Main QuestionWhy did Jesus tell the lost-sheep parable in Luke 15 and Matthew 18, and how should sinners, disciples, and churches respond?Primary PassagesLuke 15, Matthew 18, Ezekiel 34, Psalm 23, Isaiah 40 and 53, Luke 19, John 10, 1 Peter 2, 2 Peter 3, and James...
Main QuestionWhat did the Feast of Unleavened Bread commemorate for Israel, and how does the New Testament apply its imagery to Christ and His church?Primary PassagesExodus 12 and 13, Leviticus 23, Deuteronomy 16, Joshua 5, 2 Chronicles 30, Ezra 6, Luke 22, Acts 2,...
Main QuestionWhat did Jesus mean when He compared the kingdom to leaven hidden in three measures of meal until all was leavened?Primary PassagesMatthew 13, Luke 13 and 17, Genesis 18, Exodus 12, Leviticus 2, 7, and 23, Luke 12, 1 Corinthians 5, and Galatians...
Main QuestionHow did Paul proclaim the true God in Athens, and what does his sermon teach about idolatry, revelation, repentance, and judgment? Primary PassagesActs 14 and 17, Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 4, Psalm 19, Isaiah 42, Romans 1, 2, and 10, John 14, and 1...
Main QuestionWhat does the mustard seed reveal about the kingdom of God, and how should it be distinguished from Jesus' sayings about mustard-seed faith?Primary PassagesMatthew 13:1-35; Mark 4:21-34; Luke 13:10-21; Ezekiel 17 and 31; Daniel 4; Matthew 17:14-21;...
Main QuestionWhat did Jesus mean by the beginning of sorrows, and how should His birth-pain image shape our understanding of the end times?Primary PassagesIsaiah 13; Jeremiah 30; Micah 4; Daniel 9; Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; Romans 8; 1 Thessalonians 4-5;...
Main QuestionWhat happened when Jesus died, and how do the Gospel signs explain His voluntary sacrifice, blood, burial, and bodily resurrection?Primary PassagesPsalm 22; Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 10 and 19; Acts 2; Hebrews 9-10; 1 Peter 2; and 1...
Main QuestionWhat does Jesus' healing at Bethesda reveal about His authority, the Sabbath controversy, sin, everlasting life, resurrection, and judgment? Primary PassagesJohn 5:1-47; Jeremiah 17:19-22; Mark 3:1-6; John 9:1-3; and John 20:30-31. Unforsaken...
Main QuestionWhat does Scripture reveal about the apostle Thomas, and what do his questions, unbelief, and confession establish about Jesus? Primary PassagesMatthew 10:2-4; John 11:14-16; John 14:1-6; John 20:19-31; John 21:1-2; and Acts 1:12-14. Unforsaken...
Main QuestionWhy is salvation in the blood of Christ, what did His bodily sacrifice accomplish, and how should we describe the Father, the Son, and the violence of the cross? Primary PassagesExodus 12; Leviticus 17:10-14; Isaiah 53; Romans 3:21-26 and 5:6-11;...
