Things Without Grumbling (Philippians 2:14–30)

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06 What Does It Mean to ‘Work Out Your Salvation with Fear and Trembling’? (Philippians 2:12–13)

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05 The Mind of Christ: Learning True Greatness (Philippians 2:5–11)

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04 Standing Firm and Staying United (Philippians 1:27-2:4)

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03 To Live Is Christ, to Die Is Gain (Philippians 1:12-26)

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02 Why Paul Didn’t Pray for Comfort And What He Asked for Instead (Philippians 1:9-11)

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01 Introduction to Philippians (Philippians 1:1-8)

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10 The the Danger of Small Compromises (Nehemiah 13)

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09 From Rubble to Rejoicing: How Nehemiah Celebrates God’s Restoring Work (Nehemiah 12)

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08 Why Make Vows You Know You’ll Break (Nehemiah 10–11)

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07 Faithless People, Faithful God: What Nehemiah Teaches About Hope (Nehemiah 9)

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06 Becoming People of the Book: What Nehemiah Teaches About Revival (Nehemiah 7-8)

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05 Money, Power, and Fear: How Nehemiah Stayed Faithful Under Pressure (Nehemiah 5-6)

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04 Rebuilding: What Nehemiah Teaches About Christian Community (Nehemiah 3-4)

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03 How God Prepares You for Critical Moments (Nehemiah 2:1-20)

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02 How Nehemiah Teaches Us to Pray Through Hard Decisions (Nehemiah 1:4-11)

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01 Why Nehemiah Matters for Christians in a Post-Christian Age (Nehemiah 1:1-3)

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16 Will the Bad Guys Get What’s Coming to Them? (Jeremiah 50:1-20)

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Psalm 19 Divine Revelation

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15 Why Do I Get Punished for Doing the Right Thing? (Jeremiah 38:1-13)

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Psalm 130: Hope in the Lord

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14 What’s so Special About the Bible? (Jeremiah 36:1-32)

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13 Jeremiah 32:1-15 Is hope for real?

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12 What Good is Faith? (Jeremiah 31:31-34)

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11 How Do I Live in Babylon? (Jeremiah 29:1-14)

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10 Who Should We Listen To? (Jeremiah 23:9–32)

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09 Who Will Help Us Out of This Mess? (Jeremiah 23:1–8)

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07 How to Approach Your King After You Failed (2 Samuel 19)

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06 The Price of Rebellion: A Son Hung on a Tree (2 Samuel 18)

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05 When God’s Plan isn’t Obvious (2 Samuel 17)

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04 When You’re Blamed for What You Didn’t Do (2 Samuel 16)

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03 When Your Failure Is Public, Painful and Hurts Others (2 Samuel 15)

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02 When Forgiveness Is Only for Show (2 Samuel 14)

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01 When Suffering Isn’t Your Fault: The Story of Tamar (2 Samuel 13)

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08 Why Is Life So Hard? (Jeremiah 20:7–18)

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07 Who Does God Think He Is? (Jeremiah 18:1–17)

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06 Why Does God Care If I Take a Break? (Jeremiah 17:19-27)

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05 What is Wrong With Me? (Jeremiah 17:1-11)

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04 What is Wrong With Religion? (Jeremiah 7:1-15)

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03 Why is God so Difficult to Believe in? (Jeremiah 2:1-13)

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02 What Does God Want From Me? (Jeremiah 1:4-19)

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01 What to Do When Your Country Falls Apart (Jeremiah 1:1-3)

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Heaven and Those Who Have Gone Before Us

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04 Meeting God in the Psalms

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Psalm 107 The Lord delivers us from manifold troubles

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Psalm 109: Vengeance invoked upon adversaries

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Psalm 49 The Folly of Trusting in Riches

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Psalm 73: The wicked contrasted with the righteous

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05 Sharing the Psalms

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01 How to Study the Psalms

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10 Praying Without Losing Heart (Colossians 4:2-18)

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09 What It Means to Do Everything in the Name of the Lord (Colossians 3:18-4:1)

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08 How the Gospel Changes the Way You Treat People (Colossians 3:8-17)

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07 What It Means to Seek the Things Above (Colossians 3:1-7)

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06 When Religious Rules Replace Christ (Colossians 2:16-23)

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05 Finding Fulfillment: How Christ Frees You from Counterfeit Spirituality (Colossians 2:4-15)

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04 Riches of Assurance: Christ in You, the Hope of Glory (Colossians 1:24-2:3)

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03 Why You Can’t Seek God and Avoid Christ (Colossians 1:13-23)

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02 Where Hope Begins (Colossians 1:3-12)

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01 Introduction to Colossians (Colossians 1:1-2)

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06 1 Peter 3:8-17 Who is there to harm you?

