Want to learn more about Deuteronomy? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series
Introduction: We start a new series of studies on the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy is the last of the five books (the Pentateuch) written by Moses. In Hebrew the name means “Words,” and Moses wrote it as his last words before God’s pe...
Introduction: Are you a student of history? If the answer is, “no,” you need to start studying! We have a new pastor at my church and he was born in Cuba. His father was also a pastor and he was tortured by the government of Cuba for doing God’s will...
Introduction: As a short review, recall that we learned in the first two lessons that Moses was making his farewell address to a people who had a history of not trusting God. How could that be fixed? What could Moses say to help God’s people trust Him more...
Introduction: Do you easily fall in love with another person? How would you react to a command to love someone? Love is a complicated thing that generally requires time on task! The title of our lesson this week comes from Deuteronomy 6:5 that instr...
Introduction: "NIMBY" is an acronym that casts light on insufficient thinking, hypocrisy, and in some cases our failure to treat others in a way consistent with the teachings of the Bible. So what is NIMBY? It stands for "Not in my backyard." ...
Introduction: Are there hard lessons in the Bible? Are we sometimes challenged to see Jesus in the "God of the Old Testament?" The answer is "yes." We have a hard lesson this week. But, instead of averting our eyes, we need to study the hard lessons to find...
Introduction: As Christians, do you tend to think of others as being worse than you? You will often read in these lessons that the purpose of the Ten Commandments is not to save you from eternal death, but to make your life better here on earth. (Plus it giv...
Introduction: George Barna recently released a survey of the Millennial generation. These are people in their twenties and thirties. The results are very discouraging. Only 35% claim to believe in the God of the Bible. Forty-one percent don't know if...
Introduction: What does it mean to “repent?” This is a matter to which I've given a fair amount of thought, but cannot recall specifically writing about it. If we are required to “repent” of specific sins, isn't that just another argument for...
Introduction: Are you getting old? I am. When you get old you worry about not remembering because forgetting might be a sign of a serious problem. For me, I take comfort in the fact that remembering has always been an issue. When I was a teenag...
Introduction: Do you like to be quoted? I’m assuming this in a positive way, as opposed to being reported for something you should not have said! Generally, when you are quoted it shows that what you said was important. It could be used to benefit...
Introduction: Last week we studied being quoted! Specifically, where Deuteronomy has been quoted in other places in the Old Testament. We decided that those quotations showed the importance of Deuteronomy. This week we continue with the same quotatio...
Introduction: Are you the kind of person who has dreams and goals for your future? Did you have them when you were young, but not anymore? If you had them when you were young, and it did not work out, how did you feel? Imagine that God comes to...
