Studies
Each study works through the full nine-part structure — text, historical context, the people, original languages, observation, interpretation, application, takeaway, and discussion questions.
- The Gospel of John·John 1:1–18
In the Beginning Was the Word
The Prologue to John's Gospel is among the most theologically dense passages in the New Testament. It reaches back to Genesis, draws on Hellenistic philosophy, and makes a claim about Jesus that would have been scandalous to both Jewish and Greek ears.
TextContextPeopleLanguagesObservationInterpretationApplicationTakeawayQuestions - The Gospel of John·John 3:1–21
You Must Be Born Again
Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night. The conversation that follows is one of the most disorienting in the Gospels — and one of the most misread. What does it mean to be born anōthen?
TextContextPeopleLanguagesObservationInterpretationApplicationTakeawayQuestions - Paul's Letter to the Romans·Romans 1:1–17
The Gospel of God
Paul's letter-opening is not a greeting — it is a theological statement. Before he says anything else, he tells us what the gospel is, where it comes from, and what it does.
TextContextPeopleLanguagesObservationInterpretationApplicationTakeawayQuestions - The Psalms of Ascent·Psalm 1
The Two Ways
Psalm 1 is a gateway — it stands at the entrance of the entire Psalter and tells us how to read everything that follows. The blessed life is not a feeling. It is a posture.
TextContextPeopleLanguagesObservationInterpretationApplicationTakeawayQuestions - Patriarchs and Promises·Genesis 1:1–2:3
In the Beginning, God
The creation account is not a scientific text — but it is making truth claims. It is a theological polemic against the creation myths of the ancient Near East, and it is making a claim about the nature of God, the world, and humanity that is still radical today.
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