{"product_id":"2940015735062","title":"Outline Studies in the New Testament for Bible Teachers","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                        PAGE\u003cbr\u003e  PREFATORY                                                5\u003cbr\u003e  HINTS TO STUDENTS                                        7\u003cbr\u003e  HINTS TO TEACHERS                                        9\u003cbr\u003e  THE COURSE DIVIDED INTO LESSONS                         11\u003cbr\u003e       I. THE LAND OF PALESTINE                           13\u003cbr\u003e      II. THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE                         19\u003cbr\u003e     III. THE LIFE OF CHRIST                              25\u003cbr\u003e      IV. THE THIRTY YEARS OF PREPARATION                 30\u003cbr\u003e       V. THE YEAR OF OBSCURITY                           35\u003cbr\u003e      VI. THE YEAR OF POPULARITY                          40\u003cbr\u003e     VII. THE YEAR OF OPPOSITION                          48\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. THE WEEK OF THE PASSION                         54\u003cbr\u003e      IX. THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION                      58\u003cbr\u003e       X. THE FORTY DAYS OF RESURRECTION                  64\u003cbr\u003e      XI. THE NEW TESTAMENT WORLD                         68\u003cbr\u003e     XII. THE SYNAGOGUE                                   73\u003cbr\u003e    XIII. THE CHURCH IN JUDEA                             76\u003cbr\u003e     XIV. THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION                        83\u003cbr\u003e      XV. THE CHURCH TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE ASCENSION     89\u003cbr\u003e     XVI. THE PREPARATION OF PAUL FOR HIS WORK            93\u003cbr\u003e   XVII. THE CHURCH AMONG THE GENTILES                    99\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. THE END OF THE AGE                              106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFATORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no book in the world which repays earnest study so abundantly\u003cbr\u003eas the Holy Bible. Even the cursory reader who possesses a candid mind\u003cbr\u003ecan gather many precious thoughts from its pages; and he who turns to it\u003cbr\u003efor guidance in life, however ignorant he may be, will never be led\u003cbr\u003eastray. But as the precious metal lies hidden in the mountains, and must\u003cbr\u003ebe sought out by the miners, so the treasures in the Word of Life are\u003cbr\u003efound only by those who search diligently for them. He who not only\u003cbr\u003ereads but _studies_ the Scriptures finds an abundant reward. There is\u003cbr\u003eneed in our age of searchers in the Bible, who shall bring out of its\u003cbr\u003etreasure-house things new and old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the old Bible the most important themes are those which gather around\u003cbr\u003ethe God-man, Jesus Christ. His coming to earth was the culmination of\u003cbr\u003eall prophecy, the focus of all history, and the center of all doctrine;\u003cbr\u003eand the church which he founded has been for nineteen centuries the\u003cbr\u003einspiration of the world's progress. There are two subjects in the New\u003cbr\u003eTestament with which every follower of Christ should be thoroughly\u003cbr\u003eacquainted, and they are its two most prominent themes: the life of\u003cbr\u003eChrist on earth, and the growth of the early church. In the life of\u003cbr\u003eChrist he should know the order of the leading events; he should grasp\u003cbr\u003eits principles, and should enter into its spirit. Only as we apprehend\u003cbr\u003eChrist can we comprehend the truths taught and inspired by Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our work as New Testament students must not end with the story of\u003cbr\u003eChrist's ascension from earth. Jesus left behind him a little church, of\u003cbr\u003eonly one hundred and twenty members, which in seventy years overswept\u003cbr\u003eall the lands of the greatest empire then on the earth, and which now\u003cbr\u003ecovers nearly all the world. Of that church we are members, inheritors\u003cbr\u003eof its traditions, its doctrines, and--best of all--its spirit. It\u003cbr\u003eshould be our delight to trace the steps of its early progress, to see\u003cbr\u003ehow its plans grew with the advancing years, and how an obscure company\u003cbr\u003eof Jewish disciples became a church of world-wide reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo enable a student to obtain this knowledge this book has been\u003cbr\u003eprepared. The earlier studies on the life of Christ have been published\u003cbr\u003eas Studies in the Four Gospels, but have been carefully revised and, in\u003cbr\u003ethe author's judgment, improved. The studies on the early church are the\u003cbr\u003eoutgrowth of work begun many years ago, frequently revised, taught to\u003cbr\u003eclasses many times, and carefully restudied in the light of the most\u003cbr\u003erecent researches in the domain of early church history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese chapters are, as their titles indicate, _studies_; designed, not\u003cbr\u003efor reading, but for study. This book does not undertake to be a life of\u003cbr\u003eChrist, and a history of the early church, to be read. It simply extends\u003cbr\u003ea helping hand, and holds out to the student a clue by means of which he\u003cbr\u003ecan form his own life of Christ and prepare for himself a history of the\u003cbr\u003eearly church. Wherever a fact can be learned by searching out a\u003cbr\u003eScripture reference the fact is not stated, but the reference is given.\u003cbr\u003eEvery text referred to should be searched out, as these texts contain\u003cbr\u003ethe essential facts of this book.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146409066736,"sku":"2940015735062","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015735062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}