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Deuteronomy: Choose Life
Deuteronomy is a collection of sermons Moses preached on the edge of the Promised Land, to a people living between what God had done and what he had promised. We are walking through it in five movements: Remember, Love, Worship, Live, and Belong.
The five movements
Remember
- Week one: People on the Way
God’s people are always on the way.
- Week two: The God Who Holds Tomorrow
We are prone to forget what God has done, and forgetting makes us afraid.
- Week three: Fine Print or Wedding Vows
God’s commands are not the fine print of faith.
- Week four: A Right View of God
The greatest threat to our life with God is rarely a dramatic rebellion.
Love
- Week five: Love that Looks Like Obedience
The Ten Commandments are not a ladder we climb to earn God’s love.
- Week six: A Heart That Hears and Obeys God
God has spoken, and his voice deserves more than a moment of awe.
- Week seven: The Exchange Zone
Loving God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength was never designed to live and die inside one generation.
- Week eight: Full Hands, Empty Memory
The moment of greatest spiritual danger is rarely the crisis.
- Week nine: Set Apart
God chose Israel not because they were many or impressive, but because he loved them.
- Week ten: Not by Bread Alone
True life is not found in what we can provide for ourselves.
- Week eleven: What Grace Makes of Us
Israel is about to walk into the greatest success of their lives, and Moses warns them to be careful about the story they tell themselves.
- Week twelve: Loved First
Before Moses hands Israel a single law, he answers the question underneath every command: why do we love God, and why do we obey him? He points them to what God has done, what God is giving, and what God will do, and every answer comes back to love.
Worship
- Week thirteen: The Place He Chose
Israel is walking into a land with an altar on every hill, and God says: not like that.
- Week fourteen: Loyalty Tested: Worship That Won’t Be Moved
The greatest threat to our worship rarely marches in from outside.
- Week fifteen: Choosing Holiness
God teaches us about holiness through how we understand and use our bodies.
- This week
Week sixteen: Open HandsGod commands his people to feast before him, release what others owe, and never send anyone away empty-handed.
Live
Begins Sunday, January 17, 2027.
Belong
Begins Sunday, April 25, 2027.
Which guide is for me?
- Small group guide
For Bible studies meeting together. About 85 minutes with a leader, twelve questions, and room to write. - Personal study
For doing the same study on your own, in about 40 minutes, with every question written for one person. - Leaders guide
One page for Bible study leaders: the sermon in a breath, where each question is heading, and a time budget.