Explore the Period: The Church Is Born: 30 CE - 60 CE

John 13:1-38 – The Foot Washing

John 21:1-19 – The Fourth Resurrection Appearance

John 20:24-29 – Doubting Thomas

John 20:11-18 – The Resurrected Jesus Meets Mary Magdalene in the Garden

John 19:38-42 – Jesus’ Body is Prepared for Burial

John 18:15-18; 25-27 – Peter’s Denial

Matthew 21:23-27 – The Authority of Jesus

Luke 24:1-12 – A Group of Women Discover Jesus’ Tomb Empty

Luke 23:26-49 – The Crucifixion of Jesus

Luke 21:1-4 – Jesus Comments on a Widow’s Donation to the Temple Treasury

Luke 19:28-40 – Jesus Enters Jerusalem Hailed as a King

Luke 18:18-30 – A Rich Ruler Asks Jesus about Eternal Life

Luke 18:15-17 – Jesus Welcomes Children

Luke 15:1-10 – The Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin

Luke 13:1-9 – The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree

Luke 12:13-21 – The Parable of the Rich Fool

Mark 16:1-8 – The Empty Tomb

Mark 15:42-47 – The Burial of Jesus

Mark 15:21-32 – The Journey to Golgotha and the Crucifixion

Mark 15:16-20 – The Mocking of Jesus

Mark 15:1-15 – Jesus Before Pilate

Mark 14:66-72 – Peter’s Denial

Mark 14:53-65 – Jesus Before the Sanhedrin

Mark 14:43-52 – The Arrest

Mark 14:32-42 – The Garden of Gethsemane

Mark 14:22-25 – The Lord’s Supper

Mark 14:12-16, 17-21, 26-31 – Three Prophecies

Mark 14:3-9 – Jesus is Anointed for Burial

Mark 13:1-37 – The Little Apocalypse

Mark 12:35-37 – Jesus’ Playful Riddle

Mark 12:28-34 – An Honest Question

Mark 12:18-27 – God is God of the Living

Mark 12:13-17 – What Belongs to Caesar?

Mark 12:1-12 – The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Mark 11:27-33 – The Riddle of Jesus’ Authority

Mark 11:12-25 – The Sign of the Fig Tree and Business in the Temple Courtyard

Mark 10:46-11:11 – Blind Bartimaeus and the Triumphal Entry

Mark 10:35-45 – True Leadership

Mark 10:28-31 – The Eschatological Family

Mark 10:17-22 – The Refusal of the Rich Young Man

Mark 10:13-16 – Children Again

Mark 9:33-37 – Who is the Greatest?

Mark 9:2-8 – The Transfiguration

 Mark 8:34-38 – How to Follow Christ

Mark 8:27-30 – Peter’s Misunderstanding Confession

Mark 7:24-30 – The Greek Woman

Mark 7:1-23 – Conflict with the Pharisees over Clean and Unclean

Mark 6:17-29 – The Beheading of John the Baptist

Mark 6:1-6 – A Prophet in his Hometown

Mark 5:21-43 – Two Nested Miracles

Mark 5:1-20 – The Gerasene Demoniac

Mark 4:26-32 – Two Seed Parables

Mark 4:1-20 – The Parable of the Sower

Mark 3:22-30 – The Parable of the Strong Man

Mark 2:15-20 – 2:23-28, 3:1-6 – Two Sabbath Controversies

Mark 2:15-20 – Eating and Not Eating?

Mark 2:1-12 – Who Can Forgive Sins?

Mark 1:21-28 – Conflict on the Sabbath

John 20:30-31 – The Purpose of the Gospel according to John

John 19:30 – Jesus Dies, Completing His Work

John 19:25-27 – Jesus Entrusts His Mother and Beloved Disciple to Each Other

John 18:1-12 – Jesus is Arrested

John 17:20-21 – Jesus Prays for His Followers

John 15:1-6 – Jesus Christ, the True Vine

John 14:26 – Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14:6 – Jesus Christ, the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

John 13:34-35 – A New Commandment from Jesus

John 12:24 – A Grain of Wheat Dies to Bear Much Fruit

John 11:25-26 – Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life

John 10:11-18 – Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd

John 10:7-10 – Jesus Christ, the Gate for the Sheep

John 9:1-12 – Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

John 8:12 – Jesus Christ, the Light of the World

John 7:53-8:11 – Jesus and the woman caught in adultery

John 6:35-51 – Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life

John 4:1-15 – Jesus Promises “Living Water”

John 3:16 – God So Loved the World

John 3:3 – A New Birth

John 2:1-11 – The Wedding at Cana

John 1:29 – Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God

John 1:14 – Jesus Christ, the Word of God in the Flesh

Luke 24:50-53 – The Ascension of Jesus

Luke 24:13-49 – Appearances of the Resurrected Jesus

Luke 22:66-23:25 – Jesus on Trial

Luke 22:35-38 – Preparing for Conflict

Luke 21:5-36 – Prophecies of Destruction and Hardship

Luke 20:9-19 – A Vineyard’s Murderous Tenants

Luke 19:11-27 – A Parable about Faithfulness and Opposition

Luke 19:1-10 – Jesus Seeks Zacchaeus

Luke 16:19-31 – The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luke 16:1-13 – The Dishonest Manager

