In out OT overview series, we sought to, as the name suggest, provide a broad look at the books in the OT. The content in the series might have been overwhelming so this post aims to compile and put everything together!
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Christians often speak of covenants, but what is this legal language doing in the Bible? Is it relevant?
We’ve put together a quick overview of the covenants especially as they’re mentioned and used in the first 5 books of the Bible. This is important as it serves as a foundation for themes and ideas unpacked in the rest of the OT and also continued in the NT.
We’ve committed to a study of the entire book of Exodus at the Fellowship and this study will span more than 50 sessions. At this point in the year (October!), we’ve already completed 27 sessions, and are somewhere in the middle of Exodus. Most of the action that we’re familiar with is behind us, namely the plagues and the great Red Sea deliverance. The wilderness and law accounts lie ahead of us, and as its name suggest, sound very dry.
But why is Exodus so important for us to read so carefully? There are at least 2 reasons.
How does the inerrancy of Scripture affect the way we read our Bibles? Isaac, one of the Fellowship teachers has prepared some answers to questions that we’ve heard asked, or have asked at some point in our life! We hope that this will not only give us confidence to answer questions posed to us, but will also encourage us to “take up and read” our Bibles.
“I didn’t really get it. All my life growing up, I have only known God to be an idea, formed out of Christian vocabulary and descriptions I hear at church, and fuzzy memories of “Bible bedtime stories”.”
In this post, Christina, who attends Fellowship, shares with us her journey of Bible reading and discovering the riches in God’s Word.
In the previous introduction, we've read about the context and background to this book. As we begin to unpack and understand the context of the book of Nahum, we'll see that it's about Nineveh. The main purpose of this book is not so much to tell us about Nineveh, but rather, focuses on what God does to Nineveh and Assyria. This will be a helpful thing to keep at the back of our minds as we try to understand this book!
On Wednesday nights, we gather to study God's word together. Many of us leave with a clear sense that God has spoken, but what do we do with it? Here are three suggestions that you could take up to continue pursuing God even on Thursday and in the rest of the week!
To help us understand Nahum, we need to understand the historical context and genre. Nahum is one of the 12 Minor prophets, so called not because these books are unimportant, but because they are short. Even in Jesus’ time, these books were read together/read as a group.
Do we recognise false doctrine when we come across it? It could be in that sermon that you heard last weekend. Or on the podcast that you listen to on the way to work. Or in a book by that bestselling Christian author. Are we able to recognise false teaching?
Most of us are busy people and do struggle with Bible reading. How can we have a meaningful time of Bible reading? Why should we do it?
Let's be honest. Nahum is probably not our top pick for a daily devotion. In fact, many of us might have been surprised to hear that there is such a book in the Bible. So what exactly is this book about? Why is it important for us to study it?
Do you want to read the Bible but just don't know where to begin? Or have you resolved to read and then fizzled out after? You're not alone, and this is a struggle that most, if not all of us have. But struggling does not mean we give up in despair! In this post, we've put together some practical helps and resources to get us started.