In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the story of Joseph and his brothers in the book of Genesis.
Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more.
Our hope is that the words and ways of Jesus transform your mind, fill your heart, and encourage your soul today and every day.
SHOW NOTES
Main Passage: Genesis 37
DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
If this story is familiar to you, how have you heard it told before?
The brothers’ treatment of Joseph was hate-filled and sinful — yet God used it for his purposes. That doesn’t make their actions OK, but it does show God’s redemptive power. How has God worked through difficult situations in your own life? How have you seen God work through difficult situations in someone else’s life?
What are ways you battle against sinful thoughts so they don’t progress to sinful actions?
What are some ways that people try to justify their sinful actions?
SCRIPT & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
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REFERENCES
For this season of Word & Ways, we’ve learned from many additional written resources, including the following:
The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible (John H. Walton and Kim W. Walton, Crossway, 2010)
The Drama of Scripture (Craig G. Bartholomew & Michael W. Goheen, Baker Academic, 2004, 2014)
The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Sandra Richter, IVP Academic, 2008)
How to Read Genesis (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2005)
How to Read Exodus (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2009)
The Lost World of … (series of books by John H. Walton, Tremper Longman, et. al, IVP Academic)
Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 (C. John Collins, Zondervan, 2018)
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