Luke 15:11-32 – The Prodigal Son and His Brother

Luke 13:31-35 – Jesus Laments about Jerusalem

Luke 13:10-17 – Freedom on the Sabbath

Luke 12:49-56 – Jesus Promises Judgment and Division

Luke 11:37-54 – “Woe” to Religious Leaders

Luke 10:38-42 – Jesus with Martha and Mary

Luke 10:25-37 – The Good Samaritan

Luke 9:28-36 – The Transfiguration

Luke 8:1-3 – Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna

Luke 7:36-50 – Jesus Pronounces a Woman’s Forgiveness

Luke 7:11-17 – A Widow’s Son Returned to Life

Luke 6:17-49 – The Sermon on the Plain

Luke 4:14-30 – Jesus’ Sermon at Nazareth

Luke 3:23-38 – Jesus’ Genealogy

Luke 2:39-52 – Jesus as a Young Child

Luke 2:25-38 – Simeon’s Prophecy (the Nunc dimittis) and Anna’s Prophecy

Luke 1:67-79 – Zechariah’s Prophecy (the Benedictus)

Luke 1:46-55 – Mary’s Prophecy (the Magnificat)

Mark 14:1-15:47 – Jesus Is the Temple and Is Crucified and Confessed as the Son of God

Mark 11:1-12:44 – Jesus Enters Jerusalem as the Son of David and Teaches in the Temple

Mark 10:46-52 – Blind Bartimaeus Is Given Sight

Mark 10:32-45 – Jesus Teaches on His Passion and Resurrection for the Third Time

Mark 9:30-10:31 – Jesus Teaches on His Passion and Resurrection for the Second Time

Mark 8:27-9:29 – Jesus Teaches about His Passion and Resurrection for the First Time

Mark 8:22-26 – The Blind Man of Bethsaida Is Given Sight

Mark 8:1-21 – Jesus Feeds Four Thousand, Pharisees Seek a Sign, and Jesus Teaches His Disciples

Mark 7:1-37 – Pharisees’ Tradition, Crumbs for the Gentiles, and Healing a Man Who Is Deaf and Mute

Mark 6:14-56 – Yeast of Herod, Feeding of Five Thousand, and Hardening Disciples’ Hearts

Mark 6:7-13 – Jesus Sends the Twelve

Mark 4:35-5:43 – Jesus Teaches in Miracles

Mark 3:20-4:34 – Jesus Teaches in Parables

Mark 3:13-19 – Jesus Appoints the Twelve

Mark 3:7-12 – Summary and Conclusion to the First Cycle of Stories

Mark 2:1-3:6 – Five Stories of Conflict with the Jewish Authorities

Mark 1:21-45 – Five Healing Stories Inaugurate Jesus’ Ministry

Mark 1:16-20 – Jesus Calls Four Disciples

Mark 1:2-15 – The Coming of John the Baptist and the Baptism of Jesus

Mark 1:1 – The Beginning of the Gospel

Matthew 28:16-20 – The Great Commission and Promise

Matthew 28:1-15 – The Resurrection of Jesus the Messiah

Matthew 26:1-27:66 – The Passion and Death of Jesus the Messiah

Matthew 25:31-46 – The Parable of the Judgment

Matthew 25:14-30 – The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:1-46 – Three Parables of Waiting in the Meantime

Matthew 25:1-13 – The Parable of the Ten Maidens

Matthew 24:45-51 – The Faithful and the Unfaithful Servant

Matthew 24:36-44 – The Necessity of Watchfulness

Matthew 24:1-35 – The Signs of the End of the Age

Matthew 24:1-25:46 – Discourse on Waiting before the End of the Age

Matthew 23:1-39 – Jesus Denounces the Scribes and Pharisees

Matthew 22:1-14 – The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Matthew 21:33-46 – The Parable of the Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16 – The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard

Matthew 18:21-35 – The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Matthew 18:15-20 – Exercising the Discipline of Forgiveness

Matthew 18:10-14 – The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:1-9 – Greatness in the Kingdom

Matthew 18:1-35 – Discourse on the Forgiving Community

Matthew 17:1-13 – The Transfiguration

Matthew 16:21-28 – Jesus Teaching on Discipleship

Matthew 16:13-20 – Peter Confesses Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the Living God

Matthew 15:21-28 – The Canaanite Woman’s Faith

Matthew 14:22-33 – Jesus (and Peter) Walks on the Water

Matthew 14:13-21 – Feeding the Five Thousand

Matthew 13:54-58 – The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth

Matthew 13:44-53 – Parables of the Treasure, the Pearls, and the Net—Treasures New and Old

