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  • Exclusive & Inclusive (Deuteronomy 23)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 9, 2025
     | 336 views

    Are our ideas of exclusive and inclusive very different to God's? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 23.

    Are our ideas of inclusion and exclusion very different from God’s? How exclusive was crop ownership? Did Jesus rob a grainfield on the Sabbath or did the law require that some of it be available to hungry passers by? For whom did Jesus' death atone? Let’s begin in Deuteronomy 23. Who could ...read more

  • A Civil Society (Deuteronomy 24)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 9, 2025
     | 323 views

    Was Israel under the old covenant perhaps in many ways a more civil society than ours? Let's look at Deuteronomy 24.

    How do our modern societies compare to ancient Israel? Let’s look at divorce, military conscription, loans, wages, kidnapping, foreigners and the poor. Which is actually a more civil society? Let’s review Deuteronomy 24. What were the rules about divorce and remarriage? When a man takes a wife ...read more

  • Justice & Fairness (Deuteronomy 25)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 10, 2025
     | 233 views

    The old covenant is not our covenant, but did God give Israel just and fair laws? Let's look at Deuteronomy 25.

    Was God’s law concerned with fairness, animal welfare, just inheritances, and honest trade? How does modern justice compare? Let’s look at Deuteronomy 25. Was there a punishment that deserved forty lashes in ancient Israel? Would that deter certain crimes today? When people have a dispute, they ...read more

  • Covenant Blessings (Deuteronomy 26)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 12, 2025
     | 442 views

    Are there differences between old and new covenant blessings? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 26.

    What blessings did God promise to Israel under the old covenant? Could they rejoice in good things which God gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey? If they were faithful to the covenant would God put them high above all the nations? What blessings does Jesus promise? Let’s begin in ...read more

  • The Twelve Curses (Deuteronomy 27)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 13, 2025
     | 690 views

    Are curses pronounced under the law removed in Christ? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 27.

    Are curses given under the law forever valid or can we be redeemed from them? Can Christians come under a curse? Let’s begin in Deuteronomy 27. What kind of monument were they to erect on Mount Ebal? Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments ...read more

  • Blessings & Curses (Deuteronomy 28)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 15, 2025
     | 852 views

    Can Jesus help us escape the curses of the old covenant? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 28.

    Do the blessings and curses promised Israel suggest a choice? Is there a way to be blessed forever? Let’s begin in Deuteronomy 28. Blessings Were there blessings for Israel’s faithfulness under the old covenant? Indeed, if you diligently obey the Lord your God to carry out all his commands that ...read more

  • Covenant Renewed (Deuteronomy 29)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 16, 2025
     | 396 views

    Why was there a need for a new covenant? Who was at fault? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 29.

    Why was there a need for a new covenant? Was there a fault with God, the covenant or the people? Let’s begin with the old covenant in Deuteronomy 29. Was the covenant renewed while Israel waited in the land of Moab? These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with ...read more

  • Who Is Jesus (John 8)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 30, 2025
     | 162 views

    Who did Jesus say He is? Let's look at John 8.

    Did Jesus confront religious leaders or simply keep quiet? Who do we believe He is? Let’s look at John 8. What happened when a woman caught in adultery was presented to Jesus? Where was the man? but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives. Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The ...read more

  • Blindness (John 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 30, 2025
     | 218 views

    Are we spiritually and morally blind to Jesus and what He taught? Let's look at John 9.

    Is there a willing blindness of heart, a spiritual and moral blindness? Do we see but refuse to acknowledge the truth? Let’s look at John 9. Why was a man born blind? Does God often have a purpose beyond our circumstances? Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His ...read more

  • The Good Shepherd (John 10)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 1, 2025
     | 423 views

    Who is the good shepherd and why? Let's look at John 10.

    Why is Jesus the good shepherd? How is he the gate to the sheep pen? Why did people not believe and falsely accuse Him? Let’s look at John 10. Did people understand Jesus telling a parable about sheep and their shepherd? Do we recognize Jesus’ voice? Jesus said: I tell you for certain only ...read more

  • Lazarus (John 11)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 2, 2025
     | 324 views

    What happened surrounding the miracle of Lazarus' resurrection? Let's look at John 11.

    What happened to Lazarus? Why did Jesus weep? Why did religious leaders plot? Let’s look at John 11. Why did Jesus return to a village where He could be in danger? Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus ...read more

  • Honor, Criticize Or Kill (John 12)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 3, 2025
     | 126 views

    Do we honor, criticize or kill faith in Jesus? Let's look at John 12.

    Do we honor Jesus with our best, or criticize those who do, and plot to kill Jesus in our churches by avoiding or watering down His Gospel? Let’s look at John 12. How did Lazarus’ grateful sister Mary honor Jesus with her best? What criticism did Judas Iscariot make? Six days before the Passover, ...read more

  • Foot Washing (John 13)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 3, 2025
     | 234 views

    Do we serve each other? Have we ever been betrayed? Do we deny Jesus in conversation? Let's look at John 13.

    Do we practice a foot washing ceremony, or apply it in principle by serving others? Do Judases still share our bread? Do we deny Jesus in conversation? Let’s look at John 13. What did Jesus do after introducing the bread and wine as a memorial? Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing ...read more

  • Christ In Hebrews

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 19, 2022
     | 1,154 views

    Who does God want us to primarily listen to, the ancient patriarchs, the prophets, the angelic messengers, or His Son?

    A main theme of Hebrews is summarized in the opening statements. Who does God want us to primarily listen to, the ancient patriarchs, the prophets, the angelic messengers, or His Son? “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these ...read more

  • What Is Faith?

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 22, 2022
     | 1,271 views

    A main theme of the book of Hebrews is faith. Was the Gospel also preached to ancient Israel? What was missing?

    A main theme of the book of Hebrews is faith. Was the Gospel also preached to ancient Israel? What was missing? “For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.” ...read more