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Grace Notes Topics Library
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Grace Notes Topics Library
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<p>
<strong>Click</strong> [<b>PDF</b>] to read a file or download the Acrobat Reader version of the topic.
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<div>
<table id="topics" class="table">
<tr>
<td>
<strong>INDEX TO TOPICS</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/_TopicsIndex.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Index and brief description of topics in
the Library.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Aaron</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Aaron.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Moses' older brother, the first high priest. According to the
genealogical lists he was third in descent from Levi (Ex.
6:16-20; 1 Ch. 6:1-3). [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Abomination of Desolation</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Abomination.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - In Matthew 24:15-20, our Lord Himself
spoke of the "abomination of desolation". [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Abrahamic Covenant</b>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/abrahamicCovenant.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - "I will bless those who bless you, and
whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you." This is the beginning of the
covenant with Abram. [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Absalom</b>- [<a href="documents/TOPICS_DOC/Absalom.pdf"
target="_blank">PDF</a>] - David's third son by Maacah
daughter of Talmai king of Geshur (a small country between
Hermon and Bashan). [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Acts, Historical Background</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/actsHistoricalBackground.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - chronology, and some of the political
background of the Acts of the Apostles. [DEC 2008]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Acts, Introduction</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/aCTS_Intro.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - an introduction to the study of the Acts
of the Apostles. [JUN 2004]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Acts, Outline</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/actsOutline.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - outline of the book of Acts. [JUN 2004]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Acts, Survey</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/acts_Survey.pdf">PDF</a>] - a survey of
the Acts of the Apostles. [NOV 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Adam</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/adam.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] - It
is fitting that we start with Adam, because Adam was the
first head of the human race. By looking at Adam's life we
can discover the beginnings of our problems... and solutions. [JAN 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Adoption</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/adoption.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- From Eph. 1:5, Gal. 4:5, etc., notes on the believer's
spiritual adoption. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Advocacy</strong>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/advocacy.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- Christ, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are our advocates with
the Father, protecting us against the lies of Satan. [JUN 2007]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>The Agape Feast</strong>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/AgapeFeast.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The brotherly common meals of the early
Church. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Agriculture in Palestine</strong>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/agriculturePalestine.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Israelites learned farming during 400
years in Egypt. Description of farming practices and OT laws
regulating them. [JUN 2004]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Alexandria</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/alexandria.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - City in Egypt founded by Alexander the
Great. Birthplace of Apollos. Work site for the Septuagint
version of the Old Testament. [NOV 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Amalekites</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Amalekites.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and
grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12, 16), and as a collective noun,
the Amelekites, were his descendants. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Ambassadorship</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ambassadorship.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ. [JUN 2004]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Amorites</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Amorites.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- The name Amorite is used in the OT to denote (1) the
inhabitants of Palestine generally, (2) the population of the
hills as opposed to the plain, and (3) a specific people
under a king of their own. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Amos</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Amos.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] - A
prophet of the 8th cent B.C., and the third book of the Minor
Prophets. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Anabasis</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/aNABASIS.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- by Xenophon, <em>The March of the Ten Thousand</em>. The
most famous work of the Greek professional soldier and writer
Xenophon. The journey it narrates is his best known
accomplishment and "one of the great adventures in human
history." [AUG 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Angels</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/angels.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
a categorial study of the Doctrine of Angels. [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Anger</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/anger.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
What the Bible says about anger, ours and God's. How to deal
with sinful anger. [NOV 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Antichrist</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/antichrist.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - In the Church Age, antichrist refers to
any believer who resides and functions in the world system of
Satan. [JUN 2004]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Antinomianism</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Antinomianism.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Antinomianism is the view that Christians
are exempt from the demands of the moral law by reason of
their reliance upon divine grace alone for salvation. [FEB
2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Antioch</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/antioch.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
where followers of Christ were first called Christians, is
located some three hundred miles north of Jerusalem, on the
west bank of the Orontes River. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Apocrypha and non-Canonical Writings</strong> -
[<a href="documents/TOPICS_DOC/Apocrypha.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The word <b>Apocrypha</b> means "hidden",
or "secret". The term "Apocrypha" is usually applied to a
collection of books, from eleven to sixteen in number, which
appeared during the interim between the Old and New
Testaments. These books have come down to us in more or less
close connection with the canonical books of the Bible. [DEC 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Apollos</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/apollos.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
a short account of what the Bible has to say about this
friend of the apostle Paul. [JAN 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Apostleship</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/apostleship.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Qualifications, credentials, and function
of apostles. [JAN 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Apostolic Age, The</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/apostolicAge.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The apostolic period extends from the Day
of Pentecost to the death of St. John, and covers about
seventy years, from AD 30 to 100. [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Apostolic Church, The</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/apostolicChurch.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The beginnings of the Church in the times
of the Apostles. [JUN 2004]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Apostolic Fathers, The</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ApostolicFathers.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - at least a partial listing, including
brief biographies of the successors to the Apostles. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Aquila and Priscilla</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/aquila.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Two friends of Paul whom he met in Corinth, who traveled to
Ephesus with him, and were instructors of Apollos. [JAN 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>The Aramaic Language</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/AramaicLanguage.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Aramaic is a language or group of
languages of the Semitic family, closely related to Hebrew.
