In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the big story of the Bible from Moses' death to Jesus' birth.
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: Isaiah 59:20-60:1, 19, 22
DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
What sections of the biblical story between Moses and Jesus (era of the judges, the kings, the divided nation, the prophets, the defeat and exile) are new to you? What would you like to know more about?
How do the things you’ve heard and learned from the Old Testament expand your understanding of God? How do they point to Jesus?
Why do you think God remained so faithful and patient with people who were so unfaithful to him?
Why do you think people’s expectations for the Messiah were so different from what he actually was?
Based on what you know about Jesus, how do you think he answers and fulfills the things that happened in the biblical story before his birth?
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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