New Testament — Book by Book
Matthew through Revelation — the life and resurrection of Christ, the birth of the church in Acts, Paul's letters to real communities facing real problems, and John's vision on Patmos.
Full book-by-book New Testament studies are still in production. In the meantime, the studies below already work through Acts, the Epistles and Revelation in their historical setting. Most sit in the Early Church series, which follows the Gospel from the first house churches into the Roman world.
Acts and the Epistles
Aquila and Priscilla
The tentmaking couple who discipled Apollos and hosted three of the earliest house churches.
Lydia of Thyatira
The first person Paul baptized in Europe, whose household became the Philippian church.
God and the Greco-Roman World
Greek language, Roman roads, the synagogue system, and the altar to an unknown god.
Africa and the Early Church: Egypt, Ethiopia, and Carthage
Simon of Cyrene, the Ethiopian eunuch, and the early church in Africa.
Javan: Why God Wrote the New Testament in Greek
How the Greek language spread before the Gospel needed it.
Aram: Why Jesus Spoke Aramaic
Where the everyday language of Jesus came from.
Persecution and Revelation
Why Rome's Persecution Failed
How Rome's roads, citizenship, and even persecution served God's purposes.
Perpetua and Felicitas
Two martyrs in the Carthage arena in 203 AD, and the oldest surviving Christian text written by a woman.
Biblical Angels
What the four living creatures, cherubim and seraphim look like in Scripture.
Africa in the Bible
A full survey of Africa across Scripture, including Jesus as a refugee in Egypt.
Also Worth Reading
Studies that trace the Old Testament into the New include Naaman and Aram (2 Kings 5 and Luke 4:27) and Canaan, which covers Rahab in the genealogy of Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman. The Perseverance and Suffering series also applies Habakkuk to the believer's life.
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