God The Deliverer Study Guide With DVD

God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people. In this 8-session video Bible study (streaming included), enter the unfolding progression of the Old Testament and the advancement of God's complex plan to deliver his people.

Deliverance is what the story of the Bible is all about. But throughout the Bible, there are two parallel dramas unfolding:

• The lower story, which describes the events from our human perspective.
• The upper story, which reveals how the events unfold from God's perspective.

The goal of the God the Deliverer Bible study is to introduce you to these lower and upper stories as told in the Old Testament books of 1 Samuel through Malachi and the thread of deliverance that weaves through them both.

As you read these narratives—featuring characters such as Samuel, Saul, David, Jeremiah, Daniel, Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah—you will see how God has been weaving our lower story into the greater upper story that he has been writing.

This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:

• The study guide itself—with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and Scripture readings.
• An individual access code to stream all eight video sessions online.
• And the physical DVD.

Sessions include:

1. Standing Tall, Falling Hard  (1 Samuel 1–15)
2. From Shepherd to King  (1 Samuel 16–2 Samuel 24)
3. The King Who Had It All (1 Kings 1–11)
4. A Kingdom Torn in Two (1 Kings 12–2 Kings 16)
5. The Kingdom Fall (2 Kings 17–25)
6. Daniel in Exile (Daniel)
7. The Queen of Beauty and Courage (Esther)
8. The Return Home (Ezra–Nehemiah)

The God the Deliverer Study Guide is part of The Story Bible Study Series: a three-part Bible study drawn from Randy Frazee's bestselling The Story, which reveals the Bible as a single, continuous narrative of God and his people.

Randy Frazee is the senior minister at Oak Hills Church, one of the largest churches in America, leading alongside author and pastor Max Lucado. A leader and innovator in spiritual formation and biblical community, Randy is the architect of The Story church engagement campaign. He is also the author of The Heart of the Story, The Connecting Church 2.0, and The Christian Life Profile Assessment. He and his wife, Rozanne, live in San Antonio.

The story of the Bible reveals two parallel dramas. First, there is a Lower Story. As finite human beings, we view things from a horizontal perspective. We can't see what is around the bend but must make decisions based on our own intuitions. We struggle to know why certain things happen to us and why other things don't happen. But the Bible reveals there is also an Upper Story. This is the story unfolding from God's vertical perspective--from above. Heaven is breaking into our world more than we recognize, and the story of Gods seeking love, perpetual grace, and longing for relationship with ordinary people is breathtaking. The Bible tells us at the beginning of the Story, God walked with his first children in a beautiful garden and in a harmonious relationship. At the end of the Story, he will walk with us again, in a beautiful garden. In the time between, he calls us to walk with him in every area of life. As we do this--recognizing how the upper story and lower story fit together--we will experience his love and be guided by his wisdom. God's story will become our story. This all-new study, adapted from content featured in The Story church-wide campaign, will introduce group members to the Upper Story and Lower Story as revealed in the books of 1 Samuel - Malachi. The curriculum also includes an updated study guide with new content and questions adapted from The Story Study Guide, The Heart of the Story, and Exploring the Story by Randy Frazee. This pack contains one study guide and one DVD.

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