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How to Have a “Mary” (Not Martha) Christmas (Luke 10:38–42)

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The Lord’s Prayer: we say it but what does it mean?

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Psalm 27: A goal worth having

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Psalm 143: Dealing with depression

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Sin and academic perfection

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What to pray when you don’t know what to pray for

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What is the Glory of God?

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7 Steps to Discover Your God-Given Calling

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The Dividing Line

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What Men Wish Women Knew About Men

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Do believers sin?

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What is the Word of Life?

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11 Deliverance from Sin (Romans 8.1-12)

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10 Law and Sin (Romans 7:7-25)

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09 Grace and the Law (Romans 6:15-7:6)

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08 Grace and Slavery to Sin (Romans 6:1-14)

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07 Grace Abounds (Romans 5:12-21)

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06 The Hope of the Gospel (Romans 5:1-11)

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05 The Example of Abraham (Romans 4)

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04 Objections Overruled (Romans 3)

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03 God’s Wrath and the Religious (Romans 2)

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02 God's Wrath and the Pagan (Romans 1:18-32)

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01 The Power of the Gospel (Romans 1:1-17)

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Resentment: a biblical lesson

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What is Tithing?

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Parable of the Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5-8)

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Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)

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Parable of the Wise & Foolish Virgins (Matthew 24:26-25:13)

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Parable of the Vineyard Workers (Matthew 19:16-20:16)

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Parable of the Widow & the Judge; Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector

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Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18:21-35)

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Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-8)

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Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:1-32)

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Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-27)

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Parable of the Wheat & Weeds (Matthew 13:24-43)

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Parable of the Sower & the Seed (Matthew 13:1-23)

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Understanding Parables

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Once a believer, always a believer?

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Do I choose God or does God choose me?

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12 What James Really Teaches About Prayer, Spiritual Weakness, and Healing (James 5:12-20)

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11 How James Warns the Rich and Encourages the Suffering (James 5:1-11)

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10 Draw Near to God (James 4:7-17)

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09 What Causes Fights Among You? (James 3:13-4:6)

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08 Should You Be a Bible Teacher? (James 3:1-12)

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07 What James Means by ‘Justified by Works and Not by Faith Alone’ (James 2:21-26)

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06 What James Means by ‘Faith Without Works Is Dead’ (James 2:14-20)

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05 How James Exposes Favoritism and Reframes Riches, Poverty, and Mercy (James 2:1-13)

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04 From Hearing to Doing: How James Exposes Self-Deception (James 1:19-27)

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03 Who is Better Off: The Rich or The Poor? (James 1:9-18)

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02 Why does God Test our Faith? (James 1:1-8)

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Galatians, James and “social justice”

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01 Who Was James, and Why Did His Letter Shake the Early Church?

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What if the World isn't Merry or Bright? A Christmas Message (Job 19:25)

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12 Galatians 6:11-18 Paul’s Final Comments

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11 Galatians 6:1-10 Loving our neighbors

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10 Galatians 5:13-26 Spirit vs. Flesh

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09 Galatians 5:1-12 For freedom Christ set us free

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08 Galatians 4:21-31 Who is your mother?

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07 Galatians 4:12-20 Leading through service

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06 Galatians 3:23-4:11 The purpose of the Law

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05 Galatians 3:15-22 Deal vs. Promise

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04 Galatians 3:1-14 Two arguments for justification by faith

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03 Galatians 2:11-21 Paul confronts Peter

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02 Galatians 1:11-2:10 Paul’s defends his gospel

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01 Galatians 1:1-10 Whose voice should you listen to?

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Goal of Bible Study: Author’s Intent Explained