Tag: blessing
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Study Notes – Psalm 103
The Uniform Series text we are studying for Sunday, December 16 is Psalm 103. Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The book of Psalms is a collection of songs or hymns of thanks and praise, and of prayers. Sometimes referred to as “the hymnbook of the 2nd Temple” – that is,…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Genesis 30 22-32 & 43
We are studying Genesis 30:22-32 & 43 for Sunday, November 26. Here are a few questions we might want to consider for class: Verse 22 reads that “God remembered Rachel.” What do we think this means? (E.g., that God had actually forgotten Rachel; that it is a figure of speech; … ?) Why do we…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Genesis 28
The text we’re studying for Sunday, November 18 is Genesis 28, the story of “Jacob’s ladder.” Here are a few questions we might want to consider in class: In v10, Jacob is leaving Beer-sheba for Haran – that is, in a way, “undoing” what his grandfather Abraham did. Do we have any reactions to this…
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Study Notes – Genesis 27
The text we are studying for Sunday, November 11 is Genesis 27, with a focus on verses 5-10, 18-19, and 21-29. This is the story of Isaac’s blessing, a blessing he offers to his son Esau, but gives to his son Jacob, in a tale of deliberate deception and mistaken identity. Here are my notes…
Matters of Interpretation 