In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments in the book of Exodus.
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: Selections from Exodus 19-20:21, 32
DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
When you hear “The Ten Commandments” what immediately comes to mind? Where did those thoughts or ideas come from?
Does it make a difference to think of the ten commandments as God’s wise words about the good life instead of a list of dos and don’ts? Why?
Imagine what it might have looked and sounded like as Moses went up the mountain to be with God for 40 days and nights. How does that t in with your images of God and Jesus?
Take time to read the ten words or commandments in Exodus 20:1-17. What do you notice? What seems important about their order and their purpose?
Discuss or think about how the ten commandments — written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture — are still clear, meaningful, and alive today.
SCRIPT & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Click HERE for the full written script.
For more Young Life Discipleship resources, check out https://discipleship.younglife.org where you can find Bible App reading plans, BibleProject partner content, discipleship series, and more.
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)
© 2024 Young Life