Biblical Aramaic, formerly called Chaldee, is the name given
to the Aramaic occasionally found in the Old Testament. [FEB
2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Areopagus</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Areopagus.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- The Areopagus is a hill northwest of the Acropolis in
Athens, Greece, where the apostle Paul preached to the
intellectuals. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Ark of the Covenant</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/arkOfTheCovenant.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The Ark of the Tabernacle, its history
and typology. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Armageddon</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/armageddon.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - a review of the final battle. [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Armor of God</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/armorOfGod.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - An exposition of Eph. 6:10-17; a
discussion of demon organization and tactics; history of
Roman armor to explain vocabulary. [OCT 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Armor of God, Using</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ArmorOfGod_Using.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - "If training in arms ceases, there is no
difference between a soldier and a civilian! and No matter
how many years he has served, an unexercised solder is a raw
recruit!" - Vegetius [DEC 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Ascension of Christ</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ascension.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- Scripture passages related to the ascension of the Lord
Jesus Christ. [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Asia Minor</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/AsiaMinor.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- The land to which this name has been applied plays an
important part in some periods of Bible history, and a
central part in the history of the earliest Christian
mission. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Assyria</strong>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/assyria.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Capsule history of the Assyrian Empire. [FEB 2012]
</td>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Assyria (Rawlinson)</strong>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/assyria(rawlinson).pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
a thoroughly researched study by George Rawlinson, from The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. [AUG 2014] [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Athens</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/athens.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
one of the greatest cultural centers of Paul’s day, grew up
around a 520-foot-high rocky plateau called the Acropolis. [NOV 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Atonement, The Day of</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/AtonementDayOf.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The Day of Atonement was the fourth of
the five annual feasts of pre-exile Israel. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Augustus</strong> (Octavian) - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Augustus.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- a brief biography of the Roman Emperor who sent out the
decree at the time of Jesus' birth that "all the world"
should be taxed. [JAN 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Authority, God's Chain of Command</strong> -
[<a href="documents/TOPICS_DOC/authority.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Authority of God as delegated to the
apostles, and from the apostles to us via the Scriptures;
proper responses to civil, ecclesiastical, and family
authority. [FEB 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Baal</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Baal.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The supreme fertility-god of the Canaanites. [FEB 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Babel, Tower of</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Babel.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The popular designation of the tower (Heb mig?d?l) described in Gen. 11, which people migrating from the East
built in the midst of their city in the plain of Shinar. [MAR 2013]
</td>
</tr>
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<strong>Babylon</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Babylon.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Babylon lay on the bank of the Euphrates in the land of Shinar (Gen. 10:10), in the northern area of Babylonia (now southern Iraq)
called Accad (as opposed to the southern area called Sumer). [MAR 2013]
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<strong>Babylonia</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Babylonia(Rawlinson).pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - detailed ancient history of the
Babylonian empire, by George Rawlinson, MA. [JUN 2012]
</td>
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<tr>
<td>
<strong>Balaam</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Balaam.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Short description of Balaam's career with reference to the
Doctrine of Balaam [JAN 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Baptism</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Baptism.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
The seven types of baptism in the Bible; the baptism of the
Holy Spirit; believer's baptism. [NOV 2011]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Barnabas</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Barnabas.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- The Acts of the Apostles describes Barnabas as 'a good man,
full of the Holy Spirit and of faith' (Acts 6:24). [NOV 2012]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>The Barrier, Reconciliation, Justification</strong> -
[<a href="documents/TOPICS_DOC/Barrier.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The doctrines of Reconciliation,
Propitiation, and the removal of the barrier between God and
man.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Beatitudes</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Beatitudes.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The eight blessings in the Beatitudes,
related to the Christian life.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Beer-Sheba</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/BeerSheba.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The name of this venerable town means literally "the well of seven." {MAR 2013]
</td>
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<tr>
<td>
<strong>Benjamin</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Benjamin.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The youngest of Jacob's sons, the only one to be born in Palestine; and the tribe named for him. The tribe of the Apostle Paul. [MAR 2013]
</td>
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<tr>
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<strong>Berea</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Berea.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
When they were driven out of Thessalonica, Paul and Silas
came to Berea, where they preached in the synagogue of the
Jews.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Berenice</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Berenice.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
the sister of Herod Agrippa II; features in trial of Paul in Acts 25.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<strong>Bethlehem-Judah</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Bethlehem.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- The home of Ruth and Boaz, the city of David, the
birthplace of Jesus Christ.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Bible Exegesis and Exposition</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/BibleExegesisAndExposition.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - a Bible teacher's study notes must be
converted into exposition which can be understood by his
