Old Testament (Book One: The Hebrew Scripture) | |||
| Book One: The Hebrew Scripture | |||
| Session #1 | In the Beginning: The Two Creation Stories (Genesis 1 and 2) | ||
| Session #2 | The Fall (Genesis 3) | ||
| Session #3 | The Yahwist’s View of Life | ||
| Session #4 | Abraham, the Man of Faith (Genesis 11:10–25:11) | ||
| Session #5 | Jacob (Israel), Who Was Blessed and Who Struggled with God | ||
| Session #6 | Joseph, Model for the Israelites, a Precursor of Jesus | ||
| Session #7 | Moses, the Reluctant but Persevering Leader (Exodus 1:1–18:27) | ||
| Session #8 | Deliverance and a Law that Unites: The Exodus and Sinai Events | ||
| Session #9 | The Shaping of Israel’s Character Through the Law, the Wilderness Experience, and the Conquest of Canaan | ||
| Session #10 | From the Judges to Saul, “the Tragic Hero” | ||
| Session #11 | The Great (but Flawed) King David | ||
| Session #12 | From Solomon to Jeroboam II (1 Kings 2–12); “The Sickness of Joseph” and the Beginning of Prophecy; The Book of Amos and Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech | ||
| Session #13 | In the Wilderness with Hosea; Tearing Down and Building Up with Jeremiah | ||
| Session #14 | Isaiah of Jerusalem (1–39), Isaiah of the Exile (40–55), and Third Isaiah (56–66) | ||
| Session #15 | God Blesses the Whole Creation (Jonah, Ruth, and Song of Solomon) | ||
| Session #16 | The Wisdom Literature: The Teacher’s Search for Meaning in Ecclesiastes and the Wisdom of Proverbs | ||
| Session #17 | The Question of Innocent Suffering: in Job and in the New Testament | ||
| Book Two: The Christian Testament | |||
| Session #1 | An Introduction to Mark and the Prologue (1:1–13) | ||
| Session #2 | A Day in the Life of Jesus (1:14–39) | ||
| Session #3 | Jesus in Conflict (1:40–3:35) | ||
| Session #4 | The Wisdom and the Power (4:1–6:33) | ||
| Session #5 | The Bread of Heaven for the Insiders and Outsiders (6:34–8:26) | ||
| Session #6 | The Way of the Cross (8:27–10:45) | ||
| Session #7 | Jesus in Jerusalem: A King, but What Kind of King? (11–13) | ||
| Session #8 | The Passion of Jesus (14 and 15) | ||
| Session #9 | The Resurrection in Mark (16:1–8), Matthew (28), Luke (24), and John (20 and 21) | ||
| Session #10 | Luke and the Infancy Narrative (1 and 2) and Early Account of the Ministry of Jesus (3 and 4) | ||
| Session #11 | Matthew and His Birth Narrative (1 and 2) and the Sermon on the Mount (5-–7) | ||
| Session #12 | The Parables of Matthew and Luke | ||
| Session #13 | John and the Christ of the Church—Part One (1:1–8:11) | ||
| Session #14 | John and the Christ of the Church—Part Two (8:12–21:25) | ||
| Session #15 | The Birth of the Church and the Conversion of Paul (Acts 1:1–9:31) | ||
| Session #16 | The Church Grows Strong (Acts 9:32–28:31) | ||
| Session #17 | Paul’s Letter to the Romans and 1 Corinthians 13 | ||
| Session #18 | The Art of Receiving the Love of Christ | ||
| Session #19 | Paul’s Letters to Philemon and Galatians and Readings in 1 Corinthians and in later New Testament writings | ||