What Book is Best Described by . . .?
II Peter
Close Parallels with Jude
Colossians
Close parallels to Ephesians
I Timothy
How a young leader should guard the church at Ephesus against false teaching
II Timothy
Paul's final charge to Timothy
Colossians
A church seeking for the truth in other religious teachings has all it needs in Christ
Amos
A shepherd prophet from Judah warns neighboring kingdoms of coming judgment.
Jude
Close parallels with II Peter
Nahum
Comforts Judah by predicting the fall of Ninevah/Assyria
Joel
Compares locust plague to the Day of the Lord
II Thessalonians
Correcting the false notion that the Day of the Lord has already occurred
II Corinthians
Defending an apostle's authority against claims of weakness
Galatians
Defending the faith of recent converts against Judaizers
Micah
God brings a lawsuit against his people
Zechariah
God gives two anointed ones to his people, a prince and a priest
Ephesians?
Instructing a growing church in the privileges and responsibilities of the gospel of grace
I John
Key statements on love: God is love, whoever loves his brother walks in the light, this is how we know what love is, we love because he first loved us.
James
Many allusions to the Sermon on the Mount
Philippians
The epistle of joy
?
The most narrative of the prophetic books
Zephaniah
Written by a descendant of King Hezekiah
Romans
Written to prepare for future ministry in the western Roman empire
Habbakuk
A Prophet's complaints are answered by God
Jonah
A prophet disobeys and Israel's enemies repent
Zechariah
A series of night visions calls returnees to faithfulness
Galatians
Denying that circumcision is necessary for salvation
Obadiah
Edom will be judged for celebrating Judah's misfortune
I Peter
Encouraging suffering believers to live as strangers and aliens, resisting sin so that their accusers have no basis for their charges
Titus
How a young leader should guard the church on Crete against false teaching
Ephesians
Many close Parallels to Colossians
Romans
Paul's fullest exposition of the Christian message
II Peter
Peter's final testament, preparing the church to guard the truth against false teachers
I Thessalonians?
Praise for a church that has faithfully endured persecution
III John
Praises Gaius for his care for travelling teachers, condemns Diotrephes for being a lover of first place
Malachi
Priests are rebuked for blemished sacrifices, people for divorce and for robbing God
I Corinthians
Responding to a church's problems and questions
Philemon
Restoring a church brother to his master's household
Haggai
Returnees fail to prosper because they have not put God first by rebuilding the temple
Obadiah
Shortest book in the OT
Hebrews
Superior - savior, privileges, judgment
Hosea
Symbolizes God's pursuit of his unfaithful bride, Israel.
I John
Tests of life/ the likeness of the children to the Father: obedience to God's commands, love for brothers, doing what is righteous
Philippians
Thanksgiving for support via Epaphroditus
Zephaniah
The Day of the Lord will destroy all things, but God will preserve a faithful remnant
Jude
Urges believers to contend for the faith, issuing strong condemnation of false teachers
II John
Urges the elect lady and her children to love one another, warns them not to welcome deceivers
Revelation
Visions of God's glory, sovereignty, and work of final judgment and salvation inspire believers under pressure to be overcomers
Hebrews
Warning Jewish Christians against returning to the synagogue
James
Written to encourage practical Christian living, especially aimed at problems arising from tension between rich and poor