New rankings out - Top 5 passages of the NT

Okay - this is not something we are really supposed to do, rank the importance of certain Biblical passages over others. But what if you only had five weeks to teach college students about knowing Christ today? What passages would you choose? That was the motive behind this series. Thanks to comments and discussion with some of you, and how things have played out on campus for the past couple weeks, I have revised my rankings. Here they are:

1. Revelation 22 – The end or final blue print of what Jesus is doing, recreation, the new heavens and the new earth…

2. Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission given by Christ after the resurrection.

3. Luke 11 - Jesus’ teaching on prayer and trusting the Holy Spirit

4. Ephesians 2:1-20 - What is so good about the Gospel?

5. John 7:42-47– Jesus and his invitation to believe and keep on believing in Him

We have a great time at the first two cru Large Group Bible studies digging into John 7 and Ephesians 2. Next we take a look at Luke 11 - Jesus' teaching to disciples on prayer.

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