1st Quarter 2021 – Good Word

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 65-66 Leading Question: What are the main differences between Isaiah’s vision of the New Earth and the one in Revelation? Probably the most significant difference between Isaiah’s vision of the New...

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Desire of Nations

Lesson 12 for the week of March 13 to March 20

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 59-61 Leading Question: Is Isaiah clear about salvation, or do we need the New Testament? Isaiah 59 opens with a question about Yahweh’s ability to save. The response? “The Lord’s hand...

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Waging Love

Lesson 11 for the week of March 6 to March 13

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 55, 58 Leading Question: How many chapters in Isaiah could be seen as nothing but good news? Isaiah 55 breaks into 5 paragraphs. Let’s evaluate each one to see how it...

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Doing the Unthinkable

Lesson 10 for the week of February 27 to March 6

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 50:4-10; 52:13-53:12 Leading Question: “About whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” If you know your New Testament you may recognize the leading question as coming...

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To Serve and to Save

Lesson 9 for the week of February 20 to February 27

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 41, 42:1-7, 44:26-45:6, 49:1-12 Leading Question: The “servant” of the Lord is sometimes presented as a corporate entity, sometimes as an individual – how does one tell the difference? A recurring...

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Comfort My People

Lesson 8 for the week of February 13 to February 20

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 40 Leading Question: How much of Isaiah 40 requires a “correct” historical context in order to bring meaning to the believer’s life? This chapter from Isaiah 40 seems to beg for...

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Defeat of the Assyrians

Lesson 7 for the week of February 6 to February 13

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 36-39 Leading Question: What happens when a pagan king uses the name of the Lord in vain? This week’s lesson focuses Isaiah 36-39, an historical interlude between two largely prophetic sections....

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Playing God

Lesson 6 for the week of January 30 to February 6

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 13-14, 24-27 Leading Question: To what extent is God’s violence in the Old Testament linked to the fact that he is dealing with violent people? This week’s lesson includes a broad...

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Noble Prince of Peace

Lesson 5 for the week of January 23 to January 30

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 9-12 Leading Question: Why do Old Testament passages give us such a bloody path as the way to the Prince of Peace? The section of Isaiah that our lesson this week...

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The Hard Way

Lesson 4 for the week of January 16 to January 23

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 7:14-8:22 Leading Question: Is it true for everyone that God first offers us the easy way, but if we refuse, we must learn the hard way? This week’s lesson is haunted...

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When Your World Is Falling Apart

Lesson 3 for the week of January 9 to January 16

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 7 Leading Question: How does the Lord work with those who are disobedient? Our lesson this week focuses on Isaiah 7, an event that takes place entirely during the reign of...

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Crisis of Leadership

Lesson 2 for the week of January 2 to January 9

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 6 Leading Question: To what extent is God prepared to twist our arms – as he did Isaiah’s – in order to persuade us to enter his service? In this lesson...

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Crisis of Identity

Lesson 1 for the week of December 26 to January 2

Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 1, 5 Leading Question: “Was Israel’s place as God’s chosen people irrevocable?” The book of Isaiah is a pivotal books in the Old Testament. It contains so many passages that have...

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