Category Archives: Adult Bible Classes

The Story: Father Abraham Had Many Sons, Part 2 (The Blood Oath)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Jay F Guin

The blood oath For thousands of years, men have sealed covenants in blood. In the Middle East, they used to say that they “cut a covenant,” meaning the covenanting parties cut their arms and sucked a bit of one another’s … Continue reading →

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The Story: Father Abraham Had Many Sons, Part 1 (Faith and Grace)

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Jay F Guin

Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them and so are you So let’s all praise the Lord. Right arm!

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The Story: In the Beginning, Part 2 (The Happy Ending)

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Jay F Guin

Denouement (RP) IPA: /deˈnuːmɑ̃/ (US) IPA: /deɪnuˈmɑnt/,      /deɪnuˈmɑ̃/ “Denouement” is a fancy word for the final conclusion, when the climax comes to final resolution. In a murder mystery, the climax is the moment the detective solves the mystery, or … Continue reading →

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The Story: In the Beginning, Part 1 (Conflict and Climax)

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Jay F Guin

Introduction We’re studying “The Story” for the next several months. The Story is the overall, over-arching story that the Bible tells about God. We need to make a few things clear as we begin. First, by “story” we don’t mean … Continue reading →

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The Story: Introduction

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Jay F Guin

At my home church, we’re about to start a series of lessons, continuing until May of next year, called “The Story.” The lessons will be based on material published by Zondervan. Many churches have used this material and had great … Continue reading →

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Psalm 23

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Jay F Guin

So it’s my task as an elder to teach a Wednesday night class on the 23rd Psalm. I have a great exposition of the words I’ll cover (from the Creation 2.0 series). But I thought I might begin by opening … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: “Who Is This ‘Son of Man’?” (The search for the real Jesus, Part 3)

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jay F Guin

Righteous judgment Jesus, when challenged for healing on the Sabbath, responded, (John 7:24 NAS)  “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” Really? “Appearances? It appeared very much that he healed on the Sabbath! But that’s a … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: “Who Is This ‘Son of Man’?” (The search for the real Jesus, Part 2)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Jay F Guin

Love for Samaritans and women Jesus passed through Samaria in chapter 4 with the evident purpose of bringing the gospel to the Samaritans. This is crazy. After all — * Samaritans were known to kill Jews who passed through their … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: “Who Is This ‘Son of Man’?” (The search for the real Jesus, Part 1)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jay F Guin

So who is this Jesus? Well, let’s pick out a few characteristics we find in John. (It would be fun to work through the Synoptics as well, as there is so much more and different material in them, but this … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: “Who Is This ‘Son of Man’?” (Jesus, who doesn’t look like me)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Jay F Guin

So what does that tell us? It’s subtle, but it’s an important starting point. Jesus was a Jew. The gospel went to the Jews first. Therefore, Jesus was sent to the Jews. Jesus was circumcised, looked like Jew, and wore … Continue reading →

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