By Michael C. Mack 1. What is your favorite romantic movie? Why do you like it? Read Genesis 29:15-30. 2. What movie title would you give to this account? • When Jacob Met Rachel . . . and Leah (and Zilpah and Bilhah) • The Laban Bunch (“Rachel, Rachel, Rachel”) • Dysfunctional Family Ties • Fooled for Love • How to […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. Who is the most generous person you’ve ever known? What makes the person so generous? Read Matthew 23:2-12; Mark 12:38-44. 2. Come up with as many contrasts as you can between the religious leaders and the widow. Consider their dress, titles, how they were treated, how they may have prayed, […]
By Michael C. Mack What family Christmas traditions are you using this year to focus on Christ and why he came into the world? Read Exodus 13:13b-15; Luke 2:22-32. The dedication of the firstborn looked back and forward: back to the Passover, when God saved the firstborn of the Israelites from death (Exodus 12:12, 13), […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. What is the most special Christmas gift you’ve ever received? What makes a gift special to you? Read Leviticus 22:17-25, 31-33. 2. The phrase, “I am the Lord,” and the word holy are each used three times in the final three verses. How do they relate to the commandments in […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. What would a perfect day of rest look like for you? Read Exodus 20:8-11; 31:12-16. 2. How is this commandment related to the first two commandments (20:1-6)? 3. What purposes for the Sabbath do you see in these passages? 4. What do you learn from these passages about being a […]
