FIRST-CENTURY CHURCHES
Written Mostly During Period of Acts
Table of Contents
Lesson One
Lesson Two
Lesson Three
Lesson Four
Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Lesson Seven
Lesson Eight
Lesson Nine
Lesson Ten
Lesson Eleven
Lesson Twelve
Lesson Thirteen
Lesson Fourteen
Events Leading Up to Writing First Letter
JAMES: Judging ~ AD 46
GALATIANS: Gospel VS Law ~ AD 47
I THESSALONIANS: Trials ~ AD 50
II THESSALONIANS: Tenacity ~ AD 50
I CORINTHIANS: Childishness ~ AD 57
II CORINTHIANS: Comfort ~ AD 57
ROMANS: Righteous Ratings ~ AD 57
EPHESIANS: Eternal Plan ~ AD 62
PHILIPPIANS: Persistence ~ AD 63
COLOSSIANS: Creeds ~ AD 63
PHILEMON: Freedom ~ AD 63
TITUS: Titles ~ AD 64
I Timothy: Total Church ~ AD 65
II TIMOTHY: Tearing the Church ~ AD 66
JUDE: Jeopardy ~ AD 67
I PETER: Persecution ~ AD 67
II PETER: Purity ~ AD 68
HEBREWS: Hang in There ~ AD 70
I, II, AND III JOHN: Just Christians ~ AD 90
Gives a chronology of events from the book of Acts including the circumstances under which each congregation was established.
A pause in the chronology is made when a letter was written to a congregation to show the circumstances of its writing.
Letters appear in the order they were written rather than grouped by writer of the letter as it appears in the New Testament.
A theme for each letter is given beginning with the same letter or sound as the name of the letter. Memorize the themes.
A background of the congregation's city is given in order to help understand why some things were included in the letter. Pictures are usually included.
Verses depicting the theme are summarized at the beginning.
Letters are usually named after the congregation or person the letter was addressed to, but sometimes named after the apostle writing it. These letters consist of books of the New Testament.
You may want to find others to meet with you once a week to go through your answers together.
They will not be graded. However, should you have questions or comments, you are welcome to join the Godfind discussion group
