Want to learn more about Biblical Missionaries? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series.
Introduction: Put yourself in God's place. Assume you created humans and they turned against you. Would you go to heroic efforts to save them? Or, would you just scrap the current crop (God did warn them that sin caused death - Genesis 2:17) and create a new cro...
Introduction: Everyone should be a missionary of some type, right? Perhaps you thought you were not good enough to share the good news about Jesus? Abraham is one of the most celebrated men in the Bible, and he is a giant of faith. But, Abraham had some issues tha...
Introduction: When you think about your future, what do you want to happen? You want good things to happen! Good health, good jobs, good relationships are the things we want. For some, the hope is even more basic: enough to eat, freedom of speech, freedom to work,...
Introduction: Which would you rather do, predict military success for your country or help the enemy of your country? Unless you don't like your country, the answer is easy. Think about how popular you are predicting success, and how unpopular you are helping the...
Introduction: Two weeks ago we discussed the Israeli slave girl in Naaman's home. What an amazing missionary adventure she started! This week we look at more captives, this time from Jerusalem. Their lives are turned upside down. But, instead of blaming God, the...
Introduction: Your life is probably not centered on one great event in which you can step up and stop a holocaust. More likely, your life is a series of smaller decisions about right and wrong. Will the way you make decisions in the small things of life reveal how...
Introduction: What does Jesus teach us about sharing the gospel? What "missionary" tips does He share? One interesting tip is about light and mission. Another tip helps us understand better the "Kingdom of God." Let's dig into our study of the Bible and learn more...
Introduction: How good are you when dealing with cross-cultural issues? I'm not very good because I have not had much practice. Two cross-cultural events stand out in my mind. When I started law school about a third of my fellow students were Jewish. I thought Jew...
Introduction: "Peter and the Gentiles" sounds like it might be a singing group! Peter brought a sound alright, but it was the sound of the gospel to the Gentiles. Peter, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, broke through barriers of race and religion to expand...
Introduction: What would you say if you were not getting your fair share of food? For some, this is called being on a diet, but in the early church it was called racial discrimination. According to Acts 6:1-2, allegations were made that widows of one race were no...
Introduction: Three weeks ago we witnessed Jesus sharing the gospel with a Samaritan woman at the well. Two weeks ago, we learned about Peter's vision that led him to share the gospel with Cornelius, a Roman Centurion. Last week, we read the great things Philip d...
Introduction: When I was young, my father told me stories about how he was always the fastest worker. I took those stories to heart, and when I had manual jobs I always tried to be the fastest. In school, I applied this idea to try to get the top grade. Mental hea...
Introduction: Religious leaders tell me that the gospel must be preached to everyone before Jesus can come again. They are not making this up, for this statement is found in Matthew 24:14. Is this literally what Jesus means? Without thinking about it, I've taken...
