November 2023
“Cast me not away in the season of my old age. As my strength abates me, do thou not forsake me.” Psalm 71:9 The plea of an aged person is…
Livestreams Archive
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WEEK 1 – THE SETTING
INTRODUCTION: Immediately it becomes clear that we will have to race through a lot of material and be unable to hit everything or deal with each episode in detail. Sad…
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WEEK 2 – THE SOLUTION (or at least getting started in that direction)
INTRODUCTION: Reviewing the previous week’s lesson is always an excellent place to start. At least a summation is a good spot to launch from. Here the instructor can, once again,…
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WEEK 3–WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TAKE IT
INTRODUCTION: Last week’s story showed us God selecting a single individual, and an unexceptional one at that (an underdog, really), as a place to begin his work to turn the…
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WEEK 4 – FORGIVENESS IS ALL THAT KEEPS US TOGETHER
INTRODUCTION: Last week we heard about the very interesting and ambivalent character, Jacob. Jacob seems almost like a man of split personalities. He is almost an ancient day Jekyl and…
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WEEK 5 – WHEN WE WERE SLAVES IN EGYPT
INTRODUCTION: The story of a single family now grows to become the story of a whole nation. The people of Israel are all still part of the same big family. …
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WEEK 6 – REDEMPTION
INTRODUCTION: The most pronounced event of redemption that occurs on a national scale in all of the Old Testament is the exodus. But the exodus, in reality,is a much larger…
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WEEK 7 – LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS
INTRODUCTION: The 40 year period that Israel spent in the wilderness is full of so many stories and so many events that it seems tragic to have to reduce it…