Educational Resources: Bible Studies

Read Ephesians 2:11-18

Ephesians is about the struggle within history to realise God's cosmic plan for the "reconciliation of everything." It focuses on the conflict between Christ's inauguration of peace and the Powers' perpetuation of enmity (see Ephesians 1:9-21). At the heart of this struggle is the Church, having inherited Christ's vocation of peacemaking.

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Bible Study from Target Magazine, 2007-2 

For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in rural areas. In this context, how does the call of Jeremiah 29:7, to “seek the peace and prosperity of the city”, compare with Revelation's call to flee Babylon? Which is ‘the Word’ for you or our society today?

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The Bible is crammed with evidence of God's abiding love for the poor, deep mercy and passion for justice. There are four study booklets in the ChangeMakers! series:

• Awake to the World - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
• Seeing and Praying - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
• Eyes Wide Open
• Seeing Faith at Work

These booklets provide an opportunity to prayerfully examine this evidence and explore its implications for Christian living.

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The Bible is crammed with evidence of God's abiding love for the poor, deep mercy and passion for justice. The Chinese language version of the Changemakers Bible studies contains all four titles in one volume:

• Awake to the World
• Seeing and Praying
• Eyes Wide Open
• Seeing Faith at Work

These studies provide an opportunity to prayerfully examine this evidence and explore its implications for Christian living.

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Money and our household economies are usually seen as private matters. However, John the Baptist and Jesus specifically refer to such issues in their public ministries as tests of repentance and discipleship. Paul's letters to the early church contain passages with eminently practical advice about family finances and economic life.

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This booklet will challenge your study group to confront the accelerating pace of life, the ecological threat and uneven global development. It will challenge each member to ask important questions about their lifestyle. The booklet contains ten studies. The booklets can be purchased from the TEAR National Office for $5.00 each plus postage costs (inc. GST).

John 17:20-23

Recently, I travelled to Broken Hill to visit Neville Naden, the Aboriginal minister of the Far West Indigenous Church. Neville showed me around the communities in which he and his family are establishing a ministry. In Wilcannia, life expectancy among Indigenous men is 36.5 years of age! Indigenous communities are still suffering gross injustice, marginalisation and inequality, while the Indigenous ministries that seek to work among these communities are generally under-funded and on the very edge of the church’s agenda.

 

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As the prophet says, our humble walk with God is lived out in acts of justice and a love of mercy (Micah 6:8). In this kit you will find the following:

• Introduction - This introduction explains features of the discussion material and offers guidelines for running a discussion group.
• Study Circle #1. Big Picture - A general overview in regards to the current situation of refugees.
• Study Circle #2. Australia's Response - How has Australia responded to this issue?
• Study Circle #3. Detention - Examines legal, political and personal issues surrounding mandatory detention.
• Study Circle #4. Conversation and Culture - Looks at the roles of the media, political figures and Australian culture.

 

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The opening line in this Psalm, "The Earth is the Lord's", is an incredibly confronting statement for Christians in the West, where every bit of the Earth "belongs" to those with enough wealth to "buy" it. How can we live as if we truly believed it? Can we be "right with God" while being "wrong with creation"?

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