audience.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Bible Study</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/BibleStudy.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - by Drue Freeman. How to study the Bible
with understanding.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Bithynia</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Bithynia.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- Bithynia was a Roman province in the northwest corner of
Asia Minor. 1 Peter 1:1.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Bitterness</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Bitterness.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Bitterness is one of the most crushing
mental problems in a person's life; the Bible has solutions.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Blessing</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Blessing.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- Bible origins of the New Testament word "blessing",
applications.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Blood of Christ</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/BloodOfChrist.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Teaching on the representative analogy
which the Blood of Christ forms with the death of the animal
on the altar.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Body of Christ</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/BodyOfChrist.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Every Christian is a member of the Body
of Christ.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Bunyan, John</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/BunyanJohnLife.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - the life of the great Christian author of
Pilgrim's Progress.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Busybody</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Busybody.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- A busybody is a person who inserts himself uninvited into
some else’s life, who meddles or pries into the affairs of
others. The Bible is very clear that this is wrong, totally
inappropriate behavior, especially in a local church
congregation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Canaan</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Canaan.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Canaan is an ancient name for the area that includes all of the land west of the Jordan and Syria to the level of Lebweh. [MAR 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Capernaum</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Capernaum.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The most important city on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was here that Jesus established His headquarters for the major part of His public ministry (Mt. 4:13). [MAR 2013]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<strong>Caesarea Palestine</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/CaesareaPalestine.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Caesarea, the Roman capital of Judea in
the time of Christ and Paul, was located by the sea,
thirty-two miles north of Joppa, and some sixty miles
northwest of Jerusalem.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Caesarea Philippi</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/CaesareaPhilippi.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Caesarea Philippi was located at the foot
of Mt. Hermon ... one of the most beautiful localities in all
the Holy Land.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Carchemish, Battle of</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Carchemish.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - A description of the battle for this
ancient capital of the Hittite empire, with Bible references
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chaldea</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Chaldea.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
the history of the ancient kingdom where Abraham was born and
which later was the locale of the Babylonian empire.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chaldea - Rawlinson</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/chaldea(rawlinson).pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
a thoroughly researched study by George Rawlinson, from The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chapter Titles</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ChapterTitles_Bible.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - a title for each chapter in the Bible.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chastisement (Divine Discipline)</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Chastisement.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Whom the Lord loves, He chastens; the
study of Divine Discipline
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Children, Goals for</strong>, [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ChildrenGoals.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Some ideas regarding setting Biblical
goals for nurturing and training children in the plan of God.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chios -</strong> [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Chios.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
mentioned on Paul’s third missionary journey. Chios was
especially noted in antiquity for its claim to be the
birthplace of Homer, for its school of epic poets, and its
sculptors.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Christ the Rock</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ChristTheRock.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - This is the stone which was set at nought
of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Christian at Work</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ChristianAtWork.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Suggestions for a believer's attitude and
function on the job.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Christian Worker Qualifications</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/WorkerQuals.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] Biblical
qualifications for Christians in the Lord's service.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Christians of the Early Church</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/christiansearlychurch.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - A description of the life of Christians
in the early church, as found in the Epistle to Diognetus, by
an unknown author of the 2nd Century. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chronology of New Testament Times</strong> -
[<a href="documents/TOPICS_DOC/ChronologyNewTestament.pdf"
target="_blank">PDF</a>]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Chronology of the World from the Christian
perspective</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/ChronologyBiblicalChristianity.PDF"
target="_blank">PDF</a>]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Church, the Body of Christ</strong>- [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Church.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Many people think of church in terms of brick and mortar,
program and form. But in these passages you will learn that
the Church is a spiritual organism, dear to the heart of God
the Father.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Circumcision</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Circumcision.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The importance of the doctrine of
Circumcision in Church Age teaching.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Citizenship of the Believer</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Citizenship.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Verses describing the Christian's
transfer of citizenship from the world to the heavenly
kingdom through union with Christ.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Claudius</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Claudius.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- Tiberius Claudius Drusus Caesar, the fourth Roman Emperor
(40 to 54 AD).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Colossae</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/colossae.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- overview of the city of the Colossians. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Communion</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Communion.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- the Lord's Supper; derivation from the Passover
