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Once a thriving and active city, Colossae was the home to another early Christian church which Paul wrote to in the biblical book, Colossians. “Colossians presents a vision of believers’ […]

This letter of mutual affection and care between Paul and the church in Philippi is one of Paul’s richest letters. In this letter, we find Paul in prison and the

The next New Testament book continues Paul’s letters to churches, this time in Ephesus, is Ephesians. A unique letter in that it is also possible the letter’s title refers to

Paul’s powerful letter to the churches in Galatia, a region of north-central Asia Minor has a dispute over leadership, true and false teachings, and the place of Gentiles in this

The Old Testament book of Ezra tells of the returning Jewish exiles and the restoring of their religious lives as well as the city of Jerusalem. The author wishes to

While the Biblical book, II Corinthians does follow I Corinthians in canonical order, most scholars believe it is a compilation of at least two letters. Within this book Paul writes

The book, First Corinthians gets its name from the community of Christian believers in Corinth that are the letter’s recipients from Paul. This book is important as it gives a

The next section of New Testament books includes letters by the earliest church leaders. These letters were the earliest literary form of the New Testament and include letters to early

The fifth book of the New Testament, The Acts of the Apostles, immediately follows the Gospel of John but interestingly scholars believe the book to be a complementary book to

The Gospel according to John, from the very beginning shapes the story of Jesus Christ, the Word, differently than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark & Luke) and shares different stories