Category: Lessons

Covenant at Sinai

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 16 to August 23

Key Verses: Exodus 19-20 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Equality is the holy grail of revolutionary politics. It has often been sought, but never achieved. The two best-known attempts have been equality of wealth (through communism...

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The Bread and Water of Life

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

Key Verses: Exodus 16-18 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Two rules govern the manna economy: limiting the daily collection to ‘an omer a head’ (Exod 16:16)—as much as a person can eat in a day—and refraining...

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Through the Red Sea

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

Key Verses: Exodus 13-15 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “The triggering move that sets off this final and definitive burst of wonder, God’s salvation act, unprecedented and unsurpassable, is a meal, an ordinary meal, a meat...

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Passover

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 26 to August 2

Key Verses: Exodus 11-12 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “A newly liberated people will create practices and institutions that are in tune with their new status. In the case of passover, however, liturgy precedes the liberative...

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The Plagues

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

Key Verses: Exodus 7-10 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “The present narrative is a sophisticated and symmetric literary structure with a patterns of three groups each comprising three plagues. The climactic tenth plague possesses a character...

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Rough Start

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

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

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

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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Images of the End

• Lesson 13 for the week of June 21 to June 28

Opening QuestionWhat is the largest natural disaster you’ve experienced personally? IntroductionOur lesson this week concludes the study of prophetic foreshadowings or types from the Old Testament that predict or hint at final events. The key...

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Precursors

• Lesson 12 for the week of June 14 to June 21

Opening QuestionWhat aspects of the future worry you most? IntroductionThis lesson is primarily drawn from Daniel 2 and 3 and some New Testament parallels, especially Relation 13. Generally, Daniel can be divided into two sections:...

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Ruth and Esther

• Lesson 11 for the week of June 7 to June 14

Opening QuestionWhat value do you find hearing ancient stories? IntroductionThis lesson focuses on two small books: Ruth (4 chapters) and Esther (10 chapters). These stories have been told in Christian and Jewish circles with much...

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Upon Whom the Ends Have Come

• Lesson 10 for the week of May 31 to June 7

Opening QuestionCan God affect human events without violating our freedom of choice? IntroductionIn this study, the author examines stories from the Old Testament that in one way or another foreshadow, typify, or parallel some final...

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In the Psalms: Part 2

• Lesson 9 for the week of May 24 to May 31

Opening QuestionWhat is the greatest struggle you’ve endured? IntroductionThe Psalms offer encouragement to God’s people as they journey through the struggle with sin and seek victory. One of the ways god encourages us is by...

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