Exodus Study Materials: Engaging Bible Lessons for Discipleship
I finally posted my Exodus Study on my Bible Studies page! I was hoping to do it over Labor Day Weekend 2024, but you know life gets in the way, and here we are in January 2025.
Background
Many years ago I was part of growing and vibrant young adult group at church. Many people there had grown up in the church and were well seasoned in their knowledge of Scripture. However, one of the new girls, who had been invited by a friend, felt a little lost and wished for a class that taught Sunday School stories for adults. I couldn’t find what I needed in the Christian bookstore, so I started to write one of my own on napkins at the local eatery before she got there. My goal was to tie in New Testament theology by using common Old Testament stories. I hoped to get through Genesis. (You can find the Genesis study here.)
Then a second girl came into our group seeking something similar. Although, she had grown up in the church, she didn’t have a lot of Bible knowledge. Additionally she was Lutheran and was now in a Presbyterian church, and she wanted to know the difference between Lutheranism and Presbyterianism. So I took the same approach as I did with the first woman, but this time I typed up the studies, and I aligned them to the Lutheran and Westminster small catechisms. We met for about two years, and I took her through the stories of Solomon, but I skipped Exodus because she felt like she was familiar with the story of Moses.
The Birth of the Exodus Study
Now jumping ahead a few years and a different state, I met another girl who was zealous for the Lord but had never been discipled, so I took her through my program. However, she wanted a homework and memorization component, so I expanded my program to include those elements for her. Because the homework was written after the rest of the study, the discipleship program is not dependent on the homework, but it complements it very nicely. (Note: there are some weeks where a homework portion is missing, and that’s because I wrote this for an actual real-life person, so if she was busy that week, I didn’t write a homework assignment.)
At this time it made sense to go back and finish the Exodus portion of my study. Since I covered most of the catechisms in the other books I don’t have as many catechism connections here. Between the time I wrote the study for the first girl and now, I had many trials and devoted myself to intense study to Scripture. So my knowledge of Scripture (especially regarding the Jewish Feasts) deepened immensely during this period and is reflected in the Exodus Study.
How to Use
These studies are intended to be completed by women in a discipler/disciple relationship. They use a questioning format and take a facilitator approach as opposed to direct instruction, so they are very accessible for anyone to use. One of my women even used them to teach one of her friends. But they can also be used for an individual study as well. I’ve also done the Genesis portion in a small group setting at church. Feel free to use them in whatever way makes sense to you. I put so much time an energy into creating them that I want them to be used instead of just collecting dust on my bookshelf. 😊
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