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Week 1, One Year Bible Challenge: “Dominion”

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

This week’s reading January 1-7[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.]

Sistine Chapel
Detail from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512
Genesis 1:1-18:15
Matthew 1:1-6:24
Psalm 1:1-7:17
Proverbs 1:1-2:5

Next Week’s Reading January 8-14
Genesis 18:16-31:16
Matthew 6:25-10:23
Psalm 8:1-12:8
Proverbs 2:6-13:15
Adam, Creation, Eve, Genesis, Jesus, Satan, wise men
Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  1. What was the sin(s) that Adam and Eve committed?
  2. God gave man “Dominion” in Genesis, ch. 1. Does “Dominion” include the right to use animals for food?
  3. How are we to “subdue” the earth (Gen. 1:28)? God gave mankind dominion BEFORE they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Was dominion taken from mankind AFTER the fall?

New Testament

  1. When the Devil offered to give Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,” was he bluffing? That is, did the Devil have the power to deliver such a gift? Matthew 4:8-9
  2. The Devil likes to quote scripture. How accurate is the Devil? See Matthew 4: 1-7

FOOTNOTE:




Week 3, One Year Bible Challenge: “Brotherly Love”

Joseph and Potiphars wife
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, by Guido Reni, circa 1630
This week’s reading January 15-21[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.]
Genesis 31:17-43:34
Matthew 10:24-14:12
Psalm 13:1-18:36
Proverbs 3:16-4:10

Next Week’s Reading January 22-28
Genesis 44:1-Exodus 7:25
Matthew 14:13-19:12
Psalm 18:37-23:6
Proverbs 4:11-5:23

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  • Chapter 34 of Genesis tells the story of how Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, was “defiled,” and how her brothers responded. Did the punishment fit the crime?
  • What is so special about the “coat of many colors?” How did the relationship
    between Joseph and his brothers progress?
  • New Testament

  • John, the “Baptist” sent two men to ask if Jesus was truly the Messiah. What are we to make of Jesus’ answer? Matthew 11-1-4
  • Does Jesus refuse to acknowledge his “true” family in Matthew 12:46-50?
  • FOOTNOTE:




Week 1, One Year Bible Challenge: “Dominion”

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

This week’s reading January 1-7[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.]

Sistine Chapel
Detail from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512
Genesis 1:1-18:15
Matthew 1:1-6:24
Psalm 1:1-7:17
Proverbs 1:1-2:5

Next Week’s Reading January 8-14
Genesis 18:16-31:16
Matthew 6:25-10:23
Psalm 8:1-12:8
Proverbs 2:6-13:15

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  1. What was the sin(s) that Adam and Eve committed?
  2. God gave man “Dominion” in Genesis, ch. 1. Does “Dominion” include the right to use animals for food?
  3. How are we to “subdue” the earth (Gen. 1:28)? God gave mankind dominion BEFORE they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Was dominion taken from mankind AFTER the fall?

New Testament

  1. When the Devil offered to give Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,” was he bluffing? That is, did the Devil have the power to deliver such a gift? Matthew 4:8-9
  2. The Devil likes to quote scripture. How accurate is the Devil? See Matthew 4: 1-7

FOOTNOTE: