Christ Church Studies Christ Church Plano

How should the past influence the way we live today? In two seemingly contradictory passages, Moses tells the Israelites to remember the exodus and show mercy, and in the next, to remember the exodus and show no mercy at all. In this session, we...

We know Jesus's command to love our neighbor; why do we need these additional commandments in Deuteronomy? Without them, we might not understand what loving our neighbor really means. In this session, we explore how and why loving our neighbors...

Many of God's laws in Deuteronomy seem good to modern readers, especially protections those who are vulnerable and provisions for those in need. But some are less pleasant, such as instructions for capital punishment and war conduct. In this...

Power tends to corrupt, and in Deuteronomy, we find multiple laws that aim to limit power and hold accountable those who wield it. For the law reveals how God desires to protect his people from the corrupted hearts of their neighbors.

Strange as it is that God commands his people to love, stranger still that he commands them to rejoice. In this session, we'll discuss the religious festivals that God calls Israel to celebrate in Deuteronomy, and what we can learn today from...

Practicing the Sabbath is intimately connected to caring for those in need. That is why Moses tells the Israelites that, as long as they follow God's laws, there will be no poor among them. In this session, we explore one of the most striking and...