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  • Mark 5

    1. Background “What manner of man is this?” is the question chapter four left us with, (4:41).  This Jesus is merely a man?  What man on the earth is there that even the weather…

  • Mark 4

    1. Background So far we readers have been brought along with Jesus as He continues His public ministry.  Everyone is trying to make heads and tails of who He is as He doesn’t seem…

  • How to Use the “Four Questions” to Study the Bible and Make Sermon Outlines

    Question One —What is the Historical-Literary background necessary to understand this passage? Explain the necessary background of the biblical themes in this passage ie. How does the Bible previously develop themes such as Rest,…

  • Q&A I Struggle with God’s Wrath

    The following is a question from a youtube user responding to one of our videos. I answered the question below and made it available for all to see. As a Christian, I struggle with…

  • Whited Sepulchers

     Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Matthew 23:27 Jesus…

  • Mark 3

    What is the background? Since the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and His baptism, tensions rising between Jesus and the culture of the day, particularly with the religious authority at this point.  We have seen…

  • “Poured Water on the Hands of Elijah”

    But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is…

  • “The Lord Hath Made Bare His Arm”

    The Lord hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah 52:10 It is typical…

  • “Salute No Man by the Way”

    Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. Luke 10:4 In this passage, Jesus is sending out His disciples by two’s to go and preach.  He also tells…