Christ Church Studies

“You shall love the Lord your God” is, perhaps, the most famous commandment in all of Deuteronomy, but it is also strange, for how can love be commanded? In this session, we explore what exactly this command asks of us and why love is owed.

"You shall love the Lord your God" is, perhaps, the most famous commandment in all of Deuteronomy, but it is also strange, for how can love be commanded? In this session, we explore what exactly this command asks of us and why love is owed.

"Remember..." Moses asks the wilderness generation to reflect on how God has taken care of them, how they have lacked for nothing, and what happens when they forget. God's deliverance, watchfulness, and provision come before Law, and the opening of Deuteronomy underscores the need for God's people to consider first how God is dependable and worthy of trust.

“Remember…” Moses asks the wilderness generation to reflect on how God has taken care of them, how they have lacked for nothing, and what happens when they forget. God’s deliverance, watchfulness, and provision come before Law, and the opening of Deuteronomy underscores the need for God’s people to consider first how God is dependable and worthy of trust.

Deuteronomy, the long sermon preached by Moses on the shores of the Jordan River, is treasured by Jews and Christians and regarded as among the greatest summaries of what it means to be the people of God. New readers may feel Deuteronomy is nothing more than rules and commandments, but in this session, we'll explore why that is not the case: how these laws, in fact, are an expression of love.

Deuteronomy, the long sermon preached by Moses on the shores of the Jordan River, is treasured by Jews and Christians and regarded as among the greatest summaries of what it means to be the people of God. New readers may feel Deuteronomy is nothing more than rules and commandments, but in this session, we’ll explore why that is not the case: how these laws, in fact, are an expression of love.

1 Peter began with the idea that Christians are aliens and strangers in their own hometowns, and now, at the end, it explains why this is the case. Our way of life is patterned after that of a crucified Messiah. We Christians are called to follow the way of the cross.

1 Peter began with the idea that Christians are aliens and strangers in their own hometowns, and now, at the end, it explains why this is the case. Our way of life is patterned after that of a crucified Messiah. We Christians are called to follow the way of the cross.

What sort of tale have we fallen into? That oft-quoted question Sam Gamgee poses in The Lord of the Rings is also the question Peter answers in the fourth chapter of his letter. Christians cannot conduct themselves properly in the world without first knowing the grand story in which we take part.

What sort of tale have we fallen into? That oft-quoted question Sam Gamgee poses in The Lord of the Rings is also the question Peter answers in the fourth chapter of his letter. Christians cannot conduct themselves properly in the world without first knowing the grand story in which we take part.