Matthew 13:24-43 – The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat and Its Interpretation; the Mustard Seed, the Yeast, and Jesus’ Teaching in Parables

Matthew 13:1-58 – The Parables of the Kingdom and the Rejection at Nazareth

Matthew 13:1-23 – The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation and the Purpose of the Parables

Matthew 11:16-30 – Come to Me and I Will Give You Rest

Matthew 11:2-11 – The Question of John the Baptist

Matthew 10:1-42 – The Mission of the Twelve

Matthew 9:35-38 – The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few

Matthew 9:18-26 – A Woman with a Hemorrhage Healed; a Young Girl Raised from the Dead

Matthew 8:23-27 – Jesus Stills the Storm

Matthew 7:21-29 – On Being Hearers and Doers

Matthew 7:1-20 – Further Teaching on Righteousness

Matthew 6:19-24 – The Treasure of the Kingdom as Gift of God

Matthew 6:1-18 – True Fasting and Prayer

Matthew 5:21-48 – “I” Sayings of Jesus on Righteousness

Matthew 5:17-20 – Kingdom Righteousness

Matthew 5:1-7:29 – The Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 5:1-16 – The Beatitudes: You Are Salt and Light

Matthew 4:12-25 – The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee

Matthew 4:1-11 – Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness

Matthew 3:13-17 – The Baptism of Jesus

Matthew 3:1-12 – The Preaching of John the Baptist

Matthew 2:13-23 – Escape to Egypt and Return

Matthew 2:1-12 – The Visit of the Wise Men

Matthew 1:18-25 – The Birth of Jesus the Messiah

Matthew 1:1-17 – The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

Luke 3:1-20 – The Teachings of John the Baptist

When the Word Becomes Home

Recognition: Reading the Gospel of Luke Knowing How It Ends

The Political Life of Jesus

Everything I Knew about the Transfiguration Was Wrong

Messy Families: Jesus’ and Mine

The Feeding of the 5,000

Jesus Sees Our Unpaid Labor Too

When Hope and Fear Coexist

It Isn’t a Question of “Are You Mary or Martha?”

Endings and Beginnings

Reading Scripture with a Disabilities Lens

Let Your Yes Be Yes and Your No Be No

God the Gardener

Jesus, Scripture, and Our Feelings

Two Difficult Conversations in the Bible

Spiritual Practices for an Audience of One

Bible Study: Relating to God, as We Relate to Each Other

Diversity, Unity & Division: A Bible Study

Bible Study: Platforms for Ministry

Bible Study: Falling Out of Grace Yet Finding Home

Passages that Sing: Luke 1-2

What Does the Bible Say about the Cross?

My Favorite Part of the Christmas Story

Was Jesus a Threat to the Roman Empire?

What Was Jesus like as a Child?

Which Gospel Is True?

5:106: Why Does God Only Heal Conditions that the Body Has the Capability to Heal Naturally?

4.95: Lightning Round 2 of 2

4.94: Lightning Round 1 of 2

4.88: Does Jesus Have Any of Mary’s DNA?

3.83: Why Did Jesus Have to Die on the Cross?

3.80: John 8: Woman Caught in Adultery – Where Was the Man?

3.78: What Does the Bible Say about Resurrection?

3.76: Can You Help Biblically Explain Why Nationalism Is Not a Christian Narrative?

2.67: Is Jesus the Same as God?

1.22: Was Jesus a Threat to the Roman Empire?

1.20: Was Jesus Married?

1.21: Did God Forsake Jesus on the Cross?

1.15: What Was Jesus Like as a Child?

1.10: What Really Happened at Easter?

Jesus

First-Century Galilee

First-Century Judea

First-Century Palestine (Northern)

First-Century Palestine (Southern)

Jerusalem in the Early First Century

Death of Jesus: John

Beginning of John

A Different Way of Telling the Story: John

Faith and Healing: John

The ‘I Am’ Sayings in John

Money and Wealth in Luke

Salvation in Luke

The Structure of Luke’s Gospel

Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke?

The Beginning of Mark

Disciples in Mark

The Ending of Mark

Exorcisms in Mark

Faith and Fear in Mark

Messiahship in Mark

The Passion Narrative in Mark

God with Us: Matthew

Jesus the Teacher: Matthew

Jewish with Outsiders: Matthew

Righteousness in Matthew

Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5-7

Parables

Luke 24: Resurrection Scenes

Whose Fault Is Jesus’ Death?

Luke 10: Who Is My Neighbor?

Luke 10: Samaritan Parable in Context

Synoptic Gospels

Jesus, Widows and Wealth in the Gospel of Luke

John 3: You Must Be Born Again

John 4: Samaritan Woman

John 10: The Good Shepherd

Mark: God on the Loose

Jesus and Banquets in Luke

Luke 24: Jesus’ Death

Luke 1: The Kingdom of God

Luke 1: Opening the Gospel

The Author of Luke and Acts