NEW WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY: God’s Government
It’s election season, but aggressive politics have bombarded us for a long time. We’re bombarded by political campaigns and by political rants everywhere that we turn. In this four-week Bible study, offered both online and in-person, explores various issues related to the secular government in our country.
Wednesday, October 28 - God’s Government: Origins and Power (6:30 – 7:30 pm.)
Wednesday, November 4 - God’s Government: Conspiracy Theories (6:30 – 7:30 pm.)
Wednesday, November 11 - God’s Government: Peace and Politics (6:30 – 7:30 pm.)
Wednesday, November 18 - God’s Government: Stressing These Things (6:30 – 7:30 pm.)
#1: Origins and Power (A study based on Romans 13:1-7)
This study begins a study series that explores various issues related to the secular government in our country. This study lays a foundation for the rest of the series by giving basic teaching on the similarities and differences between the Church and the State. It looks at both their origins and their power, celebrating both of these gifts to the world. It concludes with using the power Christ has granted to his Church on earth through the gospel.
#2: Conspiracy Theories (A study based on Isaiah 8:11-18)
Many of us have grown up with conspiracy theories fluttering around us for most of our lives. In recent years, the prominence of those theories and the muttering around them seems to have increased. There are conspiracy theories about a one-world government, 5g and Covid-19, Soros, Gates, and even Dr. Fauci. In the last few months, there seems to have been even more talk of conspiracy. What is the Christian to do with conspiracy? This sermon explores that question, especially in light of Christ’s eternal gospel.
#3: Peace and Politics (A study based on Zechariah 1:18-21)
We are called to be peacemakers, not to be hate mongers. Because that’s true, we need to place politics into the right place in our hearts so that we can truly live in peace. In that effort, this study addresses politics directly. It looks at three aspects of politics: its power, the power that goes beyond it, and its point. Its goal is to bring Christ’s peace to politics in such a way that it enables us to be the peacemakers Christ has called us to be.
#4: Stressing these Things (A study based on Titus 3:1-8)
This study finishes off our series on God’s government. It seeks to remind us of the truths we’ve covered while also answering the question of why all these reminders do matter for our lives now, putting them in the context of our baptism and our salvation given through it.