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Enjoying Paul's Letters and the Old Testament is the second Scripture Course I taught in Cloyne Diocese when I was engaged in pastoral ministry and adult religious education in Ireland before coming to minister in the USA. It covers all the letters of the New Testament and the first third of the Old Testament. You can read the course outline below and also some excerpts.
| Lesson 1 | Most of Lesson 1 is similar to
Lesson 1 in Enjoying the Bible It also contains a short section on the Significance of the Old Testament (Thereafter both Old and New Testament sections of the course run concurrently) | |
| Old Testament | New Testament | |
| 2 | Part A: Introduction to the Old Testament Part B: First Account of Creation: Genesis 1:1-2:4a | Introduction to Paul First Letter to the Thessalonians Second Letter to the Thessalonians |
| 3 | Second Account of Creation: Genesis 2:4b-25 Who wrote Genesis and the Pentateuch? | Letter to the Galatians The brothers and sisters of Jesus (1:19) |
| 4 | The Fall: Genesis 3 | Letter to the Philippians |
| 5 | Sin Spreads: Genesis 4-11 | First Letter to the Corinthians 1-6 |
| 6 | Abraham: Genesis 12:1-25:18 | First Letter to the Corinthians 7-11 |
| 7 | Isaac and Jacob: Genesis 25:19-37:1 | First Letter to the Corinthians 12-16 |
| 8 | Joseph: Genesis 37:2-50:26 | Second Letter to the Corinthians |
| 9 | Hebrews Oppressed in Egypt Call of Moses Exodus 1:1-7:7 | Letter to the Romans 1-8 |
| 10 | Plagues, Passover Exodus and Desert Exodus 7:8-18:27 | Letter to the Romans 9-16 |
| 11 | Decalogue, Covenant, Ark and Tabernacle Exodus 19-20 | Letter to the Colossians Letter to Philemon |
| 12 | Book of Leviticus | Letter to the Ephesians 1-3 |
| 13 | Book of Numbers | Letter to the Ephesians 4-6 see my comment on Eph 5:21-6:9 |
| 14 | Book of Deuteronomy | First Letter to Timothy |
| 15 | Deuteronomic History Book of Joshua The concept of 'Holy War' Book of Judges | Letter to Titus Second Letter to Timothy |
| 16 | Book of Ruth Samuel, King Saul and David (1 Samuel) | Letter to the Hebrews 1-6 |
| 17 | King David (2 Samuel) | Letter to the Hebrews 7-13 |
| 18 | First Book of Kings Timeline of the Monarchy and Prophets | Letter of James |
| 19 | Second Book of Kings First and Second Book of Chronicles | First Letter of Peter |
| 20 | Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Old Testament in Liturgical and Private Prayer | Letter of Jude Second Letter of Peter |
This course is SOLD OUT.
I have no plans to reprint. SORRY
| First Course: Enjoying the Bible Old Testament: Psalms and Wisdom Literature New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts of the Apostles Read the full course outline and samples |
| Praying the Bible
A highlight of the Scripture Courses I taught each night was 20 minutes of prayer using the Bible. These guided biblical meditations were so popular that many course participants asked to have some of them recorded. Visit An Hour with Jesus, Our Life, God's Gift and Let's Talk to Jesus where you can listen to samples in audio. |
