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Aaron - Moses’ older brother, the first high priest. According to the genealogical lists he was third in descent from Levi (Ex. 6:16–20; 1 Ch. 6:1–3). [FEB 2013]
Abiding - The meaning of this Greek term is thus clearly indicated as that which remains, dwells, continues, tarries, or endures; it is what abides in the position in which it is placed. In reference to spiritual reality the word abide indicates a constancy in relation to Christ. [DEC 2017]
Abiding Life - [Dan Hill] Theologians call this topic Menology, because it is largely derived from the Greek Word MENO. There are several meanings for this word. to remain; to stay; to live; to focus; to reside; to endure; to be steadfast and unwavering; to be consistently occupied with someone or something
Abomination of Desolation - Matthew 24:15 - 20, "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation.
Abrahamic Covenant – “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." This is the beginning of the covenant with Abram.
Absalom- David’s third son by Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur (a small country between Hermon and Bashan).
Acts Outline – outline of the book of Acts.
Acts, A Historical Background – chronology and political situation in the time of the apostles.
Acts, Introduction to – an introduction to the Acts of the Apostles.
Acts, Survey - The book of Acts stands out as unique among the New Testament books for it alone provides a bridge for the other books of the New Testament.
Adam - It is fitting that we start with Adam, because Adam was the first head of the human race. By looking at Adam's life we can discover the beginnings of our problems... and solutions.
Adoption - From Eph. 1:5, Gal. 4:5, etc., notes on the believer's spiritual adoption. [FEB 2013]
Advocacy – Christ, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are our advocates with the Father, protecting us against the lies of Satan. [APR 2015]
Agape Feast- The brotherly common meals of the early Church. [FEB 2013]
Agriculture in Palestine - Israelites learned farming during 400 years in Egypt. Description of farming practices and OT laws regulating them. [APR 2015]
Alexandria - City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great. Birthplace of Apollos. Work site for the Septuagint version of the Old Testament. [NOV 2003]
Amalekites- Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12, 16), and as a collective noun, the Amalekites, were his descendants. [FEB 2013]
Ambassadorship - Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ. [NOV 2003]
Amen – brief discussion of the etymology of the word “Amen” and it’s usage by believers. [FEB2021]
Amorites - The name Amorite is used in the OT to denote (1) the inhabitants of Palestine generally, (2) the population of the hills as opposed to the plain, and (3) a specific people under a king of their own. [Feb 2013]
Amos- A prophet of the 8th cent B.C., and the third book of the Minor Prophets. [APR 2015]
Anabasis–Xenophon, the March of the 10,000. The most famous work, in seven books, of the Greek professional soldier and writer Xenophon. The journey it narrates is his best known accomplishment and "one of the great adventures in human history." [AUG 2011]
Angels - Angels are spiritual beings created by God to serve Him, though created higher than man. Some, the good angels, have remained obedient to Him and carry out His will, while others, fallen angels, disobeyed, fell from their holy position, and now stand in active opposition to the work and plan of God. [MAY 2008]
Anger - What the Bible says about anger, ours and God's. How to deal with sinful anger. [APR 2015]
Anthropology - As a modern science in secular education Anthropology is treated wholly apart from Biblical revelation, having in view only man’s development and achievements. Biblical Anthropology enters a much wider field, then, and contemplates important considerations. [DEC 2017]
Antichrist- In the Church Age, antichrist refers to any believer who resides and functions in the world system of Satan. [APR 2004]
Antinomianism- Antinomianism is the view that Christians are exempt from the demands of the moral law by reason of their reliance upon divine grace alone for salvation. [FEB 2013]
Antioch- where followers of Christ were first called Christians, is located some three hundred miles north of Jerusalem, on the west bank of the Orontes River. [FEB2013]
Apocrypha and other non-Canonical Writings - The word Apocrypha means “hidden,” or “secret.” The term “Apocrypha” is usually applied to a collection of books, from eleven to sixteen in number, which appeared during the interim between the Old and New Testaments. These books have come down to us in more or less close connection with the canonical books of the Bible. [DEC 2012]
