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NT Sunday School Lesson 37: Hebrews
The book of Hebrews is what scholars call a “homiletic midrash” on Psalms 110, meaning that it a sermon responding to Psalm 110. It might be useful to read that psalm before reading Hebrews and to keep...
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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 38: Acts 21-28
I will focus these study notes on Acts 21:1-Acts 23:11. As you read this story of Paul, notice that the Church of his time has spread to many communities. Paul is able to move from place to place, at...
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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 39: Ephesians
For a variety of reasons most New Testament scholars do not believe that this book was ever an actual letter written to a specific Christian congregation in Ephesus. For one thing, the words “to the...
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NT Sunday School Lesson 40: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon
There is even more to cover than usual in this lesson. The result is 12 pages of study material. Because it usually helps to understand the context in which the verses one studies occur, I will supply...
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NT Sunday School Lesson 41: 1 and 2 Timothy; Titus
1 Timothy 3 3:15-16: How is the Church “the pillar and ground of truth”? What metaphor is Paul using? How does that metaphor help us understand what the Church does? What does he mean when he speaks of...
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NT Sunday School Lesson 42: James
We do not know who the author of this epistle was (there are several persons named James in the New Testament), but tradition says that it was James, the brother of Christ and the presiding elder in...
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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 43: 1-2 Peter, Jude
Before you read the letters from Peter, take a few minutes to recall who he was: What was his position in the Church? What particular experiences did he have with the Savior? What might he have...
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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 44: 1-3 John
1-3 John seem to be letters written to different churches in the region of Ephesus mostly in response to a group of apostates whom we call Gnostics. Most scholars believe that John wrote these letters...
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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 45: Revelation
As with other Sunday School lesson notes, these are intended primarily to help people study for the lesson, not as lesson preparation materials. Of course, anything one uses for study can also be used...
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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 46: Revelation 5-6, 19-22
The word “end” has at least two meanings in English: the point that marks the boundary or limit, such as the last point in a series, and the purpose or goal. Of course, these two meanings are not...
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