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Bible Study Archive
The Relationship Principles of Jesus (2011)
What would you give to radically improve, even transform, what matters most in your relationships? How about forty days of your time? In forty days, bring new depth and health to your marriage, your family, and your friendships. This six weeks series invites you to explore and implement six foundational principles that Jesus taught and lived. You'll be equipped with insights and a practical path for fulfilling God's intention for all your relationships---even the difficult ones. The Relationship Principles of Jesus will profoundly shape how you view relationships.
Celebrating the Risen Christ (2010)
This series invites us to explore God’s hope and presence presented in the scripture readings for Lent and Easter. The study includes readings from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles. It's designed to help us understand, appreciate, and participate in meaningful and joyous celebrations of God’s salvation and gift of life as they remember the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Giving: Unlocking the Heart of Good Stewardship (2010)
In this series you'll discover how giving is as much a part of spiritual growth as prayer and Bible study. And you'll learn about the rewards of cultivating wise financial habits and a generous heart. Above all, you'll find out how a lifestyle of giving reflects the heart of God, who freely gives his best to you.
Flawed: Imperfect People Chosen By God (2009)
This series has been created to help uncover real, applicable life lessons and explorations into God’s Word that will make discovering all of His promises a reality. Each week’s study will allow groups, large or small, to realize a genuine understanding of spiritual growth, and they will each reveal an exciting look into how we all fit into God’s masterful plan.
Uncommon: Compelled by God’s Calls (2009)
This study has been created to help us understand, not only how to hear God’s calls, but also how to act on what He asks us to do. Through looking at real people like Moses, Joshua and Rahab, we can understand the struggles we all have with faith and gain new perspectives on how He can be glorified through our decisions?
Passion Season Lecture Series -Come to the Cross (2009)
This study offers you to follow a Messiah who came not to inflict suffering on enemies unto death but to love enemies for the sake of their (our) life. It also invites us to trust in God for life even when appearances point to God-forsaken death.
The Letters of Paul to the Church -Invitation to Romans (2008)
This study, we explore together the impact Paul's letter has had on the church and indeed the whole of western civilization. In this letter (Epistle) Paul gives us his most detailed exposition of the gospel,systematic discussion of the whole plan of salvation.
Passion Season Lecture Series -Behold The Lamb of God (2008)
In this study, we explore together the foundations of our faith and through reflection and prayer see how strong these foundations are in our hearts.
The Word of God is the only real authority we have. His Word shines light upon human nature. More clearly, it shows us the way to God. It is in the Bible that we find the answers to life's most important questions. Therefore, we encourage you to have a great eagerness and more careful and candid study to find out just what it teaches.
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Celebrating the Risen Christ
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This series invites us to explore God’s hope and presence presented in the scripture readings for Lent and Easter. The study includes readings from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles. It's designed to help us understand, appreciate, and participate in meaningful and joyous celebrations of God’s salvation and gift of life as they remember the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
These lessons challenge us to follow Jesus and his disciples to Jerusalem and the sites of Jesus’ death and resurrection. We will journey out of our ordinary lives into a wilderness spirituality and ultimately towards abundant and everlasting life. We will walk not only with Jesus and his followers, but with other faithful travelers. We will read in Scripture how Abraham, Joshua, Moses, and the prophet Isaiah claimed the promises of God for themselves and future generations. The Apostle Paul and first century Christians in many different congregations throughout the Roman Empire will also accompany us as we risk leaving safe, comfortable places to follow Jesus toward the kingdom of God. The whole of Scripture encourages us to engage in such a journey and to celebrate new life offered through the risen Christ.
Lessons
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2/17/10 Trust in God
Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13
2/24/10 Expect the Promise to Be Fulfilled
Genesis 15:1-12; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35
3/3/10 Repent and Believe
Isaiah 55:1-9; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9
3/10/10 Be Reconciled With God
Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
3/17/10 Worship the Lord
Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8
3/24/10 Celebrate and Mourn
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23, 56
3/31/10 Celebrate the Resurrection
Acts 10:34-43; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12
Background
Readings for Lent
All four gospels for Lent recounts the baptism of Jesus. The first three follow it with the account of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and ends with the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The stories concerning Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, the man born blind, and Lazarus are given a pivotal role because of the call to conversion and new life.
The Old Testament readings for Lent emphasize the developments of salvation history beginning with Noah's obedience and continuing with Abraham and Sarah's call, the wanderings of the children of Israel in the desert, and the giving of the law. There is also the parable of the prodigal father and son, illuminating God's patient, forgiving love and desire for all to be reconciled.
The Old Testament also connects to the gospel lessons very directly. Numbers 21:4-9, the Old Testament lesson, tells the story of how the people of Israel were suffering in the wilderness after their rebellion; many were dying from snakebites.
Moses, following God’s instruction, put a bronze snake up on a pole, and those who looked at it did not die from their bites. In the gospel lesson, John 3:14-21, Jesus refers to that Numbers passage when talking to Nicodemus, who had come to him secretly at night wanting to learn who Jesus really was. Jesus draws on Nicodemus’s knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures: “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him” (John 3:14-15). Then comes verse 16, one of the best-known and loved verses in the entire Bible.
The Epistle reading seems to be chosen largely for its connection to the Gospel: in response to his cleansing the Temple, the bystanders ask Jesus “What sign can you show for doing this?” and Jesus’ answer is to predict his crucifixion and resurrection. This links to Paul’s assertion in 1 Corinthians that “Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom,” but the only true satisfaction for such demands and desires is “Christ crucified.” :
Paul asserts here that Jesus’ obedience to God’s call and vindication as God’s Risen One is the particular pattern of divine blessing creatively transforming human life. This pattern of living is “wisdom” in the truest sense.
Reflections in a lent reading of the Epistle to the Romans in Romans 10 reminds us that confession is foundational to salvation. We both "believe in our hearts" and "confess with our lips." Both matter. Our confession strengthens our commitment. Our commitment becomes more naturally expressed in the ways we confess our faith in speech and actions in our everyday lives.
Jesus prays from the book of Psalms throughout his earthly ministry, drawing from the poetry and poignance of the artistic language and earthy theology contained within this text. The study of psalmsduring lent draws from the themes of penitence and reflection.
References
aac.us.churchinsight.com
www.mennoniteusa.org
www.gbod.org
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