Adults Bible Study
Topics for November 2008
The Adult Bible Study meets each Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM in the Lounge. We are beginning a Disciple series on the book of Psalms, using both a booklet and a video.
In the Psalms, the grand promise of the reign of God meets the historical experience of God’s people. The people’s faith in God’s faithfulness and their trust in God’s providential care collide with their ongoing experience of pain and suffering, enslavement, oppression, exile, the consequences of humanity’s evil, and the consequences of nature’s disregard for life. The struggle of God’s people to make sense of who God is and who they are causes the writers of Psalms to praise God for God’s faithfulness and lament God’s apparent absences. They thank God for God’s goodness and complain that God neglects them. They cast their cares upon God in hope and confess terrible dread for the future. And in so doing, they have left behind texts of grace, glory and sorrow unmatched in sacred literature.
The schedule for November is as follows:
November 4: Word of God, Words of Prayer
November 11: The Prayer Book of God’s People
November 18: Praying the Psalms
November 25: The Language of the Heart
December 2: A Geography of the Imagination
If you have any questions please contact Herb Hickman at 973-994-3045.
