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Covenant Bible Study: Creating - Participant Guide
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▼▲Each participant of the Covenant Bible Study needs a book for each 8-week module in which they participate and a Bible, preferably the CEB Study Bible. The first module is called Creating and examines how the covenant community is created and established. It discusses the story of our origins in Genesis, the Exodus narrative, the teachings of Moses, the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, as well as other books from each Testament that focus on the foundation of Christian faith.
Each Episode focuses on a specific theme and has a Bible reading for 6 days of the week and a Group Meeting Experience on Day 7. The Creating Participant Guide is eight weeks long, and has a lay flat binding making it easy to take notes in the generous space provided on each page.
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▼▲Title: Covenant Bible Study: Creating - Participant Guide By: Covenant Bible Study Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Vendor: Abingdon Press Publication Date: 2014 | Weight: 15 ounces ISBN: 1426772165 ISBN-13: 9781426772160 Series: Covenant Bible Study Stock No: WW772163 |
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▼▲This Covenant experience will guide participants in a comprehensive, in-depth study of the Bible over twenty-four weeks. Unlike the learning participants may have experienced in other groups, this in-depth study of the whole Bible emphasizes the biblical concept of covenant as a unifying pattern through all the books in the Old and New Testaments. It underscores the unique relationship that God chooses to have with us as Gods people. This relationship is grounded in the faithfulness of Gods love and on our ongoing commitment to stay in love with God while we share signs of that love with others.
Each episode connects to an aspect of this covenant relationship, which is summarized in the heading of each participant guide.
GOD ESTABLISHES THE COVENANT to be in relationship with us. So the first eight weeks, Creating the Covenant, examines how the covenant community is created and establishedhighlighting several examples throughout scripture.
It discusses the story of our origins in Genesis, the Exodus narrative, the teachings of Moses, the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, as well as other books from each Testament that focus on the foundation of Christian faith.
In doing so, it lays out the framework for a life lived in concert with God and others.
Each participant in the group needs the Participant Guides and a Bible. The CEB Study Bible is preferred.
The Creating Participant Guide is eight weeks long, and has a lay flat binding making it easy to take notes in the generous space provided on each page.
The Creating Participant Guide contains the following episodes:
Episode 1: Creating the Covenant
Relationships with people in our lives are key to faithful living. Covenant is about the family God creates and the power of love that overcomes evil. We are broken and miss the mark. Substitutes for faithful love destroy our relationships. Yet Gods response to broken relationships is to restore us to wholeness. Through the shared practice of reading and interpreting the Bible scripture in holy conversation, we sharpen our understandings until they become more accurate and relevant. And we learn about Gods gracious love and how to share it with others.
Episode 2: TorahGenesis
Genesis answers the question: Who are we in the scheme of things? Covenant relationships are a metaphor for life together before God. This life is characterized by both gift and responsibility. Broken relationships in these stories are countered by forgiveness and generosity.
Episode 3: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
Passover is a bittersweet celebration of Israels liberation. The covenant at Sinai creates a people with instructions for living in harmony. These instructions are ever in need of reinterpretation in new situations, much like amendments to a constitution. God is holy and calls the people to be distinct and set apart in their faithfulness.
Episode 4: GospelsMatthew and Mark
The Gospels are similar to Greco-Roman biographies but with a saving twist. They paint a portrait of Jesus significance for first-century readers living under Roman rule before and after the destruction of the temple in 70 CE. By arranging the events of his life, death, and resurrection in distinct order, these writers depict Jesus as both the suffering human one (Mark) and a new teacher like Moses (Matthew). Jesus comes to bring and embody a new covenant reign (kingdom) of Gods saving love in the world.
Episode 5: Romans and Galatians
The letters of Paul substituted for his presence and represent his attempt to deal with controversies and provide guidance to churches from a pastors perspective. For Paul, Gods grace expressed in Jesus faithfulness on the cross is a saving gift with no substitutes. The Spirits presence, too, is a gift that marks the community of faith and produces fruit for faithful life together, making us more gracious to ourselves and others.
Episode 6: Hebrews
The book of Hebrews is a masterful sermon written by an unknown author to a struggling community.The writer encourages them to live lives of gratitude for Gods saving work in Jesus. Hebrews embraces the imagery of sacrifice in the Old Testament to describe Jesus pioneering cosmic work of redemption. Replacing fear with trust, Jesusour faithful forerunnermade it possible for us to approach the holy with confident expectation of Gods favor.
Episode 7: 1 and 2 Corinthians
Pauls letters to the church at Corinth address very concrete issues in a culture that honors the freedom of superiors to do as they please. Paul counters this with the mind of Christ, patterned by the logic of self-giving love. This logic of the cross balances freedom with Christ-shaped responsibility to live in ways that benefit both self and community.
Episode 8: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel
These books retell the story of Israel and its responsibilities as a rescued, covenant people. As they transition to a new life in the promised land, the first commandment (no other gods) is restated positively: love God with all your heart and strength. Life in the land after Moses and Joshua is characterized by a cycle of faithlessness, crisis, cries for help, and temporary rescue. The last tribal chieftain/first prophet Samuel will anoint kings for an unruly people when the real king missing in Israel is God.
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Author Bio
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Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Boston University School of Theology Shane Stanford (MA, Duke University; Doctorate, Asbury Theological Seminary) is Senior Pastor of a 5,000+ member church in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Stanford is the author of numerous books, including The Seven Next Words of Christ, The Cure for the Chronic Life, and The Eight Blessings: Rediscovering the Beatitudes. His memoir, A Positive Life, details his life as an HIV+ and HepC+ hemophiliac, husband, father, and pastor. He is the co-host of the Covenant Bible Study program, now used in over one thousand churches. Dr. Stanford married Dr. Pokey Stanford, and they have three daughters. Associate Professor of New Testament, Palmer Theological Seminary, Eastern Unviersity, King of Prussia, PA Dr. David A. deSilva, an elder in the Florida Annual Conference, attended Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary and earned his Ph.D. in Religion at Emory University. He currently serves as Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary. He has written over twenty books, including Unholy Allegiances: Heeding Revelation's Warning, The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Introducing the Apocrypha. He also served as Apocrypha Editor for the Common English Bible and has published extensively in journals, reference works, and adult Bible curriculum. Theodore Hiebert is Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL. He was an editor and translator of the Common English Bible. A leading scholar among theological educators, he has done groundbreaking work in the study of Genesis. Associate Professor of Theology, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Teacher and Former Assistant Professor of New Testament, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, TX
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