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Background Scripture: Hebrews 11 Lesson Context: The writer of this letter does not identify himself, but he was obviously well known to the original recipients. Though for some 1,200 years (from c. a.d. 400 to […]

Background Scripture: Micah 5:2-4; Matthew 2:1-12 Lesson Context: The text for study involves a mysterious star. This invites a consideration of the distinction between astronomy and astrology. But the two were blended together in the […]

Devotional Reading: Matthew 1:1-17 Lesson Context: Biblical genealogies are not necessarily lists of ancestors in exhaustive detail. Differences within two accounts of the same family tree are born not out of error but instead of […]

Background Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58 Lesson Context: The Israelite army was engaged in battle against the Philistine army. The Philistines had a champion warrior by the name of Goliath. Goliath stood about 9’9’’ tall (17:4-10). […]

Scriptural text: Corinthians 8; 10:23-11:1Lesson Context: Paul emphasizes two points in 1 Corinthians 8: The firstis the awareness that an idol is “nothing” (8:4); therefore those who are mature in knowledge on this point were […]