Download Audio Genesis Chapter 1, verses 20 through 23 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their […]
Download Audio PART ONE The Early History of God’s Gracious Dealings with Mankind in the Original World (1:1–11:26) Commentary The creation of the world (1:1–2:3) Nobody can be considered truly wise who has not learned the answers to the basic questions of life. Who am I? A chemical accident? A creature up from the jungle […]
Download Audio INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS Name and purpose Genesis is the name given to the first book of the Bible, the first of the five books of Moses. In the Hebrew Bible, this book is named after the first word of the book, “in the beginning.” Genesis is a Greek word meaning “origin,” and that’s […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Genesis by John C. Jeske, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1991. Editor’s Preface The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New International […]
Download Audio INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Christians in Ephesus while he was a prisoner in Rome, about the year A.D. 61. Although these traditional assumptions have been challenged by modern critics, they still seem very plausible. Author and date The author identifies himself as “Paul, an apostle of […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 PART SIX Conclusion (6:11-18) In our day, writing material is readily available. It was not always so. Among the ancients, writing materials, such as parchment, vellum, and papyrus, were […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 Galatians Chapter 5, verses 22-24 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 PART FIVE Paul Explains Sanctification—How the Justified Sinner Is to Live before God (5:1–6:10) As we begin this third major part of Paul’s letter, it may be useful to […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 Free from the law: the example of the Galatians’ own conversion The letter to the Galatians is an example of rapid and wide mood swings. Recall that this section […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 Christians are free from the law Using the everyday example of how the inheritance system works, Paul has illustrated that God’s plan of salvation, “duly established” in his covenant […]