You can’t prove love.
Discussion points: Solomon, David, tradition, two prostitutes, what would love do?, love and vulnerability, Old Testament, truth transcendent of time, adoption, war brings war not peace, love heals
Browsing Category Stories of The Bible
Videos with content related to stories in The Bible.
Get Over It
Don’t let something insignificant keep you from doing something important.
Discussion Points: Naaman, Elisha, Second Kings 5:1, leprosy, too big to do something that is small, “not one side to anything,” “destructive by being right,” Syria, “when something is close enough to your eye, that is all you can see”
A Love Story
We are all related, there is only one humanity.
Discussion points: Ruth, Ophra, Naomi, David, Jesse, Joseph, Jesus, Mary, Boaz, Book of Ruth, Lineage, Hemingway
Jealousy
It is embarrassing to us.
Discussion points: First Kings, Goliath, Saul, David, Book of Kings
Who Speaks for God, part I
The holy spirit is within you.
Discussion points: fanatical religion, communism, Samuel, Hannah, fairness, ethics
Help Where You Least Expect It
You will be surprised.
Discussion points: someone unexpected will help you and you will be amazed, you will be disappointed by a friend, Samuel, Saul
Breaking A Vow
Don’t let your religion keep you from doing what is right.
Discussion points: United States Congress, unemployment, enemy, Jepatha, sacrifice, taxes, keeping a vow and hurting people
Sampson Gets a Haircut
What makes you strong.
Discussion points: prayer/Philistines/Sampson/Delilah/Tim Tebow/your own symbol
Truth and Fact
Thanksgiving
It is a matter of the heart.
Discussion points: for something to be important it does not have to be factual, parable, New Testament/political parties, Pilgrims, American HIstory
Your Burning Bush
What makes something significant.
Discussion points: superstition, experience, conscience, theology, Moses, Hebrew, events, Passover, Midrash, first born
Guilt
Everyone experiences it.
Discussion points: Joseph, Jacob/Esau, Ephraim, unresolved guilt, how do we handle guilt/teachings of Jesus, where is our innocence, what do we pass on to our children, sacredness of God, blessing