Apollos - a short account of what the Bible has to say about this friend of the apostle Paul. [JAN 2012]
Apostleship - Qualifications, credentials, and function of apostles. [JAN 2012]
Apostolic Age - The apostolic period extends from the Day of Pentecost to the death of St. John, and covers about seventy years, from AD 30 to 100. [FEB 2012]
Apostolic Church – the origins and early days of the Church. [NOV 2003]
Apostolic Fathers – at least a partial listing, including brief biographies of the successors to the Apostles. [FEB 2013]
Aquila and Priscilla - two friends of Paul whom he met in Corinth, who traveled to Ephesus with him, and were instructors of Apollos. [JAN 2012]
Aramaic Language - Aramaic is a language or group of languages of the Semitic family, closely related to Hebrew. Biblical Aramaic, formerly called Chaldee, is the name given to the Aramaic occasionally found in the Old Testament. [FEB 2013]
Areopagus- The Areopagus is a hill northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, where the apostle Paul preached to the intellectuals. [FEB 2013]
Arianism - a nontrinitarian belief that asserts that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but is entirely distinct from and subordinate to the God the Father. [NOV 2015]
Ark of the Covenant – The Ark of the Tabernacle, its history and typology. [FEB 2013]
Armageddon – a review of the final battle. [FEB 2012]
Armor of God - An exposition of Eph. 6:10 - 17; a discussion of demon organization and tactics; history of Roman armor to explain vocabulary. [OCT 2011]
Armor of God, Using the – “If training in arms ceases, there is no difference between a soldier and a civilian! and No matter how many years he has served, an unexercised solder is a raw recruit!” – Vegetius [Dec 2012]
Arrogance - Arrogance is a major contradiction to the plan of God. Arrogance is the primary reason for a Christian’s failure to execute God's plan, will, and purpose. [FEB 2021]
Ascension of Christ - Scripture passages related to the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ. [FEB 2012]
Asia Minor - The land to which this name has been applied plays an important part in some periods of Bible history, and a central part in the history of the earliest Christian mission. [FEB 2013]
Assurance - assurance is a confidence that right relations exist between one’s self and God. [DEC 2017]
Assyria – the relationship of this ancient empire to God’s people; God’s dealing with the Assyrians. [FEB 2012]
Assyria, History of– a thoroughly researched study by George Rawlinson, from The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. [AUG 2014]
Athanasius of Alexandria - Saint Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the twentieth bishop of Alexandria. His episcopate lasted 45 years (c. 8 June 328 – 2 May 373), of which over 17 were spent in five exiles ordered by four different Roman emperors. [JULY 2015]
Athens - one of the greatest cultural centers of Paul’s day, grew up around a 520-foot-high rocky plateau called the Acropolis. [NOV 2011]
Atonement - L. S. Chafer
Atonement, Day of - The Day of Atonement was the fourth of the five annual feasts of pre-exile Israel. [FEB 2013]
Augustus (Octavian)– a brief biography of the Roman Emperor who sent out the decree at the time of Jesus’ birth that “all the world” should be taxed. [NOV 2011]
Authority, God's Chain of Command - Authority of God as delegated to the apostles, and from the apostles to us via the Scriptures; proper responses to civil, ecclesiastical, and family authority. [FEB 2012]
Baal- The supreme fertility-god of the Canaanites. [FEB 2013]
Babel, Tower of - The popular designation of the tower (Heb mig̱dōl) described in Gen. 11, which people migrating from the East built in the midst of their city in the plain of Shinar [SEPT 2012]
Babylon - Babylon lay on the bank of the Euphrates in the land of Shinar (Gen. 10:10), in the northern area of Babylonia (now southern Iraq) called Accad (as opposed to the southern area called Sumer). [MAR 2013]
Babylonia – detailed ancient history of the Babylonian empire, by George Rawlinson, MA, from The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. [AUG 2014]
Balaam - Short description of Balaam's career with reference to the Doctrine of Balaam
Baptism - The seven types of baptism in the Bible; the baptism of the Holy Spirit; believer's baptism [SEPT 2012]
Barnabas- Barnabas was born in Cyprus and died in Salamis in the 1st century. His Jewish parents called him Joseph, but when he sold all his goods and gave the money to the apostles in Jerusalem, the Christians gave him a new name: Barnabas [SEPT 2012]
