Relevant Verses: Mark 2:1-12; 1 Kings 18-19 Leading Question: How should we differ in addressing the needs of those who are physically paralyzed and those who a mentally paralyzed? This week’s lesson focuses on two radically...

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Relevant Verses: Gen. 42-50; Matt. 18:23-35; 5:43-44; Luke 6:28; 23:34; Acts 5:31 Leading Question: When Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, was it his fault, his father’s fault, or the fault of his brothers? After...

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Leading Question: If we keep score of the family relations in the book of Genesis in order to determine which side wins, the dysfunctional family or the supportive family. What is the result? It would seem...

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Relevant Verses: Matthew 11:28-30 Leading Question: Jesus said, “Come to me . . . and I will give you rest.” Is it possible to find rest without coming to Jesus? Jesus’ well-known rest invitation comes at...

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Relevant Verses: 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51 Leading Question: How much time should one take to ponder the seamy side of Scripture? The title for this lesson could just as easily be “The Cost of Sin,”...

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Relevant Verses: Matt. 34-39; Luke 12:13-21; Phil. 2:5-8; Luke 22:14-30 Leading Question: Jesus clearly calls us to rest in him; but is it possible to look at “restlessness” in a positive light? While we can all...

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Relevant Verses: 1 Cor. 10:1-11; Numbers 11-14 Leading Question: “Can a believer question God without being sinfully rebellious?” In an authoritarian culture, any questioning of “authority” is already condemned as an act of rebellion. Josef...

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Relevant Verses: Gen. 2:1-3; Jer. 45:1-5; Mark 6:30-32; Gen. 4:1-12 Leading Question: If life in Bible times was much more pastoral and leisurely than our fast-paced modern world, how can an ancient world like that...

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