“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”—2 Corinthians...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Deuteronomy 20: 10 As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace. 11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the...
Giants of Faith: Joshua and Caleb Moses sent 12 men, one from each tribe, to act as intelligence agents or spies, regarding the land that God had promised to Israel. Text: Numbers 13:17-20.
17 Moses...
Introduction: As with the fictional milkman Tevye, from the village of Anatevka*, God chose to bless Zelophehad not with sons— but instead, with daughters—five of them!
Unlike Caleb and Joshua, but like all other men...
Lesson Guide: Of the Israelites: “Their most dangerous enemy was not outside their camp but within their own rank and file.” [But we do not live in a camp, and we are not organized by...
Lesson Guide: “The book of Joshua contains some disturbing scenes. Serious questions are raised by the concept of a divine or holy war portraying a group of people with a God-given mandate to destroy another...
Israel’s crossing of the Jordan in Lesson 3 was a miraculous success: We have tried to imagine the logistics of getting thousands of people of all ages, across a swollen river, together with their animals...
Question: Nowadays the Jordan River has almost ceased to exist. What was so special about crossing this river in the time of Joshua?
It was spring, when seasonal rains, plus melting snow from Mt. Hermon,...
“Grace is simply receiving what we don’t deserve.” Question: Or perhaps is “grace” the usual, natural behavior of a gracious person?”Is it a difficult struggle for God to be gracious? Question: Do we get to...
We have recently studied the book of Exodus: Question:As God led Israel’s escape through the Red Sea, how many battles did Moses have to win against the Egyptians? Question:How did Moses respond to an unprovoked...
Last quarter’s study saw the people of Israel safely out of Egypt and to the borders of the land which God had promised. For the next three months we will discuss the book of Joshua....
Key Verses: Exodus 35-40 Key Questions
Theological Insights
“the completed Tabernacle is erected on New Year’s day, as Exodus 40:7 records. This underscores the idea that a new era in the life of the people...
Key Verses: Exodus 32 Key Questions
Theological Insights
“While the core of this incident starkly portrays human weakness and sin, our gaze must not rest solely on shame. Notice where God is in the story....
Key Verses: Exodus 32 Key Questions
Theological Insights
“Hebrew ‘egel is a young ox or bull… Throughout the Near East the bull was a symbol of lordship, leadership, strength, vital energy, and fertility. As such,...
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