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Jody Washburn

Associate Professor of Hebrew and Biblical Studies

Rough Start

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 12 to July 19
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Key Verses: Exodus 5-6 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Perhaps nowhere is Pharaoh’s hardness of heart demonstrated more clearly than in the first words he utters in the Exodus narrative: ‘Who is the Lord?’ In time,...

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The Burning Bush

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 5 to July 12
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Key Verses: Exodus 3-4 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Moses also experiences a challenge to his way of approaching and knowing the world. His encounter at the burning bush calls into question not only the reliability...

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Oppression: The Background and the Birth of Moses

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 28 to July 5
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Key Verses: Exodus 1-2 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “The book of Exodus moves from slavery to worship, from Israel’s bondage to Pharaoh to its bonding to Yahweh. More particularly, the book moves from the enforced...

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Exodus Introduction

  • Introduction
The book of Exodus is very dear to me. When I think about the book of Exodus I think of at least three things. The first, Exodus reminds me of my past. It was in...

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Wait on the Lord

  • Lesson 13 for the week of March 23 to March 30
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Leading Question: Stories often have an arc. There is tension, and the story draws us along because in the unfolding of each story, we see a bit of ourselves and what it means to be...

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Worship That Never Ends

  • Lesson 12 for the week of March 16 to March 23
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Leading Question: What does it mean to bless God? What does it mean to receive a blessing? Scripture Focus: Psalm 104, Psalm 103, Deuteronomy 6:13, Psalm 96, Psalm 98 The Big Idea: Praise is the...

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Longing for God in Zion

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 9 to March 16
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Leading Question: WFor you or people close to you, what is a place that is tied to spiritual experiences or memories of connection with God? Scripture Focus: Psalm 84, Psalm 125, Psalm 122, Psalm 46...

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Lessons of the Past

  • Lesson 10 for the week of March 2 to March 9
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Leading Question: What role do stories about the past play in equipping people to navigate life with all its twists and turns? Scripture Focus: Psalm 78, Psalm 105 The Big Idea: Knowing where we come...

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Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 24 to March 2
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Leading Question: Covenant relationship is a thread that winds throughout the biblical literature, conceptualized in a variety of ways. What does it mean to say humans are in covenant relationship with God? Scripture Focus: Psalm...

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Wisdom for Righteous Living

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 17 to February 24
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Leading Question: What is wisdom? Scripture Focus: Deuteronomy 28, Psalm 128, Psalm 90, Psalm 137 and 138 The Big Idea: It is usually books like Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes that are described as “wisdom literature.”...

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Your Mercy Reaches Unto the Heavens

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 10 to February 17
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Leading Question: When do we as humans need God’s mercy? Scripture Focus: Psalm 57:9, 10, Psalm 136, Psalm 51 The Big Idea: The covenant loyalty of God is a theme that runs throughout the Bible,...

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I Will Arise

  • Lesson 6 for the week of February 3 to February 10
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Leading Question: What does it mean when God stands up? Scripture Focus: Psalm 12:5, Psalm 18, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Psalm 96, Psalm 99 The Big Idea: The writers of the Psalms understood God as a divine...

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Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 27 to February 3
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Leading Question: Have you ever had something asked of you that felt like an insult, a misunderstanding of who you are and what matters most to you? What was this like for you? Scripture Focus:...

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The Lord Hears and Delivers

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 20 to January 27
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Leading Question: What is it like to be truly and deeply heard? Scripture Focus: Psalm 34, Exodus 2:23-25, Exodus 3:7-8, Psalm 17:8, Psalm 44, Psalm 80 The Big Idea: Throughout the Bible, God is described...

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