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Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 13: Test or Trust?

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 | Lessons

Why do some Bibles say “virgin” and others “young woman”? Andrew Weitze wraps up Fall 2026—fittingly, on the first Sunday of Advent—with Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy and the fascinating journey from ancient text to the promise of God with us.

Speakers:Andrew Weitze

Topics:Advent Isaiah Immanuel Prophecy Hebrew Greek

Lessons

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 1: God's Son and the Angels

Hebrews may be less familiar to us than Romans or Corinthians, but its insights can enliven and bolster your faith. Adult Bible Studies writer Amy Sigmon opens ...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 2: Jesus, Our High Priest Forever

Amy Sigmon traces the priesthood from Aaron to Melchizedek to Christ, who is both the offeror and the offering, and shows how we still meet our high priest toda...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 3: The High Priest with a New Covenant

Amy Sigmon examines the new covenant in Christ—not an erasure of what came before, but the glorious continuation of God's drawing near.

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 4: You Can Do This!

Amy Sigmon closes our unit with the joyful charge of Hebrews and a conviction John Wesley knew well: faith was never meant to be a solo pursuit.

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 5: Their Witness Speaks to Us, Part 1

Rev. Mary Kate Myers begins our walk through Hebrews' hall of faith with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—and with the everyday saints who make faith visible...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 6: Their Witness Speaks to Us, Part 2

Rev. Mary Kate Myers continues through Hebrews 11, considering those who trusted God's promises without living to see them fulfilled, and what their endurance o...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 7: Reaching Faith's Goal

Discipline: hardly anyone's favorite word. Rev. Mary Kate Myers reframes it as the loving guidance of a parent as she explores the race laid out before us and t...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 8: A Community That Pleases God

Rev. Mary Kate Myers concludes our study of Hebrews with its call to sacrificial love—welcoming the stranger, sharing what we have, and offering ourselves as ...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 9: Nineveh Gets the Message

Everyone remembers the big fish, but that isn't the real story. Andrew Weitze of The United Methodist Publishing House opens our unit on repentance with the boo...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 10: Singing the Song of Repentance

Andrew Weitze introduces the prophet Hosea, whose own family became a living picture of Israel's unfaithfulness—and of the God who never stopped pursuing a wa...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 11: A Joint Appeal for Repentance

In one of the Old Testament's most tender moments, God speaks as a loving parent to a rebellious child. Andrew Weitze explores the turning point of Hosea, where...

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 12: Repentance Prepares for Restoration

Andrew Weitze walks through Hosea's closing plea for Israel to come home, and the divine promise waiting there: healing, forgiveness, and a love freely given.

Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Session 13: Test or Trust?

Why do some Bibles say “virgin” and others “young woman”? Andrew Weitze wraps up Fall 2026—fittingly, on the first Sunday of Advent—with Isaiah's Im...

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Adult Bible Studies Fall 2026 Preview

Fall 2026 Theme: Faith and Faithfulness Scripture tells us that the righteous will live by faith. We often struggle to know exactly what that means though. Eve...

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