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The Bible Course: Personal Edition
The Bible Course: Personal Edition

Session 1: Introducing the Bible

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Lesson 1: The Bible is Inspired by God

Is the Bible more than a book? Could it be inspired by God?

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Lesson 2: The Bible is a library

Introducing the Bible, an amazing collection of ancient books

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Lesson 3: The Bible is a Story

Discover how this amazing collection of books forms a unified story

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Lesson 4: The Bible needs Interpreting

How do we begin to interpret and understand the Bible?

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Lesson 5: Are Bible texts and translations reliable?

In this session we ask whether we can trust the Bible?

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Lesson 6: Why believe the Bible is God's book?

As we come to the end of this session we ask, could the Bible be more than a book?

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Session 2: Creation & Covenant

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Lesson 1: The book of Genesis

Introducing the first book of the Bible

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Lesson 2: Creation and Humanity

Experience the wonder of creation

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Lesson 3: What's gone wrong with the world?

Explore how a beautiful world started to go wrong

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Lesson 4: The call of Abraham

Discover how God starts to put the world right again through Abraham

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Lesson 5: The Covenant with Abraham

Discover God's great commitment to Abraham and his family

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Lesson 6: The Messiah's family tree

In this session we discover how God is at work through a family line that leads to Jesus

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Session 3: Exodus & Promised Land

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Lesson 1: Introducing Exodus

Explore the remarkable story of God's powerful rescue through Moses

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Lesson 2: The Burning Bush and 10 Plagues

In this session we learn about Moses and his incredible encounter with God

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Lesson 3: Celebrating Exodus

From slaves to free people, discover how Israel escaped from Egypt

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Lesson 4: The Giving of the Law

At Sinai, God gives Israel three gifts that formed the basis of relationship with them

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Lesson 5: Tabernacle and Sacrifices

As well as the Law, God also gave to Israel the gift of the tabernacle and sacrifices

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Lesson 6: Getting to the Promised Land

A journey that should have taken just 11 days ends up taking 40 years!

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Session 4: Judges and Kings

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Lesson 1: Cycle of the Judges

In this session we discover the era of the Judges

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Lesson 2: Violence and the Story of Ruth

Exploring themes in the book of Ruth and its implications for understanding the role of Jesus

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Lesson 3: Samuel to David

Discover more about the crucial role of Samuel, a key leader during the transition from Judges to Kings

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Lesson 4: David and the Messiah

In this session we discover more about the life of King David

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Lesson 5: King Solomon

In this session discover more about Solomon, Israel's third king.

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Lesson 6: Wisdom Literature

In this final lesson from Session Four we explore Wisdom Literature and how to read it well

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Session 5: Exile and Prophets

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Lesson 1: Northern Kingdom and Hosea

Introducing Hosea and other prophets as we reach a significant moment in the history of Israel

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Lesson 2: Prophets like Amos and Elijah

The prophets were important voices in their time and in ours. Let's discover more about Amos and Elijah.

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Lesson 3: Jonah and the Assyrians

Is there more to the story of Jonah than being swallowed by a whale?

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Lesson 4: Hezekiah and Isaiah

After the defeat of the Northern Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom also faces similar challenges

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Lesson 5: Exile and Daniel

How can we be faithful to God in an unfaithful world? Let's explore the story of Daniel

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Lesson 6: Restoration and hope

In this session we discover how Israel began to rebuild their nation and the importance of people like Nehemiah

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Session 6: Jesus and the Gospels

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Lesson 1: Introducing the Gospels

We are at the start of the New Testament; in this session we focus on the Gospels.

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Lesson 2: Mark, Luke and John

In this session we discover some of the differences between the Gospels of Mark, Luke and John.

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Lesson 3: How to grasp the Gospels

Are the Gospels reliable and accurate accounts of Jesus' life?

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Lesson 4: The identity of Jesus

In this session we begin to explore the ministry of Jesus, what he said and did.

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Lesson 5: The ministry of Jesus

The Kingdom of God was an important part of Jesus' teaching. Discover more in this lesson.

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Lesson 6: Death and resurrection

In this session we focus on the events surrounding the final week of Jesus' life.

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Session 7: Acts and the Church

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Lesson 1: The Day of Pentecost

The book of Acts and the coming of the Holy Spirit.

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Lesson 2: The power of the Spirit

In this session we explore the extraordinary events of the day of Pentecost.

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Lesson 3: Expansion despite persecution

Despite persecution the news of Jesus spreads and the church grows.

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Lesson 4: Paul and the Gospel

In this session we discover the incredible conversion and ministry of the Apostle Paul.

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Lesson 5: Paul and mission

In this session, we explore Paul's missionary journeys and spread of the gospel.

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Lesson 6: Living the story today

In this session we explore the Book of Romans.

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Session 8: Revelation and Review

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Lesson 1: Jesus is King

In this final session we jump into the Book of Revelation.

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Lesson 2: The book of Revelation

Revelation can seem like a strange book. In this session we clarify some key themes.

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Lesson 3: New creation

In this session we enter the final chapters of the Book of Revelation.

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Lesson 4: Get the Big Picture

In this session we recap on this big story of the Bible and assess our progress through the course.

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Lesson 5: Reading the Bible towards Jesus

How do we interpret the Bible in the light of Jesus?

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Lesson 6: Moving on with the Bible

In our final lesson we explore next steps with the Bible.

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