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Week 10, One Year Bible Challenge: “Milk and Honey”

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Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

This week’s reading March 5th to 11th[1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days each week.]

Grapes from Canaan
Spies Bring the Grapes from Canaan

Numbers 4:1-16:40
Mark 12:18-15:47
Psalm 48:1-54:7
Proverbs 10:26-11:6

Next Week’s Reading March 12th to 18th
Numbers 16:41-28:15
Mark 16:1-Luke 3:22
Psalm 55:1-61:8
Proverbs 11:7-17

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  1. Numbers 5:11-31 describes a complicated procedure to deal with the situation in which a jealous husband suspected his wife of adultery, but had no proof. If there was no proof, why is the matter even considered?
  2. Why did the Israelites refuse to go into the land of Canaan after Caleb and the other spies brought back their report?

New Testament

  1. When Jesus was taken to be crucified, “they brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, ‘The place of a skull.’ They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.” Why was Jesus offered this drink, and why did He refuse it? Mark 15:22
  2. Why did Jesus say, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?“

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Week 9, One Year Bible Challenge: “Jubilant”

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Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

This week’s reading February 26 to March 4[1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days each week.]

El Greco
The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind, ca. 1570, by El Greco

Leviticus 19:1-Numbers 51
Mark 8:11-12:17
Psalm 42:1-47:9
Proverbs 10:17-25

Next Week’s Reading March 5-11
Numbers 4:1-16:40
Mark 12:18-15:47
Psalm 48:1-54:7
Proverbs 10:26-11:6

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  • Leviticus 19:19-31 contains prohibitions against (Lev. 19:19) crossbreeding animals, planting different kinds of seeds in the same fields, (Lev. 19:20) having sex with a slave, (Lev. 19:23) eating the fruit of a newly planted tree, (Lev. 19:26) eating meat with blood still in it, (Lev. 19:27) a certain hair style, (Lev. 19:28) tattoos, (Lev. 19:29) prostituting one’s daughter, (Lev. 19:30) violating the Sabbath, and (Lev. 19:31) turning to mediums or wizards. Should we assume from their placement in the same section that God views all of these matters with equal seriousness? Are we still bound by any or all of these rules?
  • What is the Year of Jubilee? How does it work, and what is the point of it?
  • How do the Israelite Year of Jubilee and “debt relief” compare to modern political, economic, financial and legal concepts??

New Testament

  • Why did Jesus lay his hands on the blind man twice, in order to heal him? Mark 8:22-26
  • Jesus said in Mark 10:14-15, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.   Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.” Should we place any emphasis on Bible study if God admits those who are as ignorant as little children?

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Week 8, One Year Bible Challenge: “Clean vs. Unclean”

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Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

The Raising of Jairus' Daughter, by Edwin Long
The Raising of Jairus’ Daughter (1889), by Edwin Long

This week’s reading February 19 to 25[1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days each week.]
Leviticus 7:28-18:30
Mark 3:31-8:10
Psalm 37:12-41:13
Proverbs 10:5-16

Next Week’s Reading February 26 to March 4
Leviticus 19:1-Numbers 51
Mark 8:11-12:17
Psalm 42:1-47:9
Proverbs 10:17-25

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  1. Why did God give the Israelites so many rules about “clean” and “unclean” animals? Are the rules completely arbitrary, or is there a pattern or reason behind the classifications? Leviticus 11
  2. What are we to make of the prohibition against eating blood? Leviticus 17:10-14.
  3. Chapter 18 of Leviticus contains a number of prohibited sexual practices. Does God and/or modern society still forbid these practices? Should Christians accept these practices if polls show the majority of Americans favor lifting the restrictions? Leviticus 18:5-30.

New Testament

  1. Is the purpose of the parables to convey the truth? Or to hide the truth? Or both? Or neither? Mark 4:10-12.
  2. Is demon possession in the Bible really just the ancient misunderstanding of mental illness? If not, how do we distinguish between the aberrant behavior caused by mental illness vs. demon possession? Mark 5:1-20.
  3. Imagine you were Jairus, and Jesus brought your child back to life. How do you think you would feel? Why did Jesus tell the people standing by to give the girl something to eat? Mark 5:21-23, 35-43

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