This edition of The Lookout introduces our new scope and sequence for Bible study. From this issue forward, the material you study and discuss each week in these pages will have been designed by The Lookout’s own scope and sequence team. As mentioned in previous editorials, we created our own scope and sequence to reflect […]
Israel lived by the Word of God (Deuteronomy 8:3). Jesus lived by the Word of God (Matthew 4:4). The church should live by the Word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13). In many ways the little epistle of 2 Peter is about living by the Word of God. It is in the written Word of God […]
Although he’s an atheist, Richard Dawkins admits that the Bible should be taught “because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.” But, he insists, it should be taught “not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality.” TV host Bill Maher cynically quips, “To most Christians, the Bible is like […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is your opinion about what will happen in the future? Would you describe the world of tomorrow as unknowable, bleak, or promising? Defend your opinion. 2. A popular science fiction theme is an impending “extinction event”—the looming mass destruction of humanity. Can […]
While visiting Southern California to speak on the history of the English Bible several years ago, I found myself seated next to a total stranger in the hotel restaurant. We exchanged pleasantries, including what had brought each of us to town on that particular weekend. When he learned of my speaking topic, he became curious. […]
