Sin, The Gospel, And The Law

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I did not wish to combine these three topics into one lesson, so I’ve decided to focus on just the law this week, while offering some thoughts regarding sin and the gospel to nex

Having Faith

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Perhaps this lesson might be better titled Exercising Faith since we never generate faith ourselves. As the SS Quarterly itself says: It’s not something we can generate ourselves

Practical Prayer

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I’ve chosen to focus this lesson on the idea of Praying as Learners. From the cradle to the grave Jesus’ life was bathed in prayer. In fact, even before His birth we find both

Prayer Warriors

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Though I am now using them for a different purpose than he did, I am indebted to Greg Boyd for some of the concepts I am sharing below regarding why we pray. Why do we pray? In a n

How To Study The Bible

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On my desktop computer I have a file titled Biblical Books. In that file is another file titled Amos, a biblical book I am currently studying. In my Amos file I have individual fil

The Role Of The Bible

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Romans 10:17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. In 1978 I finally chose to attend college. I was then 22 years old. I was a bit

Pride Versus Humility

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In 1988 Margaret Becker wrote a song titled Pico Boulevard. In it she expressed her failure to find the balance between need and desire, and thus fell right into line, this line:

To Know God

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Several books on my bookshelves wrestle with the idea of “a hidden God.” My Amazon wish list contains a few as well. So here we will put the big question earlier than normal: Q

Reality Check

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The Bible tells us that our world is infected with evil. Where did evil come from? Why did sin arise in the first place, and why has it continued to exist for so long? Matt. 13:24

Standing All In The Will Of God

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Memory Text: “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NKJV). INTRO:As we arrive at this final lesson in our Good

Living With Each Other

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Memory Text: “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6, NKJV). INTRO: Last week’s Good Wo

Living With Christ

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Memory Verse: “Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” (Colossians 3:14, NRSVue). INTRO: Admittedly, there is much in the C

Complete In Christ

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Memory Verse: “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Chris

Reconciliation And Hope

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Memory Verse: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). INTRO: There is an unsurpass

The Preeminence Of Christ

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Memory Verse: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and inv

A Heavenly Citizenship

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Memory Verse: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6, NRSVu

Confidence Only In Christ

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Memory Verse: “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the re

Shining As Lights In The Night

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Memory Verse: “Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse g

Unity Through Humility

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Memory Verse: “Fulfill my joy by being like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:2, NKJV). INTRO: In this week’s lesson we are remin

Life And Death

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INTRO: In perhaps one of Paul’s most puzzling statements about spiritual growth as we follow Jesus, the Memory Verse this week challenges our thinking, “For to me, to live is C

Reasons For Thanksgiving And Prayer

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INTRO: This week’s Bible Lesson turns from the focus on Paul’s suffering in prison for preaching the gospel of Jesus to reasons Paul gives for thanksgiving and prayer despite s

Persecuted But Not Forsaken

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Memory Verse: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4, NKJV). INTRO: This week’s lesson theme is “Persecuted but Not Forsaken.” Our “m

Program Introduction

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“Welcome to the Good Word I’m Phil Muthersbaugh, your host for today’s Bible discussion. “Today, we begin a new 13 week study series of two letters written by the apostle P

Persecuted But Not Forsaken

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Memory Verse: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4, NKJV). INTRO: This week’s lesson theme is “Persecuted but Not Forsaken.” Our “m

God Is Faithful!

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Text: Joshua chapter 13: 1 When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, you are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.? 2 This is the territory that remains: all

Choose This Day!

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Lesson Guide, Introduction: "Shechem was the place where Abraham had built an altar upon his arrival in the land, and where God first gave him the promise of the land (Gen. 12:7).

Living In The Land

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Texts: Psalms 37:36, 34, 37. 3Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

More Like Joshua? More Like Jesus?

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"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."—2 Corinthians

Joshua And The Gibeonites

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Deuteronomy 20: 10 As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace. 11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people

Giants Of Faith: Joshua And Caleb

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Giants of Faith: Joshua and Caleb Moses sent 12 men, one from each tribe, to act as intelligence agents or spies, regarding the land that God had promised to Israel. Text: Numbers

The Enemy Within

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Lesson Guide: Of the Israelites: "Their most dangerous enemy was not outside their camp but within their own rank and file." Questions: What are our greatest dangers "within?" Thos

God Fights For You

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Lesson Guide: "The book of Joshua contains some disturbing scenes. Serious questions are raised by the concept of a divine or holy war portraying a group of people with a God given

The Conflict Beyond All Conflicts

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Israel's crossing of the Jordan in Lesson 3 was a miraculous success: We have tried to imagine the logistics of getting thousands of people of all ages, across a swollen river, tog

Memorials Of Grace

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Question: Nowadays the Jordan River has almost ceased to exist. What was so special about crossing this river in the time of Joshua? ?It was spring, when seasonal rains, plus melti

Surprised By Grace

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"Grace is simply receiving what we don’t deserve." Question: Or perhaps is "grace" the usual, natural behavior of a gracious person?"Is it a difficult struggle for God to be grac

Recipe For Success

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We have recently studied the book of Exodus: Question:As God led Israel's escape through the Red Sea, how many battles did Moses have to win against the Egyptians? Question:How did

Introduction

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Last quarter's study saw the people of Israel safely out of Egypt and to the borders of the land which God had promised. For the next three months we will discuss the book of Joshu

The Tabernacle

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Key Verses: Exodus 35 40 Key Questions? Why does the text emphasize Sabbath again—right before the Tabernacle is built? What does this teach about how we balance action and rest?

“Please, Show Me Your Glory”

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Key Verses: Exodus 32 Key Questions? What is more devastating—the loss of the land or the loss of God’s presence? How does this speak to what we truly value in our spiritual li

Apostasy And Intercession

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Key Verses: Exodus 32 Key Questions? Why do the people make a calf? What does this say about how fear and impatience can cause us to recreate false security from our past, even if

The Covenant And The Blueprint

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Key Verses: Exodus 24 31 Key Questions? What are some of the possible connections between the Sanctuary and the creation of the world (and the Garden of Eden)? What is the author t

Living The Law

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Key Verses: Exodus 21 23 Key Questions? Why is God so insistent on protecting the widow, orphan, and foreigner? How does your community embody—or fail to embody—this kind of Di

Covenant At Sinai

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Key Verses: Exodus 19 20 Key Questions? Why does God call the people to the mountain but also set boundaries around it? What does this tension between intimacy and distance say abo

The Bread And Water Of Life

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Key Verses: Exodus 16 18 Key Questions? What is God teaching the Israelites (and us) through the daily provision of manna and the prohibition on storing it? How does this practice

Through The Red Sea

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Key Verses: Exodus 13 15 Key Questions? Why does God ask for the consecration of the firstborn after the Exodus? How might this ritual be understood as a way of remembering that li

Passover

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Key Verses: Exodus 11 12 Key Questions? How does the Passover ritual help shape a collective identity for the Israelites? What role does the household play in Israel’s liberation

The Plagues

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Key Verses: Exodus 7 10 Key Questions? Chapter 7 begins with a clarification of the dynamic between God, Moses and Aaron in terms of prophetic activity followed by an announcement

Rough Start

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Key Verses: Exodus 5 6 Key Questions? Pharaoh responds to Moses’ call for justice by increasing oppression (questioning “rest” and adding to the labor so that the people will