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Esther: Courage, Wisdom, and Providence

Study hidden providence, identity, risk, courage, fasting, advocacy, power, and deliverance in Esther

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LESSON 1

Esther Becomes Queen

Primary passage: Esther 2:17

Read Esther 2:17 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on esther becomes queen 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.

Passage contextPeople: Esther, Vashti
LESSON 2

For Such a Time as This

Primary passage: Esther 4:14

Read Esther 4:14 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on for such a time as this 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.

LESSON 3

If I Perish, I Perish

Primary passage: Esther 4:16

Read Esther 4:16 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on if i perish, i perish 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.

Passage contextPlaces: Susa
LESSON 4

Deliverance Comes

Primary passage: Esther 8:17

Read Esther 8:17 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on deliverance comes 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.

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