Bible Basics
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Lesson OneIntroduction to the Old Testament6 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoOld Testament: Beginnings Through Settlement5 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeOld Testament: Kings Through Exile5 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson FourIntroduction to the New Testament6 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveNew Testament: The Gospels and Acts5 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson SixNew Testament: Letters and Revelation5 Activities|1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
Christian Learning Center › Forums › What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
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What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
Callie Estes replied 9 hours, 34 minutes ago 458 Members · 477 Replies
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The characters in the Old Testament are filled with great men of faith in God
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To understand the connection it has with the New Testament and how they both are in sync with each other, which is to give us a complete picture of God and how Jesus is seen woven through the Old Testament before we get to the New Testament.
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To get a complete picture of who God is and how the story of Jesus’ resurrection makes sense for us.
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The old testament is rich in context of prophecies of Christ, the Law that He himself followed, and the details leading up to the alley-opp that He comes to dunk(fulfill) in the new testament.
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It tells of who God is. It promises the coming of a Savior and the NT cannot be understood without the OT.
Christian Learning Center › Forums › Why would a lack of knowledge of the Old Testament weaken our understanding of the New Testament?
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Why would a lack of knowledge of the Old Testament weaken our understanding of the New Testament?
Callie Estes replied 9 hours, 32 minutes ago 417 Members · 438 Replies
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Because New Testament opens God, it makes us known that there is a God who created heaven and earth.
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You won’t have a good understanding of what is coming in the New Testament. You need to lay the foundation in order to build a sound structure.
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The New Testament refers to the Old Testament all the time. I would argue it is impossible to understand the New without the Old.
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If we do not understand the old testament then we will not know what they are referring to in the new testament, and get very lost .
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We wouldn’t have a full picture of how the events of the Bible come together, so then we would not learn all that God has for us.