Bible Study Resources
Commentaries, Devotionals & Essays
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The ancient church celebrated Christmas, though its holiday season looked different than ours. The oldest Christmas tradition was the “Advent” celebration. “Advent” is the old Latin word for “coming” and refers to the four-week celebration of the first coming of Jesus Christ that also looks forward to His return. It started as an observance in…
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This simple story of a prophet, some birds, and a wadi introduces the Biblical audience to one of the Bible’s major characters: Elijah. A Tishbite from Gilead. And it’s quite a start for the prophet. His first words are troubling: Ahab, King of Israel, I’m a herald of the Almighty Creator, and there will be…
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“(Paul, Silas & Timothy) passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
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“This man has done nothing wrong!” came a dying man’s impassioned plea. It was this horrifying scene. Three men, iron nails through their wrists and feet, hanging on rough wooden beams. One man, the featured execution, had a shredded back and bloody head from the beating he endured and the mock crown of thorns on
J.C. Newton 