Christ Church Studies

Deuteronomy culminates in a long series of blessings and curses: if Israel obeys God, the people will be blessed; but if Israel disobeys God, the people will be cursed. This sounds so much like a relationship based on moral performance. In this session, we explore how to reconcile these passages with what we know about the God of grace.

Deuteronomy culminates in a long series of blessings and curses: if Israel obeys God, the people will be blessed; but if Israel disobeys God, the people will be cursed. This sounds so much like a relationship based on moral performance. In this session, we explore how to reconcile these passages with what we know about the God of grace.

All that Moses instructs about God's laws and commands for the Israelites ends with an admonition to give tithes and offerings. Why so? Why should a God who owns everything require us to give at all? In this session, we discuss what Christians today can learn from these laws of Moses.

All that Moses instructs about God’s laws and commands for the Israelites ends with an admonition to give tithes and offerings. Why so? Why should a God who owns everything require us to give at all? In this session, we discuss what Christians today can learn from these laws of Moses.

How should the past influence the way we live today? In two seemingly contradictory passages, Moses tells the Israelites to remember the exodus and show mercy, and in the next, to remember the exodus and show no mercy at all. In this session, we discuss what to make of biblical remembrance.

How should the past influence the way we live today? In two seemingly contradictory passages, Moses tells the Israelites to remember the exodus and show mercy, and in the next, to remember the exodus and show no mercy at all. In this session, we discuss what to make of biblical remembrance.

We know Jesus's command to love our neighbor; why do we need these additional commandments in Deuteronomy? Without them, we might not understand what loving our neighbor really means. In this session, we explore how and why loving our neighbors includes loving their lives, property, and marriages.

We know Jesus’s command to love our neighbor; why do we need these additional commandments in Deuteronomy? Without them, we might not understand what loving our neighbor really means. In this session, we explore how and why loving our neighbors includes loving their lives, property, and marriages.

Many of God's laws in Deuteronomy seem good to modern readers, especially protections those who are vulnerable and provisions for those in need. But some are less pleasant, such as instructions for capital punishment and war conduct. In this session, we consider these laws and what we can learn from them today.

Many of God’s laws in Deuteronomy seem good to modern readers, especially protections those who are vulnerable and provisions for those in need. But some are less pleasant, such as instructions for capital punishment and war conduct. In this session, we consider these laws and what we can learn from them today.