Mark demonstrates that Jesus is Israel’s Messiah who inaugurates God’s kingdom through his suffering, death, and resurrection. The Gospel of Mark is a carefully crafted story that gives an account of Jesus’ life and addresses the question of whether or not He is the Jewish Messiah. An unexpected king In the first half, everyone questions who He is, …
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38705 Overview: John Ch. 1-12
Jesus becomes human as the incarnation of the creator God of Israel, to share His love and the gift of eternal life with the world. Throughout the Gospel of John, we see that Jesus is God and the reality toward which all of Israel’s history points.
38706 Overview: John Ch. 13-21
The Son of God Not only is Jesus the Messiah, but He’s also the Son of God who gives eternal life to everyone who believes on His name. We see this reality through the signs and miracles He performs, and seven times He answers “I Am” when people question His identity. He also uses His …
38707 Overview: Luke Ch. 1-9
Jesus carries the covenant story of God and Israel to its culmination and he announces the good news of God’s kingdom to the poor and the rich. Eyewitness accounts in the Gospel of Luke show how Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecies relating to the covenant between God and Israel.
38708 Overview: Luke Ch. 10-24
A kingdom for all Luke documents how Jesus expands God’s kingdom and covenant by creating a new Israel that includes the poor, outcasts and others to whom Jesus brings restoration and reverses their life circumstances as He gives them freedom and release from the tyranny of evil and sin. Throughout the book, we see that Jesus …
38709 Overview: Acts Ch. 1-12
Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to empower his disciples as they carry the good news of his kingdom to the nations of the world. Before Jesus was taken into heaven where He was enthroned to share God’s rule over the world, He instructed His followers to be a witness for Him. The book of Acts details their …
38710 Overview: Acts Ch. 13-28
Holy Spirit Power Jesus’ followers received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and became filled and equipped to spread the good news that would restore God’s kingdom over the world. Through persecution, the believers were scattered. They continued to preach, and the church at Antioch was born. It grew into the first multiethnic, international church from …
38711 Overview: Romans Ch. 1-4
Paul shows how Jesus created the new covenant family of Abraham through his death and resurrection and the sending of the Spirit. The Book of Romans is a four-part explanation of the Gospel message written by Paul to the Church in Rome. Since Adam, humans chose to live sinful and selfish lives.
38712 Overview: Romans Ch. 5-16
Paul’s Magnus Opus The people of Israel tried to obey God and follow the Law, but they didn’t succeed. Only faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection can justify humanity and fulfill God’s promise to create a covenant relationship with His people, the descendants of Abraham. Through Jesus, God creates a new covenant family that includes …
38713 Overview: 1 Corinthians
Paul shows the new Christians in Corinth that all of life’s most complex problems can be seen through the lens of the gospel. 1 Corinthians challenges believers to examine every area of life through the lens of the gospel. Specifically, Paul addresses divisions, food, sex, worship gatherings, and the resurrection. Not about being popular He reminds …