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Chapter 2 (NASB)
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In Galatians chapter one we come to l…
Part 2 (NASB)
A review of why the Galatians should trust in Paul’s message:
You can trust me because I was called by God to bring you this message. This is something that many of us in the West are qu…
Part I (NASB)
Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley, the pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I am so glad you’re spending some time with me.
As I mentioned in the…
I recorded this a few months ago (back in January) and didn't get around to publishing it, but it works well, I think, as a summary for James, and I thought that this would be a good fiftieth episode…
Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley, the pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I hope that your faith will grow as we take a look at this second oldest book of t…
PART IX (NASB)
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This is …
PART VIII (NASB)
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Many, m…
PART VI (NASB)
Hello. I am Patrick Cooley, pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I want to thank you for spending some of your time today with me at the First Day podcast. Make sure you visit Firs…
PART VII (NASB)
Hello. I am Patrick Cooley, pastor of Northport Methodist Church, and I want to thank you for spending some of your time with me today at the First Day podcast. Make sure you visit Fir…
PART IV (NASB)
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Deuteron…
PART V (NASB)
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Now let’s…
PART III (NASB)
Thank you for listening to First Day. I ask that you share the podcast with others, and I am glad that you are here. In this first chapter, James is concerned with helping his fellow C…
PART II (NASB, 2020)
So as we covered last episode, James’ letter is addressed to Jewish Christians “dispersed throughout the world.” These Jewish Christians are not having the easiest go of it, and I…
In 41 CE, Claudius succeeded Caligula as emperor of the Roman Empire. He remained in power until 54 CE—thus making him emperor through at least four books of the New Testament: James, Galatians, Firs…
I'm starting a new series about the development of Christian thought by reading through the New Testament chronologically by publishing date. I know that there is much disagreement amongst scholars a…
In Part 2 we will take a brief look at the Hebrew and Greek source material for the Old and New Testaments.
This is the first part of a class on Bible interpretation and translations.