Garden City Church of Christ

Song of Songs (also called Song of Solomon) is a love story. The view expressed here is that (a) the man is not Solomon, and (b) the couple is married in chapter 3. Some disagree as is noted.

Also, we look at another love story in the Bible, when Isaac's father finds a wife for him (Genesis 24).

The book of Proverbs is a collection of wise sayings, with many written by Solomon. We look at an overview of Proverbs as well as the story of Solomon and his wisdom (1 Kings 3).

An overview of the book of Psalms, and the story of Korah's Rebellion in Numbers 16. What do these two have in common?

The Bible does not have policy advice for the United States of America about immigration. But we do see where Scripture informs what real people would be dealing with when confronted with a clash of government and individuals.

In this lesson, we look at immigration from three perspectives: a government agent, a wrongfully detained immigrant, and a school administrator in the middle.

The book of Job (rhymes with "robe") is about the man Job, whom God allows to be tested by Satan.

2 Kings 6:8-23 is a story of God delivering the prophet Elisha from a foreign Army. What is surprising to us is what Elisha already knows: God's army is all around them.

In ancient times, 1 & 2 Chronicles were a single book, and we will treat it as one in this lesson. Chronicles is Israel's patriotic history book: it focuses on the good things of David and the kings of Judah, while Samuel and Kings air out all the dirty laundry.

We also look at Judah's exile to Babylon in 2 Kings 25.

In ancient times, 1 & 2 Kings were a single book, and we look at them as one in this lesson. Kings has... a lot of kings. Solomon was king of all Israel, but after him the kingdom splits into two kingdoms, and this book describes the kings in both kingdoms.

2 Samuel is about the reign of King David. He is promised that his family line ("house") will be a dynasty in Israel.

The apostle Paul was born a Roman citizen in a Greek region as a Jew. In this lesson, we explore his diverse background as he became "all things to all men" (1 Corinthians 9:22).

Israel demands a king in the book of 1 Samuel. The first king, Saul, fails and David is chosen as his replacement. He also kills someone named Goliath.