Leading Question: When Scripture commands us to love God and love others, including the unlovely, is that something we can choose to do, or is such love simply a gift of God? In his little...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
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Leading Question: Is it possible to identify true followers of Jesus by their fruit? The basic biblical passage that focuses on the fruit of the Spirit is Galatians 5:13-26. In particular, the nine traits listed...
Balancing Justice and Mercy (Numbers 35) TEXT: Numbers 35:10-15 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, 11 select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to...
Basic Human Rights (Numbers 26-27) TEXT: Numbers 26:51-56 51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730. 52 The LORD said to Moses, 53 “The land is to be allotted to them as...
A Prophet for Profit (Numbers 24-25) TEXT: Numbers 24:15-17,19 15 Then he uttered his oracle: “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly, 16 the oracle of one...
The Story of Balaam (Numbers 22-23) TEXT: Numbers 22:26-31 26 Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the...
The Darkest Chapter in Numbers (Numbers 20) TEXT: Numbers 20:6-11 6 Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD...
The Best Type of Offering (Numbers 18-19) TEXT: Numbers 18:25-29 25 The LORD said to Moses, 26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ”When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give...
A Power Struggle (Numbers 16-17) TEXT: Numbers 16:1-3 1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolent...
Plans for the Future (Num. 15) TEXT: Numbers 15:1-5 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”After you enter the land I am giving you as a...
The Worst Rebellion (Numbers 11-14) TEXT: Numbers 12:1-3 1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. 2 “Has the LORD spoken only through...
Concern for the Non-Hebrews (Numbers 9-10) TEXT: Numbers 9:4-5, 14 4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth...
Services in the Tent of Meeting (Num. 7-8) TEXT: Numbers 8:1-4 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ”When you set up the seven lamps, they are to...
People Special to God (Numbers 5-6) TEXT: Numbers 6:1-6 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”If a man or woman wants to make a special vow,...
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