The Stranger in Your Gates

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 23 to October 30

Relevant Verses: Deuteronomy 10:1–19; 23:7; 24:19, 20 Theme: How to Treat the Other Leading Question: Why do we have trouble with a God who calls for justice? ou will not find the term “refugee” in...

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To Love the Lord Your God

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 16 to October 23

Relevant Verses: Deuteronomy 6:4, 5; 10:12 Theme: All You Need Is Love Leading Question: How do you love God? The book of Deuteronomy is saturated with the language of love. The Hebrew root a-h-v for...

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The Everlasting Covenant

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 9 to October 16

Relevant Verses: Deuteronomy 5; 26:16–19 Theme: Promise and Responsibility Leading Question: Why is keeping a promise important? The book of Deuteronomy makes repeated reference to the word “covenant.” It appears no less than twenty-seven times....

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Moses’ History Lesson

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 2 to October 9

Relevant Verses: Deuteronomy 1–3 Theme: Remembering the Ups and Downs of the Past Leading Question: Why should we remember the past? In the first four chapters of Deuteronomy Moses recalls key events that have occurred...

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Preamble to Deuteronomy

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 25 to October 2

Relevant Verses: Exodus 19:4-8 Theme: Loyalty as a Response to God’s Love Leading Question: Freedom and Order: Can They Coexist? Deuteronomy is arguably the most influential book of the Old Testament. It brings the Pentateuch...

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Rebirth of Planet Earth

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 20 to March 27

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 65-66 Leading Question: What are the main differences between Isaiah’s vision of the New Earth and the one in Revelation? Probably the most significant difference between Isaiah’s vision of the New...

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Desire of Nations

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 13 to March 20

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 59-61 Leading Question: Is Isaiah clear about salvation, or do we need the New Testament? Isaiah 59 opens with a question about Yahweh’s ability to save. The response? “The Lord’s hand...

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Waging Love

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 6 to March 13

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 55, 58 Leading Question: How many chapters in Isaiah could be seen as nothing but good news? Isaiah 55 breaks into 5 paragraphs. Let’s evaluate each one to see how it...

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Doing the Unthinkable

• Lesson 10 for the week of February 27 to March 6

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 50:4-10; 52:13-53:12 Leading Question: “About whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” If you know your New Testament you may recognize the leading question as coming...

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To Serve and to Save

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 20 to February 27

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 41, 42:1-7, 44:26-45:6, 49:1-12 Leading Question: The “servant” of the Lord is sometimes presented as a corporate entity, sometimes as an individual – how does one tell the difference? A recurring...

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Comfort My People

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 13 to February 20

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 40 Leading Question: How much of Isaiah 40 requires a “correct” historical context in order to bring meaning to the believer’s life? This chapter from Isaiah 40 seems to beg for...

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Defeat of the Assyrians

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 6 to February 13

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 36-39 Leading Question: What happens when a pagan king uses the name of the Lord in vain? This week’s lesson focuses Isaiah 36-39, an historical interlude between two largely prophetic sections....

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Playing God

• Lesson 6 for the week of January 30 to February 6

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 13-14, 24-27 Leading Question: To what extent is God’s violence in the Old Testament linked to the fact that he is dealing with violent people? This week’s lesson includes a broad...

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Noble Prince of Peace

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 23 to January 30

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 9-12 Leading Question: Why do Old Testament passages give us such a bloody path as the way to the Prince of Peace? The section of Isaiah that our lesson this week...

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