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Jody Washburn

Associate Professor of Hebrew and Biblical Studies

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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The Lord Reigns

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 13 to January 20
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Leading Question: In the Bible, God is depicted in a variety of ways, with imagery from kingship, priesthood, motherhood, and many more arenas. What messages about God and God’s relationship with humanity are communicated by...

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Teach Us to Pray

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 6 to January 13
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Leading Question: What messages have you received over the course of your life about what prayer is? How did you learn how to pray? Scripture Focus: Psalm 23, Daniel 2:20-23, Psalm 44, Psalm 22, Psalm...

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How to Read the Psalms

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 30 to January 6
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Leading Question: Robert Alter, in his book The Art of Biblical Poetry, argues that “poetry is not just a set of techniques for saying impressively what could be said otherwise. Rather, it is a particular...

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Introduction

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The book of Psalms could be described as the most eclectic and diverse collection found in the Bible, and this collection has served as a centerpiece in individual and collective worship for thousands of years....

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All Things New

  • Lesson 14 for the week of December 24 to December 31
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Relevant Verses: Isaia 65:17-18; 66:22-23; Rev. 21:1-5 Leading Question: Our title suggests a clean slate. But is that actually possible? Can we actually understand salvation if we have no memory of what we have been saved...

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The Judging Process

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 17 to December 24
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Relevant Verses: Deut. 4:5-8; Jer. 31:33-34; Rom. 8:1; John 3:16-17 Leading Question: How can we make the idea of judgment good news? Or will it always have to have a touch of bad news too? Comment:...

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The Biblical World View

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 10 to December 17
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Relevant Verses: Luke 2:52; Acts 8:4-24 Leading Question: If there is a biblical “”World View,” where did the other one come from? Or is there more than one? As the word suggests, “world view” is a...

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End-time Deceptions

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 3 to December 10
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Relevant Verses: 1 Sam 38:3-25; James 4:7 Leading Question: If neither you nor I like to be deceived, why doesn’t God just waive his magic wand and get rid of all deceptions? Comment: No one likes...

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