WEDNESDAY EVENINGS at SECOND BAPTIST
IN DEPTH
Mid-Week Adult Bible Study
Wednesdays 6:30–7:15 p.m. Social Room.
Our mid-week adult study this fall is called In Depth. It will be an interactive Bible study. Dr. Milton Horne leads off August 24–September 28 with an in depth look at the book of Exodus. Milton is Professor of Religion at William Jewell. Following the Exodus study, we’ll take a look at the Psalms with Dr. Barry Speert a Jewish scholar with an advanced degree from Yeshiva University, in New York City. Barry Speert has taught Biblical Studies at Baker University and Saint Paul School of Theology.
Schedule for Study of Exodus 1–24
August 24–September 28 (six successive Wednesdays)
Aug. 24: The Exodus story in the New Testament. This study invites readers to reflect upon the import of the Exodus story to the narrative and theology of the story of Jesus. The argument will be that Christians cannot understand their own faith unless they can frame it in terms of the Exodus story.
Aug. 31: Exodus 1–2
The nature of slavery and freedom in the Exodus story. In this session, readers are invited to consider the nature of God’s promise of deliverance by exploring the elements of slavery (political, economic and religious) and redemption.
Sept. 7: Exodus 3–4
God and Moses. The two main characters in this narrative are God and Moses. This study reflects upon key features of both characters as they lead Israel, God’s people, to freedom.
Sept. 14: Exodus 5–15
This lengthy passage, which contains the events of God’s plagues, the slaughter of the first-born Egyptian children, the deliverance by the sea and Miriam’s song, considers how the God of creation intervenes to deliver his people. The session explores the relationship between creation and salvation as key theological touchstones.
Sept. 21: Exodus 16–18
These short chapters contain the opening narratives of Israel’s wilderness experiences (resumed in Numbers 11ff). Later biblical interpreters consider this experience as definitive in shaping the nature of Israel’s relationship to God.
Sept. 28: Exodus 19–24
The unit of study concludes with the climactic formulation of a covenant between God and his people. Readers notice that it is a covenant of laws that are binding upon God’s people. To what is God bound? Does this mean it is not a covenant of love?
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