Setting the Stage
In the short amount of time that we have been meeting, we have learned some very important things about God and the Bible. In Read More …
Tag: Old Testament
A Preview of Act 1, Scene 1
Now that we’ve gone over the basic elements of Stage, Cast, Theme, Plot, and Presentation Method for this production of God’s One Big Story, Read More …
Abraham: Called to Retire
In the last episode of Act 1, Scene 2 of God’s One Big Story, after finishing our longest script yet, we were able to Read More …
Isaac: The Father of Two Nations
In our last episode, we finished Biopic #1—our Biographical Picture on the Life of Abraham and the first of four such pictures in Act 1, Read More …
Isaac: Like Father, Like Son
In Episode #1 of Biopic #2, we picked up the story of Isaac where it had left off at the end of Genesis 24—that is, Read More …
Isaac: A House Divided
In our last episode, Isaac: Like Father, Like Son (from Genesis 26), we were given a brief glimpse into the adult life of Isaac. Read More …
Jacob in “As the Screw Turns: On the Lam and On to Love”
In our previous episode of God’s One Big Story (from Genesis 27:1-28:9), we were shown a very sad picture of the dysfunction which occurs Read More …
Jacob in “As the Screw Turns: Sex, Drugs, and Livestock”
In our previous episode of Act 1, Scene 2 of God’s One Big Story, Biopic #3–our biographical picture on the life of Jacob–began. At that Read More …
Jacob in “As the Screw Turns: Separation Anxiety”
Last time, in Episode #2 on the life of Jacob, we were “treated” (if that can be considered the appropriate word here) to an Read More …
Jacob in “As the Screw Turns: From the Frying Pan into the Fire”
In our previous episode, taken from Genesis 31, the drama of Jacob’s life, which we are calling As the Screw Turns, continued. In that Read More …
Jacob in “As the Screw Turns: Rape and Revenge”
In our previous episode of God’s One Big Story—From the Frying Pan into the Fire—we saw how Jacob, following his narrow escape from his Read More …
Joseph: Dreams, Dungeons, and Destinies
In our previous episode, taken from Genesis 34-35, we completed Biopic #3 of Act 1, Scene 2 of God’s One Big Story. That was Read More …
Joseph: Meanwhile…Back at the Ranch
In our last episode, taken from Genesis 37, we began Biopic #4—Dreams, Dungeons, and Destinies—our study of the life on the Patriarch Joseph. In that Read More …
Joseph: The Cat and Mouse in Potiphar’s House
In our previous episode, taken from Genesis 38, we were treated to a seriously disappointing character study of Judah, the son of Israel who had Read More …
Joseph: Dreams, Dreams, and More Dreams
In our last episode—The Cat and Mouse in Potiphar’s House—taken from Genesis 39, when the Cat (Potiphar’s Wife) couldn’t ensnare the Mouse (Joseph), she Read More …
Joseph: The Testing Finally Pays Off
In our last episode, Joseph: Let the Testing Begin (Genesis 42), our story took an unexpected turn when, twenty-two years after selling him into Read More …
Joseph—The Grand Finale, Part 1
In our previous episode, The Testing Finally Pays Off we covered Genesis 43-45 all in one lesson—a lesson that had… Chapter 43 as our Read More …
Joseph: The Grand Finale, Part 2
In our previous episode—The Grand Finale, Part 1 (from Genesis 46-47)—we followed Jacob and his family as they journeyed from their old home in Read More …
A Review and A Preview
In our last episode, Joseph: The Grand Finale, Part 2, we brought the curtain down on Act 1, Scene 2 of God’s One Big Read More …
Moses: An Unlikely Deliverer
Last time, in A Review and A Preview, we took a look back at what we had learned in Act 1, Scene 2 of Read More …