Theme: Born of a Woman: Atonement and the Incarnation Leading Question: Why is it important that God himself came to earth to pay the price for our sins? Seeing Jesus as the incarnate God is...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Theme: Atonement in Symbols – II (sanctuary, priests, annual Day of Atonement) Leading Question: Why was a “place” of worship so important for God”s people? Is it still? The yearly Day of Atonement has a...
Theme: Atonement in Symbols – I (animal sacrifices) Leading Question: Why is the shedding of blood important for the forgiveness of sins? In the light of Jesus” death as the true Passover lamb, Christians have...
Theme: Atonement Announced Leading Question: If the mission of the coming Messiah was clearly announced in the Old Testament, why did no one want to believe it from the lips of Jesus – until after...
Theme: Atonement and the Divine Initiative Leading Question: Was a plan of salvation for guilty sinners our idea or God’s? Discussions of the plan of salvation immediately confront issues of omniscience, divine foreknowledge, predestination, human...
Theme: The Fall Into Sin Leading Question: What happened to God’s beautiful new world – to plants, to animals, and to human beings — when our parents disobeyed God’s command? Why? The Bible does not...
Theme: “Cosmic Crisis: The Disruption of God’s Established Order” Leading Question: Why would a good and all-powerful God lead the universe through the horrors of this sinful world before making all things new? The idea...
Theme: “God’s Nature: The Basis of Atonement” Leading Question: “Why is the cross of Christ so crucial for the Christian faith?” If we accept all that Scripture claims for God, we are faced with a...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What do we know about Isaiah with regard to his background and ministry as a prophet? Basic facts of his life may be gleaned not only from Isaiah itself...
Questions and observations for discussion: While our study is about Philip the Evangelist, there were two known ‘Philips’ who were followers of Jesus, the Evangelist we meet in Acts and Philip the Apostle who preceded...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What can we know about Daniel’s family background and early formative circumstances of his life? (The following observations are taken from Z. Stefanovic, Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise: A...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What was the social standing of women in the first century A.D. among Jews? What legal rights did they have if any? First of all, from the perspective of...
Questions and observations for discussion: Although Peter was impetuous, ambitious, and could be even rashly violent, Jesus saw through this roughness a faithful commitment and loyalty and a teachable spirit that would make him not...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What are the basic facts about Peter’s background? Peter is most likely the best known disciple of Jesus, a Galilean fisherman, the brother of Andrew (Mark 1:16-20) and the...
