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July 2015

July 12, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26: Matthew 26:47–27:26; Mark 14:43–72; Luke 22:47–71; John 18:1–27

Today's readings cover the events of Gethsemane, Jesus being brought before Pilate and a Jewish...

July 05, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25: Matthew 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:39–46. Also, BYU’s New Testament Commentary

Between a family reunion on the east coast, and a busy work week, I offer...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 24: John 16-17

Today's chapters continue Jesus' final sermon at the last supper, which uniquely extends to multiple...

June 20, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 23: Luke 22, John 13-15.

Luke 22 opens with "Satan enter[ing] into Judas called Iscariot." John refers to this as "Satan [had]...

June 13, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22: Matthew 25

A short commentary tonight, which I'll try to update later this week. Matthew 25 is...

June 08, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 21: Matthew 24 + JST Matthew 24

Today covers only one chapter, an interesting one. Known sometimes as the Olivet Discourse (because...

June 07, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 20: Matt 21:1-11, 23-46; 23; John 12:1-8

We're getting into the last week of Jesus' life. Since it was on sale, I picked...

June 06, 2015

Short Gospel Doctrine Lesson 19 and Book Review of The New Testament Made Harder

I've gotten behind, due to some unanticipated red-eye travel cross-country, spontaneous camping in Nauvoo with...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 18: Luke 15

Today we're covering less territory. In fact, we can focus entirely on one chapter. What’s...

May 09, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 17 (Updated)

Today's lesson covers a grab-bag of parables, many about money. Before getting to them though......

May 03, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 16: John 9-10 (Updated)

Two chapters of John today. John 9:1-3 These verses (as well as other scriptural or...

May 02, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 15: John 7-8

Bits and pieces this week. John 7:1- Who are "the Jews?" John frequently says things...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14: Matthew 18:1-35; Luke 10:25-37

Two parables today, that of the unjust servant, and that of the good samaritan. First,...

April 19, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13: Matthew 14:21-17:9

Today is a bit harried. We've been on the road, my wife successfully defended her...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

How I Taught Lesson 12

Last Saturday night, I was asked to pinch hit for Gospel Doctrine. Since my posts here...

March 21, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12: John 5-6

Some short commentary on John 5 with pictures, today. Jesus goes to Jerusalem for a...

March 14, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11: Matthew 13 and Parables

Matthew 13 is a series of long and short parables, which furnishes us with a...

March 06, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 10: Matthew 11:28-12:13; Luke 13:10-17; 7:36-50

More stories today in the Gospels, including several Sabbath Controversies. In the following commentary, I assume that...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 9: Matthew 6-7

In keeping with Jesus' style of connecting seemingly-unconnected bits, I'm going to offer some short bits...

February 20, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 8: Matthew 5

This begins the first of several weeks coverage of what's come to be known as The...

February 14, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7: Mark 2:1-12

Each lesson covers a good number of stories. Today covers Mark 1-2, among others. Mark...

February 13, 2015

Mogget’s Musings: Lesson 7 (Selections from Mark and Luke)

This week’s assigned readings are something of a potpourri of miracle stories: healings, exorcisms, nature...

February 08, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6:

My focus today is on a passage from Luke 4. In his hometown of Nazareth,...

February 07, 2015

Mogget’s Musings: Lesson 6 (Luke 4:14-32)

This week I read from the assigned passages in Luke, beginning with Jesus’ visit to...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5: John 3-4

Today I focus on Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus, in John 3. Nicodemus was a "leader...

January 24, 2015

Mogget’s Musings: Lesson 4 (John 1:35-51)

Introduction One of the pericope assigned this week is the story of the first disciples...

January 24, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4: John 1 (mostly)

Come Follow Me has reordered and regrouped the reading from previous New Testament years. Unfortunately, I don't...

January 12, 2015

Mogget’s Musings: Lesson 3 (Matthew 2)

Third Lesson – again, only the Synoptic tradition is represented, this time by Matthew 2...

January 10, 2015

Mogget’s Musings: Lesson 2

Second lesson. As with the first lesson, we read for what insight into these six...

January 03, 2015

Mogget’s Musings: Lesson 1

First lesson of 2015—where does the time go? As Ben said, I’m an exegete, and...

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