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Lesson 2: JOB: You Get What You Deserve! ???
How can the suffering of a righteous man help you understand life's little troubles? Find out in this section!...

Introduction to Job: How His Troubles Appeared

Round One: The Battle of the Buddies!

Round Two: It's Getting Personal!

Round three: Will it ever stop? The accusations fly!

The Cavalry Comes! Elihu and God to the Rescue!

Job is Restored!

Inspiration and activities

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Lesson 3: Psalms, part one: POSITIVE Power and Passion
The entire range of human emotion may be found in the book of Psalms, but this section will focus only on the GOOD STUFF--happiness, prayer, and...

Intro to the Book of Psalms

True Happiness!

Relying on God

Waiting for God

Prayer

Praise

Inspiration and activities

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Lesson 4: The Book of Psalms, part two: Passionate, but not Positive!
Not all of the Psalms are "happy, happy, joy, joy." Some of them are accusatory, angry, guilt-ridden, stressful, or downright lonely. Find out how...

Introduction to the OTHER Psalms

Anger

Guilt

Anxiety and Fear

Loneliness

Stress

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Lesson 5: The Book of Proverbs: Teach Me, Grasshopper!
Develop your mind. Proverbs is not just a collection of facts and figures--it is knowledge applied to life. Following the advice found here will help...

Just whose words are these anyway?

Wisdom concerning DISCIPLINE

Wisdom concerning FRIENDS and FAMILY

Wisdom concerning GOSSIP

Wisdom concerning THE HEART

Wisdom concerning WORK

Inspiration and activities

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Lesson 6: The Book of Ecclesiastes: An age-old question!
How can we find the meaning of life? Where did Solomon search for the answer, and where did it lead him?...

Introduction: What is the Meaning of Life?

Where did Solomon look for the answer to this question?

How can we make the best of a meaningless life?

The BIG Picture: Lessons learned from Solomon's mistakes! 1-4

The BIG Picture: Lessons learned from Solomon's mistakes! 5-7

The BIG Picture: Lessons learned from Solomon's mistakes! 8-10

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Lesson 7: The Book of Song of Songs (Song of Solomon)
God is love...and a lot of poetry is too. Come investigate this exploration of a sensual, sexual relationship between husband and wife--love and sex...

Sex in the BIBLE? An introduction

Beautiful Expressions...for an Oriental society 3000 years ago!

Beautiful expressions that still work today!

So what does this teach about marriage?

Inspiration and activities

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Lesson 8: So What's It All Mean, Then?
We've torn these five books of the Old Testament apart; now, it's time to build them back up. In this section, we examine relationships among the...

Ideas you're allowed to forget

Ideas you'll want to hold onto forever!

Suffering? Poetry as therapy!

More poetry ideas

Closing thoughts

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