Foundation
What Does 2 Peter 1:3 Mean?
Examine the claim that everything needed for life and godliness had already been given.
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Foundation
What Did the Apostles Leave Behind?
Start with the New Testament pattern before asking what changed later.
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Was the Faith Delivered Once for All?
Explore Jude 3 and the book’s argument for a completed apostolic deposit.
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What Is the 'Perfect Thing' in 1 Corinthians 13?
Trace the book’s case for to teleion as the completed revelation rather than Christ’s return.
In the research library◆Spiritual Gifts
Did Miraculous Gifts Cease?
Examine prophecy, tongues, knowledge, confirmation, and the role of apostolic signs.
In the research library◆Spiritual Gifts
What Is the Difference Between Gnosis and Epignosis?
Follow the manuscript’s distinction between partial knowledge and full knowledge.
In the research library◆Church Leadership
Were Elders and Bishops the Same Office?
Compare presbyter, overseer, and shepherd language in the New Testament.
In the research library◆Church Leadership
When Did One Bishop Rise Above the Elders?
Trace the historical shift from plural local oversight toward one ruling bishop.
In the research library◆Church Leadership
What Did Ignatius Change?
Examine the book’s treatment of Ignatius and the threefold hierarchy.
In the research library◆Church Leadership
What Did Clement of Rome Teach About Elders?
Look at Clement as an early witness to plural local leadership.
In the research library◆Church Leadership
What Did Polycarp Teach About Church Leadership?
See why Polycarp is used as a contrast to the developing monarchical bishop model.
In the research library◆Priesthood
Did the New Testament Establish a Sacrificing Priesthood?
Compare the royal priesthood of believers with later sacerdotal development.
In the research library◆Priesthood
What Is the Difference Between Presbyter and Priest?
Explore presbyteros, sacerdos, and how later terminology changed the office.
In the research library◆Priesthood
When Did Priestly Language Enter the Church?
Trace the development of altar and sacrificial terminology after the apostolic age.
In the research library◆Priesthood
What Did Cyprian Teach About Bishops?
Examine episcopal authority, unity, and priestly language in the third century.
In the research library◆Canon
Was the New Testament Canon Complete Early?
Explore the manuscript’s case for an early, functionally complete apostolic library.
In the research library◆Canon
Did a Church Council Decide the Bible?
Examine recognition, apostolic authority, and later canon lists.
In the research library◆Authority
What Is Sola Scriptura?
Compare Scripture as the governing standard with later traditions and authority claims.
In the research library◆Authority
What Does 'Do Not Go Beyond What Is Written' Mean?
Explore 1 Corinthians 4:6 in the manuscript’s larger argument about limits.
In the research library◆Authority
What Does Galatians 1:8–9 Mean for New Revelation?
Consider later prophetic claims against the apostolic message already delivered.
In the research library◆Revelation
Was Revelation Written Before AD 70?
Follow the early-date case from the book’s use of urgency language and Roman chronology.
In the research library◆Revelation
What Does 'Soon' Mean in Revelation?
Examine the repeated time language in Revelation 1 and 22.
In the research library◆Revelation
Who Is the Sixth King in Revelation 17?
Trace the manuscript’s Roman-emperor chronology and the king who 'is.'
In the research library◆Revelation
What Does 666 Mean?
Explore the number of the man in its first-century Roman setting.
In the research library◆Revelation
Who Were the Twelve Caesars?
Understand why the manuscript places Roman imperial chronology beside Revelation.
In the research library◆Baptism
What Does Acts 2:38 Mean?
Examine repentance, baptism, forgiveness, and the wording of eis in Acts 2:38.
In the research library◆Baptism
Does Baptism Save?
Follow the book’s treatment of baptism as part of obeying the gospel rather than a later public testimony.
In the research library◆Baptism
Does 'Eis' Mean 'Because Of' in Acts 2:38?
Examine the grammatical argument and comparison with Matthew 26:28.
In the research library◆Salvation
What Does 'Faith Alone' Mean?
Explore the manuscript’s distinction between rejecting merit and excluding repentance, baptism, and obedience.
In the research library◆Salvation
What Does It Mean to Obey the Gospel?
Trace belief, repentance, confession, baptism, and continuing in the apostles’ teaching.
In the research library◆Blake Williams
Can a Church Form From the Bible Alone?
Enter the Blake Williams story and the prison congregation the book presents as a continuity test.
In the research library◆Blake Williams
Who Was Blake Williams?
Meet the prisoner whose Bible study became one of the book’s central historical exhibits.
In the research library◆Blake Williams
What Happened at El Reno Prison?
Trace the study, baptisms, worship, and congregation that developed inside the prison.
In the research library◆Blake Williams
Why Did the Prisoners Sing Without Instruments?
Examine the manuscript’s account of a cappella worship arising from their reading of the New Testament.
In the research library◆Blake Williams
How Did the Prison Church Observe the Lord’s Supper?
Explore bread, fruit of the vine, weekly worship, and the text-driven practices described in the story.
In the research library◆Blake Williams
What Does the Blake Williams Story Prove?
Examine the book’s claim that the story functions as evidence of historical continuity rather than restoration after extinction.
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