Barrier, Reconciliation, Justification - The doctrines of Reconciliation, Propitiation, and the removal of the barrier between God and man [SEPT 2012]
Beatitudes - The first blessing: Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the Kingdom of God is found in Matthew 5:3 [SEPT 2012]
Beer-Sheba - The name of this venerable town means literally “the well of seven.” [MAR 2013]
Benjamin - The youngest of Jacob’s sons, the only one to be born in Palestine; and the tribe named for him. The tribe of the Apostle Paul. [MAR 2013]
Berea - When they were driven out of Thessalonica, Paul and Silas came to Berea, where they preached in the synagogue of the Jews [SEPT 2012]
Berenice – the sister of Herod Agrippa II; features in trial of Paul in Acts 25 [SEPT 2012]
Bethlehem - Judah - The home of Ruth and Boaz, the city of David, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. [JULY 2015]
Bible Exegesis and Exposition · This article gives a method for moving from exegesis to expository preaching. (Chester McCalley)
Bible Study Principles - How to study and understand the Bible [SEPT 2012]
Bibliology- God has caused His own Word to be written in a form which man can comprehend and has preserved that Word through the ages of human history for the benefit of all men. [DEC 2017]
Bithynia– Bithynia was a Roman province in the northwest corner of Asia Minor. 1 Peter 1:1 [SEPT 2012]
Bitterness - Bible solutions to one of the most crushing mental problems in a person's life [SEPT 2012]
Blasphemy- No sin of man is more obviously a repudiation of God and insult to His holy Person than that of blasphemy. [DEC 2017]
Blessing - Bible origins of the New Testament word "blessing", applications. [JULY 2015]
Blessing by Association - Blessing by association is part of the general category of divine blessing imparted to the mature believer. [FEB 2021]
Blood of Christ - Teaching on the representative analogy which the Blood of Christ forms with the death of the animal on the altar. [JULY 2015]
Body of Christ - Each member of the Trinity is related to the Body of Christ, and every Christian is a part of the Body of Christ [SEPT 2012]
Buff, The Christian - The Christian Buff is the person who has lived for one, two, or more years since salvation without taking advantage of the provisions the Lord has made for spiritual growth, edification, and production in the Christian life [SEPT 2012]
Bunyan, John – the life of the great Christian author of Pilgrim’s Progress [SEPT 2012]
Busybody - A busybody is a person who inserts himself uninvited into some else’s life, who meddles or pries into the affairs of others. The Bible is very clear that this is wrong, totally inappropriate behavior, especially in a local church congregation [SEPT 2012]
Caesarea - Caesarea, the Roman capital of Judea in the time of Christ and Paul, was located by the sea, thirty-two miles north of Joppa, and some sixty miles northwest of Jerusalem. [JULY 2015]
Caesarea Philippi- Caesarea Philippi was located at the foot of Mount Hermon ... one of the most beautiful localities in all the Holy Land. [JULY 2015]
Calling - Calling is that choice on the part of God of an individual through a working in the mind and heart by the Holy Spirit, to the end that the will of the one who is called may be moved by its own vision and determination in the exercise of saving faith. [JULY 2015]
Canaan- Canaan is an ancient name for the area that includes all of the land west of the Jordan and Syria to the level of Lebweh. [MAR 2013]
Capernaum- The most important city on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was here that Jesus established His headquarters for the major part of His public ministry (Mt. 4:13). [MAR 2013]
Carchemish, Battle of - A description of the battle for this ancient capital of the Hittite empire, with Bible references
Carnality - Together with two other doctrines—that of the natural man and that of the spiritual man—the doctrine of the carnal man completes the threefold division of the human family in their relation to, or attitude toward, the Word of God. [DEC 2017]
Chaldea – the history of the ancient kingdom where Abraham was born and which later was the locale of the Babylonian empire. [JULY 2015]
Chaldea, History of – a thoroughly researched study by George Rawlinson, from The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. [AUG 2014]
Chapter Titles of the Bible– a title for each chapter in the Bible. [JULY 2015]
Chastisement (Divine Discipline) - Whom the Lord loves, He chastens ... [JULY 2015]
Chaucer and the 2nd Amendment .- what does Chaucer have to do with the American Constitution and the Right to Bear Arms?
