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Tag: 4th Quarter 2019

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Leaders in Israel

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 21 to December 28
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Relevant Verses: Ezra, Nehemiah, Matthew 20:25-28 Leading question: After we put Jesus at the head of our list of good leaders described in the Bible, which ones would you rank as the three next best...

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Dealing with Bad Decisions

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 14 to December 21
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 13 Leading question: Are some decisions so bad, that the way out requires the suspension of grace? The formal study guide has chosen to dedicate this whole lesson to the fifth problem...

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Backslidden People

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 7 to December 14
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 13 Leading question: When dealing with backslidden people in his day, did Jesus support or modify the strong-arm methods of Ezra and Nehemiah? Nehemiah 13, the last chapter in the book, does...

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Worshiping the Lord

  • Lesson 10 for the week of November 30 to December 7
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 12 Leading question: In an age when music is a very divisive issue in the church, how can the worship music described in Scripture help us unify our church worship today? Since...

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Trials, Tribulations, and Lists

  • Lesson 9 for the week of November 23 to November 30
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Relevant Verses: Ezra 8, Nehemiah 11, 12 Leading question: Since several books in the Bible, including Ezra and Nehemiah, include long lists of names, how do we make sense of such lists in an age...

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God the the Covenant

  • Lesson 8 for the week of November 16 to November 23
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 10 Leading question: Does the biblical concept of covenant make any sense in our modern world? Where we live in College Place (“Highland Park Drive”) a “covenant” used to be taken very...

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Our Forgiving God

  • Lesson 7 for the week of November 9 to November 16
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 9 Leading question: What can we learn from a lesson entitled “Our Forgiving God,” but which includes the call to separate from foreigners? If one attempts to reconstruct a history of the...

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The Reading of the Word

  • Lesson 6 for the week of November 2 to November 9
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 8 Leading question: In an age when reading seems to be less important, can the example of long hours of reading make a difference for good in today’s world.? Nehemiah 8 is...

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Violating the Spirit of the Law

  • Lesson 5 for the week of October 26 to November 2
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 5 Leading question: Can an example of generosity lead the greedy to be less grasping and help them become more generous? Three issues attract our attention in Nehemiah 5: 1) the danger...

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Facing Opposition

  • Lesson 4 for the week of October 19 to October 26
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Relevant Verses: Ezra 4 – 5; Nehemiah 4 – 6; Haggai Leading Question: If Nehemiah armed his workers in the face of opposition, what does that mean for the followers of Jesus? Opposition seems to...

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God’s Call

  • Lesson 3 for the week of October 12 to October 19
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Relevant Verses: Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 1:1-11 Leading Question: Does God call a person because of that person’s gifts, or is it sometimes the case that God’s call empowers a person to do the God-given task?...

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Nehemiah

  • Lesson 2 for the week of October 5 to October 12
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 1-2 Leading Question: Is it always clear when circumstances are bad enough to require a man of action – like Nehemiah – to bring about God’s will? The Prayers of a Man...

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Making Sense of History: Zerubbabel and Ezra

  • Lesson 1 for the week of September 28 to October 5
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Relevant Verses: Ezra 4:1-7; 7:1-28 Leading Question: To what extent can we trust in Providence to make things happen when human beings have such powers to derail God’s plans? In this new series of lessons...

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