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Mark W Bailey
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Have you ever opened a Bible study book and found yourself reading more of the author’s conclusions than the Bible itself?
Every Book of the Bible: Bible-Only Context Guide was created to take the opposite approach.
This book is not a commentary. It does not attempt to interpret every verse, replace personal Bible study, or tell the reader what to believe without examination. Its purpose is to provide the essential context needed to enter each biblical book intelligently—and then direct the reader back to Scripture to discover its meaning.
Each of the Bible’s 66 books is presented through a simple three-step method:
Context First
Learn what Scripture reveals about the writer, audience, setting, circumstances, purpose, literary form, major themes, symbolism, and practical application. Where Scripture does not identify the human writer or provide an exact date, the guide says so plainly rather than presenting tradition as certainty.
Read the Scripture
The reader is directed to the entire book, along with carefully selected Scripture anchors and repeated words or ideas that reveal the book’s message.
Reflect From the Text
Four book-specific questions require the reader to return to Scripture, examine the context, follow the argument, and support every answer from the inspired text.
The questions are deliberately designed so they cannot be answered merely by guessing, repeating tradition, or relying on someone else’s opinion. The reader must open the Bible, search the passages, observe what is written, and allow Scripture to explain Scripture.
The goal is not merely to help readers remember facts about Genesis, Matthew, Romans, Revelation, or any other book. It is to develop lifelong habits of careful Bible examination.
Readers learn to ask:
What is happening in this book?
Why was it written?
What repeated ideas reveal its message?
How does the immediate context control the meaning?
How does this book connect with the rest of Scripture?
What does the text require me to believe, obey, change, or become?
Instead of making the reader dependent upon a commentator, the guide trains the reader to become a more responsible student of God’s Word.
The Teacher’s Answer Guide was created to accompany the student book without taking away the student’s responsibility to study.
For every reflection question, the teacher receives:
A concise suggested answer
Supporting Scripture anchors
The main teaching focus of the book
Key themes and repeated ideas
Guidance for keeping discussion centered on the biblical text
The Teacher’s Guide is not intended to turn the class into a lecture or provide answers that students simply copy. It helps the teacher prepare confidently, verify conclusions, ask meaningful follow-up questions, and show students exactly where each answer is found in Scripture.
Together, the two books are well suited for:
Personal Bible study
Adult and youth Bible classes
Family Bible study
New-convert instruction
Small-group studies
Preacher and teacher preparation
A complete survey of all 66 biblical books
This study does not ask the reader to accept an interpretation merely because a teacher, preacher, tradition, or author says it is true.
It asks the reader to examine the Word.
The purpose is not to tell people what the Bible says so they can avoid reading it. The purpose is to provide enough context that they can read it more carefully, understand it more responsibly, and discover its message from Scripture itself.
Open the guide.
Open your Bible.
Examine the context.
Follow the text.
Let God’s Word speak.
What if everything you’ve been taught about worship isn’t the final standard?
Throughout history, people have worshiped with the best of intentions, yet Scripture repeatedly shows that sincerity alone does not guarantee acceptance before God. From Cain and Abel to Nadab and Abihu, from the golden calf to Jesus’ rebuke of vain worship, the Bible consistently teaches that God—not man—determines what acceptable worship is.
Worship According to God is a careful journey from Eden to Eternity, tracing God’s revealed pattern of worship through every major period of biblical history. Rather than relying on tradition, emotion, or modern opinion, this book examines what God has actually revealed in His Word.
Inside you will discover:
Worship before the Mosaic Law
The worship of the patriarchs and Melchizedek
The purpose of the Tabernacle and Temple
Worship under the New Covenant
The meaning of the Hebrew and Greek words for worship
Singing, prayer, giving, the Lord’s Supper, and preaching
Biblical authority for worship through direct commands, approved examples, and necessary inferences
The worship of heaven and the eternal kingdom
Every chapter is grounded in Scripture, emphasizing careful exegesis and allowing the Bible to define worship on God’s terms.
This is more than a study of worship practices—it is a call to honor God by worshiping Him according to His revealed will rather than human preference.
“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” — John 4:24 (NASB95)
Mark W. Bailey