Children, Goals for - Some ideas regarding setting Biblical goals for nurturing and training children in the plan of God
Chios – mentioned on Paul’s third missionary journey. Chios was especially noted in antiquity for its claim to be the birthplace of Homer, for its school of epic poets, and its sculptors. [JULY 2015]
Christ the Rock - This is the stone which was set at naughtww of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Christian at Work - Suggestions for a believer's attitude and function on the job. [FEB 2013]
Christian Worker Qualifications - Biblical qualifications for Christians in the Lord's service. [JULY 2015]
Christians of the Early Church - A description of the life of Christians in the early church, as found in the Epistle to Diognetus, by an unknown author of the 2nd Century. [JULY 2015]
Christology - the study of the person and work of Jesus Christ. [DEC2017]
Chronology of Biblical Christianity
Chronology of the New Testament
Church, the Body of Christ - Many people think of church in terms of brick and mortar, program and form. But in these passages you will learn that the Church is a spiritual organism, dear to the heart of God the Father. [JULY 2015]
Church, the Early - We will describe in a few words the first beginnings of the Apostolic Church, and the appearance presented by it to that Judaism in the midst of which it rose, and follow its short history to the point where the “young man, whose name was Saul” reappears at Jerusalem, in connection with his friends of the Cilician synagogue, “disputing with Stephen.”
Circumcision - The importance of the doctrine of Circumcision in Church Age teaching. [JULY 2015]
Citizenship of the Believer - Verses describing the Christian's transfer of citizenship from the world to the heavenly kingdom through union with Christ. [JULY 2015]
Claudius– Tiberius Claudius Drusus Caesar, the fourth Roman Emperor (40 to 54 AD)
Colossae - overview of the city of the Colossians
Common Sense - by Thomas Paine
Communion - the Lord's Supper; derivation from the Passover. [JULY 2015]
Confession of Sin - The principle of biblical confession of sin; how the Lord's grace provision makes it possible for a Christian to stay in fellowship. [JULY 2015]
Conviction - The original Greek word ἐλέγχω which may be translated either convict or convince—used seventeen times in the New Testament—represents in general the process whereby one is caused to reach certain conclusions or impressions in his mind.
Coos (Cos) - Coos is mentioned in connection with Paul’s third missionary journey in Acts 21:1, and in its relations with the Jews in 1 Macc. 15:23; Josephus Ant. xiv.7.2; 10.15. [JULY 2015]
Corinth - A brief summary of the history of the Greek city where Paul stayed 18 months. [JULY 2015]
Cornelius- A Roman centurion converted by Peter after both had seen divine visions (Acts 10:1–11:18), the first Gentile known to become a Christian. [AUG 2014]
Cosmic System - Satan's plan and process for controlling the world, and his attempt, using his organization of fallen angels, to counteract the plan of God in all respects. [JULY 2015]
Covenants, The - An extensive study of God's Covenants with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David; and the New Covenant. [JULY 2015]
Crete, Brief History - An outline history of Crete and historical comments on the character of the people; a historical supplement to the study of the Epistle to Titus
Crowns- the time and place of reward and crowns in the Christian life. [DEC 2017]
Cyprus- An island situated near the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, in angle formed by the coasts of Cilicia (modern Turkey) and Syria. [AUG 2014]
Cyrus the Great - Properly Cyrus II, the Great, founder of the Persian empire. He reigned from 559 to 530 B.C., and his empire flourished until its conquest by Alexander the Great (331 B.C.). [MAR 2013]