Tag: Bible study

• Reflecting on James 2 1-12

  

  What exactly is James telling us to do … ?

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  February 15, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Christian ethics, Christian ideas and practices, James 2:1-12, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Studying James 2 1-12

  

  James gives a practical example of what it means to “judge not that ye be not judged” …

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  February 14, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, Christian ethics, diversity and inclusion, James 2:1-12, justice, reading the Bible, wisdom literature

• Reflecting on 2 Timothy 1 3-14

  

  How do these remarks addressed to Timothy seem to speak to us? …

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  February 8, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  2 Timothy 1:3-14, Bible study, Christianity, exegesis, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Studying 2 Timothy 1 3-14

  

  notes on 2 Timothy 1:3-14 … what’s memorable … and not to be ashamed of …

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  February 7, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  2 Timothy 1:3-14, Bible study, exegesis, God, Jesus Christ, reading the Bible, tradition

• Reflecting on 1 Corinthians 1 18-31

  

  What difference does it make how we think about things? …

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  February 1, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, personal responsibility, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Studying 1 Corinthians 1 18-31

  

  notes on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 & Christian “revaluation of values” …

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  January 31, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  1 Corinthians 1:18-25, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, Jesus Christ, reading the Bible

• Reflecting on Joel 2 21-27

  

  How does this text from Joel support, or challenge, our ides about God? …

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  January 25, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, God, Joel 2:21-27, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Studying Joel 2 21-27

  

  Notes on Joel 2:21-27 … restoration after devastation …

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  January 24, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, exegesis, Joel 2:21-27, locusts, reading the Bible

• Reflecting on Isaiah 58 6-14

  

  Does Isaiah 58 seem like a “political” text to us? What makes it seem that way? …

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  January 18, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Isaiah, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58:6-14, politics and religion, reading the Bible, social justice, thinking about the Bible

• Studying Isaiah 58 6-14

  

  There’s a chance we could have a problem with “the fast that God chooses” …

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  January 17, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, Biblical studies, exegesis, God, Isaiah, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58:6-14, reading the Bible, social justice

• Studying Isaiah 48 3-8, 17

  

  “Everything in the chapter has to do with the relationship between God and Israel. In light of what that relationship has been, and what it could have been, and what God continues to want it to be, what is it to be now?”

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  January 10, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, exegesis, God, Isaiah 48, Isaiah 48:1-8, Isaiah 48:17, reading the Bible, texts that aren't in the lectionary

• Reflecting on Isaiah 43 1-4, 10-12

  

  Isaiah 43 is direct speech by God. What does God seem to want people to know here? …

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  January 4, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, God, Isaiah 43, Isaiah 43:1-4, Isaiah 43:10-12, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Studying Isaiah 43 1-4, 10-12

  

  How hard is it to read beautiful divine promises in scripture without yanking them out of context? Well …

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  January 3, 2023

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, exegesis, hermeneutics, Isaiah 43:1-4, Isaiah 43:10-12, reading the Bible, Second Isaiah, servant songs, texts that aren't in the lectionary

• Reflecting on 2 Chronicles 7 12-22

  

  How easy is it for us to embrace the picture of God presented in 2 Chronicles 7:12-22? …

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  December 28, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  2 Chronicles 7:12-22, Bible study, exegesis, God, reading the Bible, theology, thinking about the Bible