What
is our role as humans according to the Bible? In this one-session adult study,
participants will be challenged to consider the role of humans in relation to
nature.
We live in a society saturated with
advertisements and the pressure to upgrade to the next best product. How can we
resist consumerism's promise that things can make us happy? In this one-session
adult study, Christians will look at the drive to buy more and discuss how it
impacts the life that Scripture challenges us to live.
Learn
who the prophets were and what messages they shared in this one-session adult
study, "Introduction to the Prophets." In the study Christians will
be challenged to find common themes among the messages and consider what the
messages can teach us today.
In this
one-session adult study, "The Exile: A Key to Understanding the Old Testament,"
participants will learn about the events surrounding the historic invasion of
Judah by Babylon and the exile of many of its people who were forced to live as
refugees in Babylon.
If the saying,
"You are what you eat," is true, what are we? This two-session adult
study challenges participants to examine contemporary food practices in light
of food's role in some of the Bible's early stories. The study explores the
ethical issues of food production and distribution in today's world, both in
crop agriculture and animal farming.
The Bible teaches us
our place and responsibility in the creation story, and this understanding can
be used to guide our actions towards the earth today. This one-session, adult
study discusses how Scripture defines our place within the web of creation and
how the Bible teaches us to protect the earth. Ethical questions regarding our
care of the earth and what a possible future could look like are also
considered.
In this six-week adult
study, "An Acceptable Fast: An Adult Lenten Study," Old Testament
scholar and teacher Patricia Tull begins each session by locating the biblical
verses in their original context and then exploring a key Lenten theme related
to the text. Themes include: voice gratitude, take the long view, choose well,
accept responsibility, welcome the future and trust God in times of conflict.
Each session ends with a meditation on how the text speaks to our modern
situation.
Although this study
explores the Old Testament readings for lectionary year C, the themes explored
through these scriptures are appropriate to address at any time during the
Christian life.
Writer
Patricia Tull leads participants through the Old Testament and the Gospel
lectionary texts for four weeks, tracing important Advent themes of longing for
God's help, anticipating God's presence among us, recognizing God's work among
us, and receiving God's new gifts to us.
Each
week's handout is filled with important information about the texts, yet
written for personal devotional use for group discussion.
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