Matthew, Part 1:
Jesus the
Messiah
Throughout the
Old Testament, you read of the promised Messiah. That hope was realized in
Jesus Christ and chronicled in the
Gospel of Matthew. And today on Precepts for
Life, Precept
Ministry’s
Kay Arthur begins a series in this first book of the
New Testament.
About Precepts for Life
This half-hour
Bible study program teaches you practical Bible study tools.
Verse by verse you'll discover how to observe
God's Word, interpret its meaning, and apply its truth to your daily life.
About Kay Arthur
Kay Arthur’s exciting, practical approach to the
Scriptures has influenced thousands to use the
Inductive Bible Study Method in their personal studies. Her distinguished
Christian character,
Bible teaching, championing of the Inductive Bible Study Method, and national radio and television programs motivate others to discover truth for themselves. Kay’s passion is for people to be established in
God’s Word.
At the age of 29, a divorced mother of two working as a nurse, Kay called in sick to the hospital where she was working because she was sick at heart, sick over the life of sin she had been living. She had a religion but did not possess a relationship with God. On the morning of July 16,
1963, she fell on her knees as a sinner and rose as pure and whole in the
Lord’s sight. “For ‘Whoever will call upon the name of the
LORD will be saved’”
Romans 10:13, (
NASB). “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come” (
2 Corinthians 5:17, NASB). She hungered and thirsted for the
Word of truth and began studying the Bible. Her relationship with the
Lord and scriptural findings turned her sorrows into joy and her mourning into laughter.
God’s love poured down upon her in
1965 when she married a missionary with the
Pocket Testament League named
Jack Arthur.
Together they served as missionaries in
Mexico for three and a half years until health issues led them back to the
States. In
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jack began managing a
Christian radio station, and Kay began a teen Bible study. Though the study started as a small gathering in the living room of the couple’s home, it soon grew from teens to college students to adults. From the beginning of the gatherings Kay’s and Jack’s deepest desire was to establish people in God’s Word. The ministry they founded in
1970 became
Precept Ministries International where they served together as CO-CEOs until
February 2012 when they stepped down and their son
David assumed the role of
CEO. Both Kay and Jack are still actively working at the Ministry.
As one of the principal Bible teachers at Precept Ministries, Kay speaks extensively domestically and internationally teaching the
Word of God and the Inductive Bible Study Method. She has taught in many countries including
Israel,
India,
Romania,
Russia,
Czech Republic,
Kazakhstan,
Bulgaria,
Cyprus,
Greece,
Taiwan,
England,
South Korea,
Japan,
Australia,
Singapore,
Scotland,
Ukraine,
Germany,
Guatemala,
Poland, and
South Africa.
Kay is the teacher and host of Precepts for Life, a daily television, radio, and online program which takes the student through the Bible book-by-book, verse-by-verse using the Inductive Bible Study Method. Precepts for Life has an audience reach of over 75 million households and broadcasts into over 30 countries. Precepts for Life was voted
Best Television Teaching
Program for 2004 and 2009 by the
National Religious Broadcasters.
Arthur was awarded the prestigious
NRB Hall of Fame Award at the
2011 National Religious Broadcasters
Convention and
Exposition. NRB's most prestigious award is presented to an individual NRB member for invaluable contribution to the field of Christian communications, exhibition of the highest standards and evidence of faithfulness in
Christ.
She was awarded an
Honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters from Tennessee Temple University for her outstanding biblical knowledge. She has written over
100 books and
Bible studies, with over ten million in print. Four of her books have received the prestigious
Gold Medallion Award. Kay was recently awarded the National Religious Broadcasters
Association “Best Television Teaching Award” for Precepts for Life, Precept Ministries’ half-hour television program.
In February 2012 Kay was awarded the
Lifetime Achievement Award by the
Christian Women in Media Association. This esteemed award is presented to a
CWIMA member for their faithful involvement and impact to Christian communications.
Kay and Jack Arthur currently reside in
Tennessee.
- published: 26 Nov 2015
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