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Papers 137-156

Papers 120-136   Papers 157-182   Papers 183-196
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Paper 137: Tarrying Time in Galilee

Introduction to Paper 137
1. Choosing the First Four Apostles
2. Choosing Philip and Nathaniel
3. The Visit to Capernaum
4. The Wedding at Cana
5. Back in Capernaum
6. The Events of a Sabbath Day


Paper 138: Training the Kingdom's Messengers

Introduction to Paper 138
1. Final Instructions
2. Choosing the Six
3. The Call of Matthew and Simon
4. The Call of the Twins
5. The Call of Thomas and Judas
6. The Week of Intensive Training
7. Another Disappointment
8. First Work of the Twelve
9. Five Months of Testing
10. Organization of the Twelve


Paper 139: The Twelve Apostles

Introduction to Paper 139
1. Andrew, the First Chosen
2. Simon Peter
3. James Zebedee
4. John Zebedee
5. Philip the Curious
6. Honest Nathaniel
7. Matthew Levi
8. Thomas Didymus
9. and 10. James and Judas Alpheus
11. Simon the Zealot
12. Judas Iscariot

Paper 140: The Ordination of the Twelve

Introduction to Paper 140
1. Preliminary Instructions
2. The Ordination
3. The Ordination Sermon
4. You Are the Salt of the Earth
5. Fatherly and Brotherly Love
6. The Evening of the Ordination
7. The Week Following the Ordination
8. Thursday Afternoon on the Lake
9. The Day of Consecration
10. The Evening After the Consecration

Paper 141: Beginning the Public Work

Introduction to Paper 141
1. Leaving Galilee
2. God's Law and the Father's Will
3. The Sojourn at Amathus
4. Teaching About the Father
5. Spiritual Unity
6. Last Week at Amathus
7. At Bethany Beyond Jordan
8. Working in Jericho
9. Departing for Jerusalem

Paper 142: The Passover at Jerusalem

Introduction to Paper 142
1. Teaching in the Temple
2. God's Wrath
3. The Concept of God
4. Flavius and Greek Culture
5. The Discourse on Assurance
6. The Visit with Nocodemus
7. The Lesson on the Family
8. In Southern Judea

Paper 143: Going Through Samaria

Introduction to Paper 143
1. Preaching at Archelais
2. Lesson on Self-Mastery
3. Diversion and Relaxation
4. The Jews and the Samaritans
5. The Woman of Sychar
6. The Samaritan Revival
7. Teachings About Prayer and Worship

Paper 144: At Gilboa and in the Decapolis

Introduction to Paper 144
1. The Gilboa Encampment
2. The Discourse on Prayer
3. The Believer's Prayer
4. More About Prayer
5. Other Forms of Prayer
6. Conference with John's Apostles
7. In the Decapolis Cities
8. In Camp Near Pella
9. Death of John the Baptist

Paper 145: Four Eventful Days at Capernaum

Introduction to Paper 145
1. The Draught of Fishes
2. Afternoon at the Synagogue
3. The Healing at Sundown
4. The Evening After
5. Early Sunday Morning

Paper 146: First Preaching Tour of Galilee

Introduction to Paper 146
1. Preaching at Rimmon
2. At Jotapata
3. The Stop at Ramah
4. The Gospel at Iron
5. Back in Cana
6. Nain and the Widow's Son
7. At Endor

Paper 147: The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem

Introduction to Paper 147
1. The Centurion's Servant
2. The Journey to Jerusalem
3. At the Pool of Bethseda
4. The Rule of Living
5. Visiting Simon the Pharaisee
6. Returning to Capernaum
7. Back in Capernaum
8. The Feast of Spiritual Goodness

Paper 148: Training Evangelists at Bethsaida

Introduction to Paper 148
1. A New School of the Prophets
2. The Bethsaida Hospital
3. The Father's Business
4. Evil, Sin, and Iniquity
5. The Purpose of Affliction
6. The Misunderstanding of Suffering--Discourse on Job
7. The Man with the Withered Hand
8. Last Week at Bethsaida
9. Healing the Paralytic

Paper 149: The Second Preaching Tour

Introduction to Paper 149
1. The Widespread Fame of Jesus
2. Attitude of the People
3. Hostility of the Religious Leaders
4. Progress of the Preaching Tour
5. Lesson Regarding Contentment
6. The "Fear of the Lord"
7. Returning to Bethsaida

Paper 150: The Third Preaching Tour

Introduction to Paper 150
1. The Women's Evangelistic Corps
2. The Stop at Magdala
3. Sabbath at Tiberias
4. Sending the Apostles Out Two and Two
5. What Must I do to Be Saved?
6. The Evening Lessons
7. The Sojourn at Nazareth
8. The Sabbath Service
9. The Nazareth Rejection

Paper 151: Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside

Introduction to Paper 151
1. The Parable of the Sower
2. Interpretation of the Parable
3. More About Parables
4. More Parables by the Sea
5. The Visit to Kheresa
6. The Kheresa Lunatic

Paper 152: Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis

Introduction to Paper 152
1. At Jairus's House
2. Feeding the Five Thousand
3. The King-Making Episode
4. Simon Pter's Night Vision
5. Back in Bethsaida
6. At Gennesaret
7. At Jerusalem

Paper 153: The Crisis at Capernaum

Introduction to Paper 153
1. The setting of the Stage
2. The Epochal Sermon
3. The After Meeting
4. Last Words in the Synagogue
5. The Saturday Evening

Paper 154: Last Days at Capernaum

Introduction to Paper 154
1. A Week of Counsel
2. A Week of Rest
3. The Second Tiberias Conference
4. Saturday Night in Capernaum
5. The Eventful Sunday Morning
6. Jesus' Family Arrives
7. The Hasty Flight

Paper 155: Fleeing Through Northern Galilee

Introduction to Paper 155
1. Why Do the Heathen Rage?
2. The Evangelists in Chorazin
3. At Casesarea Philippi
4. On the Way to Phoenicia
5. The Discourse on True Religion
6. The Second Discourse on Religion

Paper 156: The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon

Introduction to Paper 156
1. The Syrian Woman
2. Teaching in Sidon
3. The Journey up the Coast
4. At Tyre
5. Jesus' Teaching at Tyre
6. The Return from Phoenicia