In the Dust of the Rabbi Discovery Guide: 5 Faith Lessons: No. 20 - Softcover

Vander Laan, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310271207 ISBN 13: 9780310271208

Publisher: HarperChristian Resources, 2006

Synopsis

This five-session small group Bible study, In the Dust of the Rabbi, by noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume six of the 12-part Faith Lessons series. In this volume, Vander Laan helps you experience Jesus’ life up close and personal.

Filmed on location in Israel, Faith Lessons is a unique video series that brings God's Word to life with astounding relevance. By weaving together the Bible's fascinating historical, cultural, religious, and geographical contexts, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan reveals unique insights into the Scriptures' significance for modern believers.

The In the Dust of the Rabbi Discovery Guide (180 pages) includes five sessions. Each lesson…

- Focuses on passages of Scripture explored in the DVD
- Includes sidebars, maps, photos and other study tools
- Features questions that facilitate discussion and inspire personal reflection
- Includes 25 personal Bible studies to help you deepen your learning experience between sessions, and turn lessons from the past into applications that impact how you live out your faith today.

The companion DVD for In the Dust of the Rabbi was filmed on location in Galilee, Priene, and Didyma.

These illuminating "faith lessons" afford a new understanding of the Bible that will ground your convictions and transform your life. The Faith Lessons video series is ideal for use in small groups, personal and family Bible studies, and adult Sunday school. Individual believers and families will gain vital insights from long-ago times and cultures through this innovative approach to Bible study.

This Discovery Guide is designed for use with the In the Dust of the Rabbi DVD (sold separately).

Lessons include:
1. When the Rabbi Says, “Come” – Filmed in Galilee
2. When the Rabbi Says, “Go” – Filmed in Galilee
3. The Presence of God: A Countercultural Community – Filmed in Priene
4. Living Stones – Filmed in Priene
5. The Very Words of God – Filmed in Didyma

About this title

About the Authors

Ray Vander Laan is the founder of That the World May Know Ministries and creator of the Faith Lessons video series with Focus on the Family. An ordained minister, he holds the chair of biblical cultural studies as a religion instructor at Holland Christian Schools in Holland, Michigan. He and his wife, Esther, have four children and fifteen grandchildren.

Stephen and Amanda Sorenson are founders of Sorenson Communications and have co-written many small group curriculum guidebooks, including the entire Faith Lessons series.

From the Back Cover

Walk with Ray Vander Laan through the land that Jesus and his disciples walked. Learn how the culture and politics of the first century influenced the imagery and stories of the Bible, and see the Scriptures through the eyes of God's chosen people, the Jews. Filmed on location, these next two installments in this powerful series sweep your small group on a journey through Galilee and Asia Minor. Learn how to follow Rabbi Jesus so closely that his dust covers you. Discover with Paul the apostle what walking like Jesus meant in the first century--and what it means today.

Each DVD kit includes the following:
• 1 DVD containing five sessions
• 1 32-page leader's guide
• 1 participant's guide

Volume 6
In the Dust of the Rabbi: Becoming a Disciple
• Session 1--When the Rabbi says “Come”
• Session 2--When the Rabbi says “Go”
• Session 3--The Presence of God: A Counter-Cultural Community
• Session 4--Living Stones
• Session 5--The Very Words of God

Volume 7
Walk as Jesus Walked: Making Disciples
• Session 1--The Passion of Elijah: So … Run
• Session 2--Learning to Walk Like Jesus (Paul's Journey to Rome)
• Session 3--An Unlikely Disciple
• Session 4--Why Christians Suffer: The Weight of Gethsemane
• Session 5--Don't Forget Us

Also available: additional participant's guides for both volumes.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0310271207
• ISBN 13: 9780310271208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192