This week’s discussion revolved around the many questions from the book of Job. For one, why in the world is it not pronounced like it looks like it should be? :-)
We considered the problem of pain and suffering. God points out Job to Satan. Were it not for His actions, we could assume that Job’s life would have missed the suffering he experienced, and so on.
We looked at files from other congregations. Here are their materials:
More to come next week…
This week we wrote cards — I hope you will too. Here’s our brief PowerPoint.
The end, finally, is here. Week 36 PowerPoint.
The fall of the kingdom takes a long time — and there tons of great lessons. Here’s our PowerPoint over Ezekiel and Jeremiah, with hints of Daniel for extra flavor.
If you want a good working definition of strange, Ezekiel gives you one.
First, an artist’s rendering of Ezekiel’s vision from Ezekiel 1. Pretty good, if you ask me…
Second, this week’s PowerPoint introduction to Ezekiel.
Finally, thanks to the VERY good people at Crossway, the introduction to the new, upcoming ESV Study Bible that you should preorder now, while still discounted. ESV Study Bible Intro to Ezekiel.
(FYI, it also includes an interview with the scholar who wrote this amazingly difficult commentary. His study method is mind-boggling. He has a sheet that has three columns: the Hebrew text, the Septuagint (greek), and the ESV…and he bases his comments off those texts. Enjoy!)
This week’s study notes.
This week we had several resources. First, a YouTube video overview of the “Potter and the Clay” story:
Then a look at maps of war — The Imperial History of the Middle East.
Last, but certainly not least, our lovely PowerPoint.
This week’s discussion of the major prophets.
Grappling with texts like Isaiah 52-53 and the suffering servant songs really puts me in my place. Nothing is quite as potent as the words of the prophets to people so long ago who seem incredibly familiar to us.
Here’s this week’s PowerPoint covering some of Isaiah and Nahum.
This week’s powerpoint overview of trust in the Psalms along with a topical Bible entry about trust.