Bible Characters · Intermediate · ABOUT 150 MINUTES
Study confrontation with idolatry, courage, burnout, fear, God’s care, succession, and prophetic faithfulness
Primary passage: 1 Kings 17:1
Read 1 Kings 17:1 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on before ahab and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: 1 Kings 18:38
Read 1 Kings 18:38 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on fire on mount carmel and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: 1 Kings 19:4
Read 1 Kings 19:4 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on exhaustion under the broom tree and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: 1 Kings 19:12
Read 1 Kings 19:12 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on the quiet voice and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
