Old Testament Books
The Bible Remains Relevant No Matter What Time Period Or Culture We May Find Ourselves In, find and discuss all the Old Testament Books here.
The Book of Genesis Forum New
Genesis speaks of beginnings and is foundational to the understanding of the rest of the Bible. It is supremely a book that speaks about relationships, highlighting those between God and his creation, between God and humankind, and between human beings, discuss everything about Genesis here.
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Book of Exodus Forum
Exodus describes the history of the Israelites leaving Egypt after slavery. The book lays a foundational theology in which God reveals his name, his attributes, his redemption, his law and how he is to be worshiped, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of Exodus here
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The Book of Leviticus Forum
Leviticus receives its name from the Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament) and means "concerning the Levites" (the priests of Israel). It serves as a manual of regulations enabling the holy King to set up his earthly throne among the people of his kingdom. It explains how they are to be his holy people and to worship him in a holy manner, ask questions and discuss everything about Leviticus here
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Book of Numbers Forum
Numbers relates the story of Israel's journey from Mount Sinai to the plains of Moab on the border of Canaan. The book tells of the murmuring and rebellion of God's people and of their subsequent judgment, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of Numbers here.
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Book of Deuteronomy Forum
Deuteronomy ("repetition of the Law") serves as a reminder to God's people about His covenant. The book is a "pause" before Joshua's conquest begins and a reminder of what God required, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of Deuteronomy here.
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Book of Joshua Forum
Joshua is a story of conquest and fulfillment for the people of God. After many years of slavery in Egypt and 40 years in the desert, the Israelites were finally allowed to enter the land promised to their fathers, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of Joshua here.
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The book of Judges
The book of Judges depicts the life of Israel in the Promised Land—from the death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy. It tells of urgent appeals to God in times of crisis and apostasy, moving the Lord to raise up leaders (judges) through whom He throws off foreign oppressors and restores the land to peace, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of Judges here.
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The book of Ruth
The book of Ruth has been called one of the best examples of short narrative ever written. It presents an account of the remnant of true faith and piety in the period of the judges through the fall and restoration of Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth (an ancestor of King David and Jesus), ask questions and discuss everything about The book of Ruth here.
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The Book of 1 Samuel Forum
Samuel relates God's establishment of a political system in Israel headed by a human king. Through Samuel's life, we see the rise of the monarchy and the tragedy of its first king, Saul, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of 1 Samuel here.
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The Book of 2 Samuel
After the failure of King Saul, 2 Samuel depicts David as a true (though imperfect) representative of the ideal theocratic king. Under David's rule the Lord caused the nation to prosper, to defeat its enemies, and to realize the fulfillment of His promises, ask questions and discuss everything about The Book of 2 Samuel here.
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The Book of 1 Kings
1 Kings continues the account of the monarchy in Israel and God's involvement through the prophets. After David, his son Solomon ascends the throne of a united kingdom, but this unity only lasts during his reign. The book explores how each subsequent king in Israel and Judah answers God's call—or, as often happens, fails to listen, ask questions and discuss everything about The Book of 1 Kings here.
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The Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings carries the historical account of Judah and Israel forward. The kings of each nation are judged in light of their obedience to the covenant with God. Ultimately, the people of both nations are exiled for disobedience, ask questions and discuss everything about The Book of 2 Kings here.
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The Book of 1 Chronicles
Just as the author of Kings had organized and interpreted Israel's history to address the needs of the exiled community, so the writer of 1 Chronicles wrote for the restored community another history, ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of 1 Chronicles.
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The Book of 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles continues the account of Israel's history with an eye for restoration of those who had returned from exile, ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of 2 Chronicles.
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The Book of Ezra
The book of Ezra relates how God's covenant people were restored from Babylonian exile to the covenant land as a theocratic (kingdom of God) community even while continuing under foreign rule, ask questions and discuss everything about the Book of Ezra.
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The Book of Nehemiah
Closely related to the book of Ezra, Nehemiah chronicles the return of this "cupbearer to the king" and the challenges he and the other Israelites face in their restored homeland, ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of Nehemiah.
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The Book of Esther
Esther records the institution of the annual festival of Purim through the historical account of Esther, a Jewish girl who becomes queen of Persia and saves her people from destruction, ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of Esther.
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The Book of Job
Through a series of monologues, the book of Job relates the account of a righteous man who suffers under terrible circumstances. The book's profound insights, its literary structures, and the quality of its rhetoric display the author's genius, ask questions and discuss everything about the book of Job.
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The Book of Psalms
The Psalms are collected songs and poems that represent centuries worth of praises and prayers to God on a number of themes and circumstances. The Psalms are impassioned, vivid and concrete; they are rich in images, in simile and metaphor, ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of Psalms.
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The Book of Proverbs
Proverbs was written to give "prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young," and to make the wise even wiser. The frequent references to "my son(s)" emphasize instructing the young and guiding them in a way of life that yields rewarding results, ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of Proverbs
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The Book of Ecclesiastes
The author of Ecclesiastes puts his powers of wisdom to work to examine the human experience and assess the human situation. His perspective is limited to what happens "under the sun" (as is that of all human teachers), ask questions and discuss everything in each chapters and verses in The Book of Ecclesiastes.
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