Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Matthew 1
Lesson 9: Matthew 1 Growing up, I heard lots of stories about aunts, uncles and cousins from my mother. I heard of..
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Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Mary in the faith tradition
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Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Mary
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Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Bathsheba
Lesson 6: Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1:11-31; 1 Kings 2:13-25) Power corrupts. In this section’s readings, David chooses to stay..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Ruth and Redemption
Lesson 5: Ruth and Redemption In Sunday school, my teachers never taught the sexually suggestive scripture of Ruth Chapter 3. Consider the..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Ruth
Lesson 4: Ruth Soldiers descend from the hills into a village, randomly killing and raping, taking goods and weapons. The soldiers leave..
Horizons 3 — “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Lesson 3: Rahab (Joshua 2; 6:22-25) The 1990 movie, “Pretty Woman,” features a young prostitute, Vivian, who gets involved with a very..
Horizons 2 — “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Lesson 2: Tamar The trickster is a common character in folk tales around the world. Whether the character is Bugs Bunny in “Looney..
Horizons 1: Family trees
“What My Grandmothers Taught Me” Lesson 1: Family trees My family tree has some characters. My dad’s grandfather came to America in 1881,..
“What My Grandmothers Taught Me” — 2021-2022 PW/Horizons Bible Study Preview
What do the following women have in common? A woman who acted as a prostitute to be faithful to her family. A..