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Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Listening to the Stories

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021 | Unit 2: The People Next Door

What we see in the story of Ruth is the abundant love and grace of God, always surprising us and breaking down barriers. We see Ruth’s deep love and devotion to Naomi. We see her courage to enter a foreign land.

Speakers:Carol Cavin-Dillon

Topics:RuthGraceNaomiAbsAdult Bible Studies

Source:Abingdon Press




Unit 1: Intended for Good
04:37

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Sibling Rivalry Writ Large

For Session 1 of the summer 2021 quarter of Adult Bible Studies, Brian Sigmon walks us through the complicated story of Joseph and his brothers.
04:30

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: In the Master's House

For session 2, Brian Sigmon relates how Joseph’s story is a tale of ups and downs, betrayal and reconciliation, of disaster and redemption, but it’s also a ...
04:23

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: What Dreams May Come

In this reading from Genesis 41, God gives Joseph the meaning of Pharaoh’s dreams. In this video, Brian Sigmon points out how this story highlights Joseph’s...
04:41

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Grace Abounds

Brian Sigmon relates the climax of the Joseph story, the many twists and turns from encountering his brothers to extending forgiveness to inviting them to Egypt...
Unit 2: The People Next Door
05:51

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Fenced In

Carol Cavin-Dillon shares how her mother’s proverbial sayings shaped her life, just as the wisdom found in the book of Proverbs is passed along like a parent ...
06:06

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Listening to the Stories

What we see in the story of Ruth is the abundant love and grace of God, always surprising us and breaking down barriers. We see Ruth’s deep love and devotion ...
07:08

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Inside out

Carol Cavin-Dillon challenges us to recognize the apostles’ example: loving our neighbor means seeing new people not as “outsiders” but as equals. It mean...
05:00

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Love Your Neighbor. Really.

Carol Cavin-Dillon points us toward the story of the man in Mark’s Gospel who is paralyzed and cannot do anything to help himself, but his friends step in to ...
Unit 3: The Five Stages of Job
03:20

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Worship

Mark Youngman explores how we, like Job, can worship God in the middle of a storm, be it illness, grief, loss. Job’s last “at least I have…” moment, whe...
03:09

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Resignation

Mark Youngman asks in this video: What does it take for you to get to a place of resignation? For the most part, we see resignation as something that weak peopl...
03:07

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Protest

Mark Youngman points out that quite often we do it too when we don’t get what we want--protest, anger, indignation, then we isolate ourselves. Oftentimes our ...
03:13

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Angry Despair

Considering the ups and downs, twists and turns, devastating losses, and glimpses of hope in Job’s story, host Mark Youngman leads us through the tension of t...
03:31

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Acceptance

Mark Youngman leads us through the end of the book of Job in this video. The story hits its climax when God speaks to Job out of a whirlwind. When God’s voice...
Bonus Material
18:24

Adult Bible Studies Summer 2021: Stump the Scholar

Join our three hosts for the summer 2021 Adult Bible Studies in a Q&A.