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Week 9, One Year Bible Challenge: “Jubilant”

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?

Links to Discussion Notes (All notes are the same.  *CLICK* on the link to your preferred format):

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Week 9, One Year Bible Challenge: “Jubilant”

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

  • 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

FOOTNOTE:




Christian Mens Breakfast, June 23, 2011

The discussion notes ( PDF / TEXT ) for breakfast on Saturday, June 25, 2011 are now online — “Council at Jerusalem”. The early church consisted mainly of Jews who believed that salvation was possible only through Jesus Christ. But as they preached the Good News to gentiles, it was not long before the question arose as to whether gentiles had to first become Jews in order to be saved. This week we discuss the outcome and importance of this decision. Discussion verses: 2 Kings 2:11-12, and Acts 15:1-20