The God of the Old Testament, the God of the nation of Israel, is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Abraham who was…
“The camels are coming! The camels are coming!” There is a passage I have been waiting to preach on for more than 40 years…
2 Peter 1 3(God’s) divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us…
Has God ever put your faith to the test by asking you to give something up? Something so precious or so important to you…
The Church in Corinth was established around 51 AD through the preaching of the apostle Paul. We read in Acts 18 how Paul stayed…
10.1 The Theology of the Psalms “The Lord is the Creator (8, 104). It is the ground of his present sovereign rule over all…
9.1 What are the Psalms? 9.2 Authorship and Date of Composition 9.3 History of Interpretation 9.3.1 H. Gunkel (1862-1932) 9.3.2 S. Mowinckel (1884-1965) 9.3.3…
Isaiah 40:29 (The Lord) gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and…
I had the privilege of lecturing to first and second year students at Kaniki Bible University College in Zambia this summer. The notes for…
I had the privilege of lecturing to first and second year students at Kaniki Bible University College in Zambia this summer. You can read…
Moses himself warned the Israelites of the consequences of being unfaithful to God in the Promised Land. Even he foretold Israel’s failure and rebellion.…
1.1 Author and Date The Early Church thought and most agree that Luke wrote both Luke and Acts. Bothe written to the Theophilus, Acts…
3.1 Author and Date The only option ever proposed in the Early Church was the apostle Matthew called by Jesus in Matthew 9:9; Matthew…
Saul the first King of Israel (ruled c.1045-1011 BC) God rejects Saul 1 Samuel 15 Samuel anoints David to be King 1 Samuel 16…
2.5 Special theme in Mark – The Messiah and the Messianic Secret (Mark 1:1) 2.6 Jewish expectations about the Messiah – God’s end-time redeemer…
This morning we continued our whistlestop tour of the Old Testament whizzing through the Books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges. Here were the…
This is part of a New Testament lecture on the teaching of Jesus 6.6 Interpreting the Parables 6.6.1 What is a parable? A parable…
10 Jesus’s Teaching: Rich and Poor, Wealth and Possessions 10.1 Good News for the Poor 10.1.1 The Nazareth Manifesto Luke 4:18 10.1.2 The Magnificat…
6. God calls Moses 6.1. The baby Moses Exodus 1:1-2:10 (c.1350 BC) 6.2. God appears to Moses in the Burning Bush Exodus 2:11-3:10 (c.1270…
These are the headings for the first week of our “Big Picture” trip through the whole of the Old Testament. A The beginning of…
These were the notes for this evening’s topic. 1.1 The Nazareth Manifesto Luke 4:16-30 1.1.1 The Anointed Deliverer Isaiah 61:1-3 but with a difference!…