by Eric Spivey | Jul 22, 2018 | 10, Discussion Guides
Intro The book of Daniel starts out with very little backstory for Daniel himself. We know he’s from the royal family of Israel, one of the captives taken to Babylon to be trained up in the court of Nebuchadnezzar alongside his friends and fellow Israelites. But...
by Eric Spivey | Jul 15, 2018 | 10, Discussion Guides
Intro The job of being a prophet was a lonely one. Usually, God used prophets to call his people to repentance, warning them that their faithlessness towards God was leading them to ruin. As you can imagine, this was a really unpopular message, which made prophets...
by Eric Spivey | Jul 8, 2018 | 10, Discussion Guides
Intro Jonah is the worst. Watch the Bible Project video on him and maybe you’ll agree. At every turn in the story he’s a cranky, stubborn, stone-hearted man, always disobeying God, spurning God’s mercy, and even fussing at God directly. Worse, Jonah...
by Eric Spivey | Jul 1, 2018 | 10, Discussion Guides
Intro I don’t think I can summarize the book of Ruth any better than the Bible Project video included here; just go watch it. Towards the end of the video, the narrator points out one of the unusual aspects of Ruth: God is hardly mentioned in the entire book....
by Eric Spivey | Jun 24, 2018 | 10, Discussion Guides
Intro In Judges 4 we pick up shortly after Joshua’s death. Joshua was the primary leader of Israel after Moses, who helped Israel drive out the Canaanites from the Promised Land. Unfortunately Israel didn’t drive out all the Canaanites, as God had...
