SERIES: HOW FAITH WORKS LESSON 4: WHERE EVERYBODY MATTERS Text for This Study: James 2:1-13 1. Every act of kindness one human being shows to another is evidence of our “likeness to God” breaking through. Can you recall a situation from personal experience or a neighbor-to-neighbor story from the past
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Continue readingSERIES: HOW FAITH WORKS LESSON THREE: GOD IS NOT YOUR ENEMY Text for This Study: James 1:13-27 1. The subject shifts from “trials” (i.e., stresses, life challenges) to “temptations” (i.e., enticements to do evil) at verse 13. How do both work to undermine faith? Lead one to think “God has
Continue readingSeries Title: How Faith Works Lesson Two: “Living Above Your Circumstances” (James 1:2-12) 1. The first 12 verses of this letter describe a “scattered” or “dispersed” church. What had caused so many Christians to flee their Jerusalem homes? Read Acts 8:1ff; 11:19; 12:1-4. 2. What sort of disruption had this
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Continue readingSERIES: HOW FAITH WORKS – THE EPISTLE OF JAMES Beginning Wednesday, March 3, Rubel Shelly launches a three-month online study called How Faith Works. The class will be an exegetical study of the Epistle of James. James highlights the two central themes of Christian faith: holiness and compassion, love for
Continue readingLESSON 8 of 8 ECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 11:7 – 12:14 1. What does our narrator say about Qohelet that is complimentary in this closing section? Why say “nice things” about someone with whom he clearly disagrees? 2.
Continue readingECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE LESSON SEVEN: THE LIMITS OF HUMAN WISDOM Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 9:13 – 11:6 1. How would you distinguish between knowledge and wisdom? Which is more valuable? What does The Teacher say about the value of human wisdom? Its limitations? 2. Which of
Continue readingLESSON 6 of 8 SERIES on ECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE THE GRAVE LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 1. Easter is the resounding positive answer to all the negative and pessimistic thinking of The Teacher whose words we hear in this section. What lies behind
Continue readingWe kick off a new sermon series this Sunday, plus we are adding in-person adult classes. John Harris will teach a class in the Conference Room at 9am and Stan Smith will teach a class in the Community Room at 10:30am. In addition, Hyatt & Jodi Sutton are teaching the
Continue readingECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE LESSON FIVE: TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THINGS – WITHOUT GOD Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 7:1 – 8:17 1. In this video, a dark and confusing list of proverbs and wisdom sayings is explored – with the obvious disclaimer that many of them
Continue readingECCLESIASTES SERIES: A WORD TO THE WISE LESSON FOUR: MONEY CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS Visit archive.harpethhills.org/ecclesiastes for previous classes Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 5:1 – 6:12 1. In your own words, define greed. How does The Teacher describe the frustration that comes with greed, selfishness, and the love of money? 2.
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Continue readingECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE LESSON THREE: EVEN “GOD” CAN’T FIX THIS MESS! Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 3:1 – 4:16 Visit archive.harpethhills.org/ecclesiastes for previous classes. 1. Be careful when reading Ecclesiastes, for Qohelet – in his cynical musings from 1:12 – 12:7 – refers to God frequently. But
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Continue readingECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE LESSON TWO: SO MUCH MATTERS SO LITTLE Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 1:12 – 2:25 1. What is the function of Wisdom Literature? How does Ecclesiastes fit this genre perfectly? a. Qohelet (NIV translates this Hebrew word “The Teacher) is a burned-out cynic who
Continue readingLESSON 1 of 8 ECCLESIASTES: A WORD TO THE WISE INTRODUCING ECCLESIASTES Text for This Study: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11; 12:1-14 1. What past familiarity do you have with Ecclesiastes? What impression do you have of the book? What “dispute” about including it in the Bible is mentioned in this video? 2.
Continue readingSERIES: WHY FAITH MAKES SENSE Lesson 7 OF 7: It All Comes Together in Jesus Visit archive.harpethhills.org/whyfaith/ for other classes in this series. Key Scriptures for this Study: John 1:1-14; Hebrews 1:1-4; 1 John 1:1-4* 1. How does the authority of the Bible function to bring us to the person
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