Adult Bible Study

Sundays at 9:30am and Wednesdays at 11:00am

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THE CHOSEN Bible study, Season 2 – Sundays at 9:30am and Wednesdays at 11:00am continuing through the week of May 19.

            Last Fall, our Adult Bible study was based on THE CHOSEN, Season One. The study guide that we used was comprised of what an LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) church in Nebraska had made available online along with additional information that I believed would help people follow and understand what was happening in the series. 

            We presented the series during Bible study classes on Sundays at 9:30am and Wednesdays at 11:00am. In addition to classes, a new component was added, “The Chosen at Home”. This was appreciated by many who were unable to attend at either of these 2 class times. In all over 80 study guides were produced and prayerfully were helpful for all who used them as they viewed THE CHOSEN Season One, either in Bible class or at home.

            As you may recall, the series was “crowd sourced” which means a group of interested people produced the series. It was released “binge fashion” (an entire season released at once) so that people could watch the entire season all at once or at their own pace.  So far 3 seasons have been released with season 4 now on theaters and available soon on the same platforms as Seasons 1, 2 and 3, with a total of 7 seasons planned.

            It is still FREE and very accessible! You can watch it many ways including on THE CHOSEN app which is available wherever you get apps on your smartphone, on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Firestick, on your computer or tablet. It is also available on YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Pureflix, Tubi, Spectrum and more. You can also watch it right on their website www.angel.com. In class we will use a DVD with captions which we found helpful. However you view it, captions are helpful.

            One of the things that we learned in Season One is that the weekly videos were often close to an hour in length and there was not enough time for discussion. For Season Two, we split the longer sessions (those over 50 minutes) into 2 parts, so that we can have time to discuss the episodes and look more carefully into God’s Word. Split sessions will be led by the same leader for both consecutive weeks. There is a schedule in the study guide.

            In Season 2, just like Season 1, the basics of the THE CHOSEN are true to God’s Word. The backstories are often fictional but they help us to see Jesus and the people around Him as real people. Season 2 does spend some time helping us to be discerning about what we are viewing, to tell the biblical from the fictional.

            Copies of the study guide are available at The Information Center or at Bible class.                  

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