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Wk 7 Christs victory over death.jpg Key Text : “When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and ...

Wk 6 He died for us.jpg Key Text : “ ‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life’ ” (John 3:14, 15, NKJV) It has been said that we cannot avoid death and taxes. That’s not entir...

Wk 5 Resurrections before the cross.jpg Key text: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?’ ” (John 11:25, 26, LEB) The Old Testament refere...

Wk 4 The Old Testament Hope.jpg Key Text: “By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son. . . . He considered the fact that God is able even to raise someone from the dead—and figuratively speaking, he did receive him b...

Wk 3 Understanding Human Nature.jpg Key Text: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7) The tension between God’s word, “ ‘You shall die’ ” (Genesis 2:16, 17, NRSV) and Satan’s counterfeit ...

Wk 2 Death in a sinful world.jpg Key Text: “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12, NKJV). Christ was the Divine Agent through whom God brought the universe and the world into existence (Joh...

Wk 1 Rebellion in a perfect universe.jpg Key Text: “ ‘How you have fallen from heaven, you star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you who defeated the nations!’ ” (Isaiah 14:12, NASB). Many thinkers have tried to explain the origin of evil. Some suggest that evil...

Wk 13 Christ in the Crucible.jpg Key Text : “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’ ” (Matthew 27:46, NKJV). Whenever we look at the issue of suffering, the question comes:How did sin and...

Wk 12 Dying like a seed.jpg Key Text : “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; . . . but if it dies, it produces much grain” (John 12:24, NKJV) Jesus’ picture of a kernel of wheat dying is a fascinating analogy of our submission to Go...

Wk 11 Waiting in the Crucible.jpg Key Text : “But the fruit of the Spirit is . . . longsuffering” (Galatians 5:22, NKJV) Hope and meekness, as essential tools for overcoming crucibles, are both defined by waiting. However, the concept of biblical waiting is not only about waiting but also waiting w...