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Old Testament Historical Context "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1) The Holy Scripture opens with the Creation of the World in the book of Genesis. From the very first chapter, we see the creation of mankind in the Image ...

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. One God. Amen. Dear beloved, As we are gearing up for the Holy and Great Fast, an idea was brought up by some of the youth that we participate together in a daily reading plan and study of the Scripture...

Introduction Last week we saw the beginnings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. From the very beginning, they setup idols and worshipped them and continued in idol worship until the end of the kingdom. But we saw that the Lord never left them without a prophe...

Introduction Amos is a pre-exilic prophet. He prophesied around the same time as Hosea which was during the reign in Israel of Jeroboam II. So after Ahab, we had Ahaziah his son, and then Jehoram Ahab's son (since Ahaziah did not have children). Then we had J...

Introduction This week, God willing, we will shift our focus away from pre-exilic Israel and see the prophecies pronounced to the nations of the Gentiles. I'll share a map with this voice message and reference it, to help give a better idea. We will start to...

Introduction Assyria, after conquering Israel, wants to continue its conquest South and will start to threaten Judah and the capital city of Jerusalem. We'll be reading about that this week from 2 Kings 18-23, but before we get into it, let's introduce the Ki...

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Introduction Last week we read the prophet Micah, who prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah. His prophecies are the longest ones to the Kingdom of Judah of the Minor Prophets. Of course, Isaiah and Jeremiah had much longer prophecies, but for the rest of this we...

New Ideas Surrounded (by Jubilee) Potentially a "Debate Station" at the end Give students a notebook so they can write their own "Case for Christ" Structured Print out "Case for Christ by: ________ (Name)" Podcast Needs more structure Less hosts ...

Agenda Role Adjustments (see below) Role Adjustments: See what feedback the Subdeacons have about the roles Our Feedback: #4 should NOT say "Let those who read" while he is holding the censer Usually, it's not preferable that someone who is doing a speci...

Day 1 (Thu 8/7) - Fasting Rule Good morning, dear beloved! Today we begin the Blessed Fast of the Virgin Mary. This is a fast that is loved by all of the faithful in the Orthodox Church for our beloved Mother Saint Mary! We Fast until the Feast of the Assum...

How to Review Hymns Recordings Recordings should be reviewed within 48 hours of being receivede.g. if a hymn is sent on Monday, it should be responded to by Wednesday Start by reviewing the source recording (you can see these on the SS Curriculum Website o...