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Michelle posted an update: How does Paul's emphasis on the Corinthians […]

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:50:10 -0400

How does Paul’s emphasis on the Corinthians being “sanctified” challenge our common assumptions about holiness in the church today, especially in communities with evident moral failures?

Paul’s use of the words “sanctified” and “saints” seem pretty ironic considering the content of the letter, the reality of the state of the Corinthian church.…

Michelle posted an update: According to Paul in 1 Corinthians 2, what role does […]

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:30:51 -0400

According to Paul in 1 Corinthians 2, what role does the Holy Spirit play in revealing God’s wisdom, and how does this contrast with the Corinthians’ reliance on worldly knowledge or spiritual pride?

The Corinthians embraced the secular “thought” with a high value on intellectualism. They viewed themselves very highly as being hyper-spiritual,…

Michelle posted an update: As the reader of the letters to the Corinthians, it […]

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:56:57 -0400

As the reader of the letters to the Corinthians, it is important to me to understand the geography and trade, the particular struggles and previous religious practices, their constructs of thinking, and the things the Corinthians value most to explain why they’re behaving why they are. It’s interpretative. In reading the letter, Paul explains…

Michelle posted an update: The statue of Caesar Augustus in Priene starts with the […]

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:51:21 -0400

The statue of Caesar Augustus in Priene starts with the word “providence” which means by the power or divine order of the god as if he were chosen. It states he is filled with virtue or good for the sake of humanity. Caesar was sent to save everyone and those to come and bring everlasting peace and restore order. It proclaims him as god…

Michelle posted an update: In what ways do Matthew’s unique fulfillment quotations […]

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:50:56 -0400

In what ways do Matthew’s unique fulfillment quotations and symbolic numbers (like seven and ten) help shape the Gospel’s identity compared to the other synoptic accounts?

There are a series of numbers throughout scripture having meaning- Revelation is chock full of them. The number 3 is the number of God. The number of divine completion is…

Michelle posted an update: The four Gospels each portray Christ through a special […]

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:50:14 -0400

The four Gospels each portray Christ through a special lens to showcase an attribute or aspect of Jesus’ character. Each author has a specific specialty and talent that the Lord uses to speak to a specific audience in a special way, a language that reaches that population.

The Gospel according to Matthew: Matthew is a Jewish tax-collector. His…

Michelle posted an update: What ideas or images come to mind when you hear the […]

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:25:44 -0400

What ideas or images come to mind when you hear the words “heavens” or “earth”?

From my other studies, when I hear the word “heavens”, I think of them in 3 “levels”. Meaning, heaven one is our atmosphere (our sky), heaven 2 being space- like interplanetary, and heaven 3 being- as Paul referenced “Caught up to the 3rd heaven”- being taken to…

Michelle posted an update: What does it mean to say that the New Testament authors […]

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:24:26 -0400

What does it mean to say that the New Testament authors had an “encyclopedia” shaped by the Hebrew Bible?

As I previously stated, one’s cultural worldview is a group of threads that make up that persons “whole” fabric- language, diet, religion, frames of reference, familial habits, manner of dress, etc. Though they were no longer…

Michelle posted an update: Have you experienced trying to communicate across […]

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:23:47 -0400

Have you experienced trying to communicate across cultural differences? Take a minute to reflect on the way your experience and context have shaped your readiness for engaging a text like the Bible, which comes from a time, culture, and language different from our own.

One of my graduate degrees is in nursing. Part of my preparation was the…

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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:01:11 -0400

Thank you for that. The question about the tattoo was in the lesson on the AWKNG site… I thought the question was pretty relevant as I hear this a lot. It is a lot easier for me to come up with a response to something than hypothetical than scratching up a summary. It may take me weeks to come up with a decent summary of how I’ll handle…

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Summary: I started with this module but felt as if I were missing something. On the AWKNG site, I found and took the Introduction to the Unseen Realm course. That really helped a lot […]

Michelle posted an update: Summary: I started with this module but felt as if I […]

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:20:24 -0400

Summary: I started with this module but felt as if I were missing something. On the AWKNG site, I found and took the Introduction to the Unseen Realm course. That really helped a lot in laying a foundational ground work. The readings and videos and lectures were very, very helpful. I’d commend that to anyone that would take this particular…

Michelle posted an update: Creative Bible Study Methods: Lesson 1This lesson, […]

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:16:43 -0400

Creative Bible Study Methods: Lesson 1

This lesson, the material covered the basic anatomy of the bible. I have recently completed several surveys of both the Old and New Testament at another school with a similar course component. This was a valuable review of that material. The helpful piece of this course was actually applying the divisions…