Why Is the Book of Acts So Focused on Peter and Paul?
Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
The deeper motive for Luke’s focus on Peter and Paul is not on them simply as prominent, historic individuals in earliest church history, but on them as apostles and the nature of their apostolic commission.
Why Is the Book of Romans Considered the Greatest Letter Ever Written?
Andrew David Naselli
Studying Romans carefully is worth every minute you invest that way. It’s a relatively short letter, it takes about sixty minutes to read aloud, and it’s profound.
Why Is the Pentateuch Referred to as the Book of Moses?
Ian J. Vaillancourt
If Moses is behind the Pentateuch, that lends a certain massive authority to it. It's a singular book and Moses is ultimately the author, so we should listen to it.
Why Is the Setting of Genesis 3 So Important to the Storyline of the Bible?
Mitchell L. Chase
We are all born outside of Eden. In the garden, we are entering a world that is before the fall, and then we're watching an unfolding event.
Why Is the Virgin Birth So Important?
J. I. Packer
The entry and exit miracles carry the same message. First, they confirm that Jesus, though not less than man, was more than man. His earthly life, though fully human, was also divine.
Why Jesus’s Humanity Matters
Sam Allberry
Jesus didn't just experience a taste of humanity, he experienced the fullness of what it means to be physically human.
Why Jesus Warns Us to Be Alert for His Second Coming
John Piper
The appearing of Christ becomes a sudden trap not because it could happen any moment, but because the spiritually unseeing will be blind to Christ’s coming.
Why Men Should Memorize the Psalms Together
Mike Bullmore
There is something sweet that goes beyond just repeating the words of Scripture to each other but actually living in the good of God’s Word together.
Why Must We Read the Old and New Testament as a Unified Body of Scripture?
Daniel Stevens
We need to recognize that the one God who spoke in the Old Testament also speaks in the New Testament.
Why Ordinary People Matter to God
Philip Graham Ryken
One of the things that I love about the stories in the Bible is how many ordinary people you meet.
Why Pastors Should Catechize Their Congregations
J. V. Fesko
Catechism benefits adults and children alike by giving them a deeper understanding of theology and the ability to communicate those beliefs well.
Why Romans Is the Greatest Letter Ever Written
Andrew David Naselli
Paul’s letter to the Romans is relatively short (it takes about sixty minutes to read aloud), and it is profound. It explains and exults in and applies the greatest news we could hear.
Why Should Christians Want to Help the Poor?
Wayne Grudem
Why should Christians want to help the poor? The Bible gives us two kinds of reasons, including numerous specific commands in Scripture that tell us to do so.
Why Study the Book?
Know the Bible In the following posts, contributors to the Knowing the Bible series explain the vital contribution each biblical book makes to the whole, and why each one is worth knowing. Old Testament Why …
Why Study the Book of 1 Corinthians?
Jay S. Thomas
How is Christian unity revealed? Put another way, what is the flesh and blood of union with other believers? Paul roots his theology of unity in love.
Why Study the Book of 2 Corinthians?
Dane Ortlund
The Christian life is impossible to live without 2 Corinthians.
Why Study the Book of Acts?
Justin S. Holcomb
The book of Acts does not primarily provide us with human patterns to emulate or avoid. Instead, it repeatedly calls us to reflect upon the work of God, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, establishing the church by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Why Study the Book of Daniel?
Todd Wilson
The main purpose of Daniel is to reveal to us who God is—his character, his purposes, his way of working in the world for the good of his people.
Why Study the Book of Deuteronomy?
Matthew H. Patton
If we have yet to grasp what’s so great about Deuteronomy, it may be that we have misconceived it.
Why Study the Book of Ecclesiastes?
Justin S. Holcomb
Ecclesiastes is consistent with the rest of Scripture in its explanation that true wisdom is to fear God even when we cannot see all that God is doing.
Why Study the Book of Ephesians?
Eric C. Redmond
Ephesians invites us to consider what God has made us to be, do, and have in Christ for a display of the gospel to the world.
Why Study the Book of Exodus?
Matthew Newkirk
We don’t truly understand who we are as the church of Jesus Christ unless we know our own story.
Why Study the Book of Ezekiel?
Michael Lawrence
Ezekiel wants us to know that God is where he always is; he is with his people.
Why Study the Book of Galatians?
Geoff Ziegler
The constant pressure is toward practical atheism, toward falling asleep to the glory of our God. Galatians is given to wake us up.
Why Study the Book of Genesis?
Mitchell M. Kim
Genealogies form the backbone of the book of Genesis.
Why Study the Book of Hebrews?
Matthew Z. Capps
Hebrews shows us that the Bible is not a collection of unrelated stories, but is rather one unified story.
Why Study the Book of Isaiah?
Drew Hunter
Isaiah is quite lengthy, but there is great joy to be gained from diligently engaging with it.
Why Study the Book of James?
Greg Gilbert
James is an intensely practical book, filled with exhortations to Christians about the way they should live their lives now that they have been given new life in Jesus.
Why Study the Book of Jeremiah?
Matthew S. Harmon
We should study Jeremiah because we want to know Christ better and see God deepen our endurance in the gospel.