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The studies in His Teachings, One by One, sorted by the kind of thing each one teaches.
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His Teachings, One by One holds 23 of the site's 1112 featured studies, in one kind.
- 23 studies ask what Scripture teaches on a subject, from its first text to its fullest.
The studies by kind
What Scripture teaches on a subject, from its first text to its fullest. The traditions that formed the teaching are named.
23 studies, 0 as cards, 23 in the register
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- Abba, FatherThis page traces one Aramaic word from Jesus's own cry in Gethsemane into Paul's letters, where the Spirit puts that same cry into the believer's mouth.
- Abide in MeThis page walks through John 15:1-11's vine and branches, what the vinedresser's pruning actually meant in a first-century vineyard, and how the passage tells a branch to abide.
- Asking in His NameFive separate promises across John 14 through 16 are laid out side by side with the one condition Jesus attaches to them.
- Blasphemy Against the SpiritThis page walks through the healing that provoked the warning about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, then Mark's own note naming exactly what triggered it, calling an undeniable work of God's mercy the work of an unclean spirit.
- Born of the SpiritThis page walks Nicodemus's night visit to Jesus in John 3 and the wordplay between wind, breath, and spirit that the passage turns on.
- Come Unto MeThis page reads Jesus's invitation in Matthew 11:28-30 as hanging directly on His most exclusive claim, made one verse earlier, that only the Son truly knows the Father.
- Count the CostThis page works out the arithmetic of the tower and the king, the two parables that carry Jesus's warning, then unpacks the Semitic 'hate' language of verse 26 and traces the passage to the church's own voices and to Bonhoeffer.
- Entering the KingdomThe page lines up five different entrance sayings from four Gospels and shows what each one strips away before showing what each one gives.
- Eternal LifeThe page collects four places Jesus defines eternal life in His own words, and shows that each one answers 'what is it' with less about duration and more about a Person known.
- Follow MeThis page traces every recorded 'Follow Me' scene: the fishermen at their nets, Matthew at his tax booth, the first disciples by the riverbank, and Peter again after the resurrection, with public-domain commentary on each.
- Knowing the FatherThis page studies two moments where Jesus claims to be the only way to know the Father: his prayer in Matthew 11 and his answer to Philip in John 14.
- RepentanceThis page opens with repentance as Jesus's first public word, then follows the three lost things of Luke 15 as his fullest picture of what repenting actually is.
- Take Up Your CrossThis page reads the saying in Matthew, Mark, and Luke side by side, explains what carrying a cross actually meant in that world, and traces the same command into Paul's own letters.
- The Father's CareThis page follows Jesus's argument from birds and lilies, to a flawed father, to a two-penny sparrow, showing what each rung proves about the Father's character.
- The Father's WillThis page traces one thread through five sayings about the Father's will, from the Lord's Prayer to Gethsemane, and gathers what the church's commentators have said about each.
- The Foot-WashingThis page walks John 13 verb by verb, then works through Peter's protest, what 'thou hast no part with me' means, and the two ways the church has read the command to keep washing feet.
- The Kingdom Is at HandJesus's first public sentence, 'the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel,' is taken apart clause by clause.
- The Kingdom WithinAsked when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answers that it comes 'not with observation,' then says it is 'within you' or 'in your midst,' a genuinely contested Greek phrase this page holds both ways rather than settling.
- The Least Is GreatestThe Twelve argue over who is greatest at least twice, once on the road and once at the Last Supper table, and Jesus gives the same answer both times: whoever wants to lead must serve.
- The ParacleteThe page walks five things Jesus says the Paraclete will do, teach, testify, convict, guide, and glorify, each with its own verse and church voices.
- The Prayer of AgreementThe page reads Matthew 18:19-20 both ways the church always has: as the promise that closes a specific case about a sinning brother, and as a standing promise for any two or three who pray together.
- The Promise of the FatherThe page traces one continuous promise across five beats, from Jesus's last words in Luke's Gospel to Peter naming it kept at Pentecost.
- Whoever Believes
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