Blessed Are Those Who Believe

• Lesson 7 for the week of November 9 to November 16

Relevant Verses: John 8:54–58; 12:1–8; 19:4–22; 20:19– 31 Theme: Signs Faith versus Blessed Faith Leading Question: What do you need to believe? The tension between signs faith and belief without having seen is a curious...

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More Testimonies About Jesus

• Lesson 6 for the week of November 2 to November 9

Relevant Verses: John 1:32–36; 3:25–36; 5:36–38; 6:51–71; 7:37–53 Theme: The Scandal of Jesus Leading Question: Have you ever felt offended by something Jesus asked you to do? The miracle of the loaves and fish is...

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The Testimony of the Samaritans

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 26 to November 2

Relevant Verses: John 4 Theme: The Witness of the Samaritan Woman Leading Question: Does a personal relationship with Jesus always feel good and comfortable? There could be no character more opposite to Nicodemus than the...

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Witnesses of Christ as the Messiah

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 19 to October 26

Relevant Verses: John 1; 3 Theme: Witnesses of the Messiah Leading Question: How comfortable are you with being a permanent bystander or witness for someone else? There came a man sent from God, whose name...

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The Backstory: The Prologue

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 12 to October 19

Relevant Verses: John 1:1-18 Theme: The Power of the Word Leading Question: What image does “the Word was God” convey for you? The prologue is the most profound statement about Jesus’ identity in the New...

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Signs of Divinity

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 5 to October 12

Relevant Verses: John 6:1–15, 26–36; 11 Theme: Signs of Divinity Leading Question: What persuades you about Jesus as a divine being? Nowhere in the New Testament is Jesus presented as more thoroughly human and more...

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Signs that Point the Way

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 28 to October 5

Relevant Verses: John 2:1–11; 4:46–54; 5:1– 5:1–47 Theme: Follow the Signs Leading Question: When was the last time you felt a subtle nudge to do something? There are signs everywhere, from the traffic signs that...

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Wait on the Lord

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 23 to March 30

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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