Embracing the Uncertain: A Bible Study for Unsteady Times
Ebook
Overview
Just turning on the news lets us know we are living in uncertain times. Economic instabilities, eruptions of violence, and natural catastrophes can alter the lives and landscapes of entire communities. Our individual lives are often just as unsteady: relationships can break, plans can falter, and confidence can fail.
Uncertainty can definitely be uncomfortable. Many of us prefer stability and a predictable future to an unknown fate. We are wired to want to control our destiny.
The reality is that in our fast-changing, unpredictable world there are few guarantees in life. It’s those who are willing to embrace uncertainty and make the risky decision to follow Jesus despite the many “unknowns” who will reap the greatest rewards.
Embracing the Uncertain invites readers this Lent to engage and wrestle with life’s uncertainties, not ignore them. The first six chapters focus on six post-Transfiguration, pre-Passion stories in the Gospels. Each of these stories are signposts in the gospel narrative, pointing down at a world filled with uncertainty, but pointing us forward to a cross that can show us how to follow Jesus with courage, hope, and obedience.
Includes discussion questions that can be used in small-group Bible study session or for personal growth.
Learn to engage and wrestle with life’s uncertainties this Lenten season.
Perfect for Christians looking to be challenged and inspired by deep reflection.
Includes discussion questions and a practical focus for each week for small group study.
Readers are invited to embrace and wrestle with life s uncertainties, not ignore them.
Top Highlights
“The act of forgiving someone else for an offense may feel like a private matter in a singular relationship between two individuals. But in Jesus’ view, it is a sacred act with cosmic implications.” (source)
“John decides to spin out something like a good detective novel.” (source)
“this story may be the one you identify with the most” (source)
“Notice what the angel does here. He recognizes the women’s fear and their anxiety. He acknowledges the fact that even though they saw the Resurrection happen, they did not yet know what it meant. Then he tells them, simply and directly, that Jesus has been raised from the dead.” (source)
“Ah, it seems that many of us will have hearing trouble at some point in our lives, maybe without even realizing it. That’s not the real news. The real news is the degree to which all of us—all of us—have had trouble in some point in our lives with hearing God.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Embracing the Uncertain [Large Print]: A Lenten Study for Unsteady Times
- Author: deVega, Magrey
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Publication Date: 2017
- ISBN: 9781501840593