Bible Study Lessons
The apostle Paul was extremely bright. Some even think he was a genius. For two thousand years people have been reading his letters and working hard to understand them. In the past five centuries, German, English, and American scholars have expended a great deal of effort digging into Paul’s writings. Thanks to N. T. Wright … Read more
E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was an American Methodist missionary to India. In 1925 he published a book called The Christ of the Indian Road, which emphasizes the need to detach Jesus from Western culture. Under British rule it was easy for Indians to associate Jesus with the white man and the Western world, especially since … Read more
Why did Jesus wrap a towel around his waist and wash his disciples’ feet? Why did he make “himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant” (Phil. 2:7)? Here’s what he says in John 5: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he … Read more
Dreams are strange. They leave a deep impression, make us question reality, then disappear. Certain thinkers, such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, delved deeply into the meaning of dreams in their psychological analyses. Freud believed that dream content came from the events of the previous day and childhood and he especially highlighted latent sexual … Read more
Two thousand years ago on the day of Pentecost something remarkable happened. A group of believers, including the apostles, were “all together in one place” when Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues … Read more