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Confession of Sin</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Confession.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The principles of biblical confession of
sin; how the Lord's grace provision makes it possible for a
Christian to stay in fellowship.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Coos (Cos)</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Coos(Cos).pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- Coos is an island mentioned in connection with Paul’s third
missionary journey in Acts 21:1, and in its relations with
the Jews in 1 Macc. 15:23; Josephus Ant. xiv.7.2; 10.15.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Corinth</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Corinth.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
A brief summary of the history of the Greek city where Paul
stayed 18 months.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Cornelius</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/cornelius.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
A Roman centurion converted by Peter after both had seen divine visions (Acts 10:1–11:18), the first Gentile known to become a Christian. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Cosmic System</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/CosmicSystem.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Satan's plan and process for controlling
the world, and his attempt, using his organization of fallen
angels, to counteract the plan of God in all respects.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Covenants</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Covenants.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- An extensive study of God's Covenants with Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Moses, David; and the New Covenant.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Crete, Brief History</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Crete.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
An outline history of Crete and historical comments on the
character of the people; a historical supplement to the study
of the Epistle to Titus
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Cyprus</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/cyprus.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
An island situated near the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, in angle formed by the coasts of Cilicia (modern Turkey) and Syria. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Cyrus the Great</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/CyrusTheGreat.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Properly Cyrus II, the Great, founder of the Persian empire. He reigned from 559 to 530 B.C., and his empire flourished until its conquest by Alexander the Great (331 B.C.). [MAR 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Daily Bible Reading</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/DailyBibleReading.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - This is a daily Bible reading listing
for the year 2012. With this arrangement, you read the whole
Bible in a year, but in the chronological order of events.
So, for example, many of the Psalms are included with the
readings for historical books, because they were written at
the time of those events. Likewise, the writings of prophets
are included with contemporary historical events.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Damascus</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/damascus.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- an outline study of this oldest city in the world; of
central interest to Bible events. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Damascus, Roads to</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/DamascusRoads.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - description of the various roads which
Saul could have used to travel between Jerusalem and
Damascus.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Darkness in the Soul</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/DarknessOfTheSoul.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - an exposition of Ephesians 4:17-24.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Day of Atonement</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/DayOfAtonement.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - an exposition of Leviticus 16; Keil and
Delitzsch
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Deacons</strong> – [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Deacons_WordStudy.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - a Greek word study (Kittel) on
<strong>diakonos</strong>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Dead Sea Scrolls</strong> – [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/DeadSeaScrolls.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The name generally given to the manuscripts and fragments of manuscripts of the Bible discovered in caves near the northwestern end of the Dead Sea in the period between 1946 and 1956. [MAR 2013]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Death, Seven Types</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Death.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Seven types of death in the Bible.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Death of Christ</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/deathofchrist.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The death of Jesus Christ was an act of
obedience to God the Father's plan of salvation. [AUG 2014]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Deborah and Barak</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/DeborahAndBarak.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - a fresh oppression of the Israelites,
and the glorious victory which they obtained over Sisera, Jabin's general,
through the judge Deborah and the heroic warrior Barak. [MAR 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<td>
<strong>Deity of Christ</strong> [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/deityofchrist.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - Scripture references to the deity of
Christ in which divine essence is attributed to Christ. [JUL 2013]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Demons, Intro. to Study of</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Demons.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>] -
Outline of Bible references to demons; descriptions of
identity and functions
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Depression - Bible Solutions</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Depression.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - A discussion of the problem of depression
- Bible's advice.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Deuteronomy - Introduction</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Deuteronomy_Introduction.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The book of Deuteronomy contains not so much "a recapitulation of the things commanded and done, as related in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers" (Theod.), as "a compendium and summary of the whole law and wisdom of the people of Israel, wherein those things which related to the priests and Levites are omitted, and only such things included as the people generally required to know" (Luther). [DEC 2012]
</td>
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<td>
<strong>Disciples, Christ's</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Disciples.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>]
- biographies of the twelve and other disciples.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Dispensations</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Dispensations.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - A dispensation is a period of time which
is identified by its relation to some particular purpose of
God.
</td>
</tr>
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<strong>Dispersion</strong> - [<a href=
"documents/TOPICS_DOC/Dispersion.pdf" target=
"_blank">PDF</a>] - The term used to designate the Jews living outside Palestine and