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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10:17–22

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10:17–22

    Can you remember the last time you purchased a piece of furniture or appliance, understanding that your purchase would require some assembly at home? You likely returned home from the...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: James 3:1–12

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: James 3:1–12

    When I am counseling couples before marriage, I encourage them to avoid discussing any important issues before 9:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m. Most people are at their best in the 9:00 a.m....

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  • The Book of Romans: An Overview

    The Book of Romans: An Overview

    Stepping from the shadows of the Ausoni Mountains, walking northward along the famous Appian Way, the apostle Paul reached the coastal plains of Italy that stretched all the way to...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: John 6:51–69

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: John 6:51–69

    With the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, His resurrection, and His ascension in heaven, the early church had its beginning. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, the apostles, and the...

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  • Exploring God's Promises: A Guided Journey through His Word2:52

    Exploring God's Promises: A Guided Journey through His Word

    What are God's actual promises to you? The Bible overflows with God's promises for what has already been fulfilled, for the here and now, and what will be fulfilled. Author Terry Zuehsow explores 228

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Ephesians 1:3–14

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Ephesians 1:3–14

    Many teachings in the Bible are easy to understand and accept. Such teachings include the following:

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  • Exploring God's Promises in the Bible2:52

    Exploring God's Promises in the Bible

    What are God's actual promises to you? The Bible overflows with God's promises for what has already been fulfilled, for the here and now, and what will be fulfilled. Author Terry Zueshow explores 228

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  • 3 Bible Teachings about Change

    3 Bible Teachings about Change

    This blog is an excerpt from Unfailing: God's Assurance for Times of Changeby Christopher M. Kennedy.  The Bible is all about change. God created all things good. Then Adam and Eve fell...

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  • Isaiah 1-12 - Concordia Commentary | CPH Podcast with Rev. Dr. Andrew Bartelt50:45

    Isaiah 1-12 - Concordia Commentary | CPH Podcast with Rev. Dr. Andrew Bartelt

    Rev. Dr. Andrew Bartelt joins this episode of The Concordia Publishing House Podcast to discuss the newest volume of the Concordia Commentary series he wrote, which covers Isaiah 1-12. Andy talks abou

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  • The Gospel of Luke: An Overview

    The Gospel of Luke: An Overview

    The Jerusalem temple was overlaid with so much gold that persons who saw it described its blinding effects as it glistened in the sun. Herod the Great refurbished it. He surrounded it...

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  • The Gospel of Mark: An Overview

    The Gospel of Mark: An Overview

    Forty-one times Mark describes the events flowing around Jesus’ life with the word immediately (in Greek, euthus), propelling the reader toward the cross where Jesus would die, giving His...

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  • Look Inside The Books of Moses: Guiding Word, Volume 1 | Bible Resource1:03

    Look Inside The Books of Moses: Guiding Word, Volume 1 | Bible Resource

    Explore the Books of Moses - Genesis through Deuteronomy - in depth! This Bible resource uses maps, diagrams, clarification points and more to help readers better understand each passage of the Bible.

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: John 20:19–31

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: John 20:19–31

    When we use the expression “take my word for it,” we are asking another person or group to trust that what we are saying is true. More specifically, we are asking this person or group to...

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  • The Minor Prophets: An Overview

    The Minor Prophets: An Overview

    The Greek title “Book of the Twelve” (dodekapropheton) describes [the last twelve] of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew canon. Jesus son of Sirach perhaps referred to this title when he...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10:35–45

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10:35–45

    I grew up reading comic books (often when I should have been studying). I was fascinated by the heroes, stories, art, and action. Back then, you could buy comic books at the grocery...

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  • The Gospel of Matthew: An Overview

    The Gospel of Matthew: An Overview

    The first book of the New Testament begins in a manner similar to the first book of the Old Testament: focused on genealogy (cf Matthew 1:1–17; Genesis 5). Matthew sketches for us a human...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Genesis 22:1–18

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Genesis 22:1–18

    The United States enjoys what is largely a free-market economy. Those entering and competing in the free-market economy vie for the attention of the consumer and do so, in part, with...

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  • The Major Prophets: An Overview

    The Major Prophets: An Overview

     

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  • 3 Principles to Guide Your Study of the Old Testament

    3 Principles to Guide Your Study of the Old Testament

    The Bible makes it clear that Jesus is the main focus of the New Testament. After all, it was His sacrifice on the cross that saved us. But the importance of Jesus as the Messiah can’t be...

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  • Malachi: An Overview

    Malachi: An Overview

    God speaks through Malachi to rebuke His people for their unrighteousness, specifically the priests for their failure to fulfill their duties and to those marrying foreign idolatrous...

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