Category: 4-Writings

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In their groups, the students shared a story of tragedy they were familiar with and the what type of Godly counsel was given by people in that tragedy. We then transitioned to the purpose of the apocalyptic genre and its message of perseverance and hope. It helped them to locate the apocalyptic to the occasion…

Job

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First we worked through the dialogues of Job and God. The groups then had to imagine they were making a movie based on the book and the producer was not satisfied with the canonical ending. They were supposed to rewrite, omit, or defend the ending to their producer. This provided great conversation on the purpose of…

Job

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After working through the first two chapters together, I asked the students to break into their groups. After reading Job 3, they need to find thematic connections from other areas of scripture. Most of them found Jeremiah 3 and Psalm 88. A few of them found the creation allusions (or anti-creation allusions) in the text…

Qoheleth

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I asked the students to write at the top of the page, “The words of the teacher…” Underneath that, they have to write something that I’ve said that has troubled them and why. After sharing in their groups, we have a debrief and talk through some issues. This allowed me to work through their struggle,…

Song of Songs

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After watching commercials for the Bachelor and Bachelorette, I ask them in their groups to design a reality show that focuses on relationships in a way that would illustrate a restored vision of the man/woman relationship Phyllis Trible reads in Songs.

Proverbs

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In an effort to help them understand the genre of Wisdom Literature. I asked them in their groups to discuss: What is the most useful advice you got before coming to college? What is the most useless advice you got before coming to college? What is the funniest advice you got? I then asked them in…

Psalms

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