BFF Old Testament Studies
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Old Testament Resource Links
OT Survey
Chronological Chart of OT Books
Old Testament Map Survey | Maps
OT Law, Pentateuch
Genesis Index
Structure and Purpose of Genesis Structure of Genesis
Genealogy Time Chart: Genesis 5
Genealogy Time Chart: Genesis 11
Tracing the Two Seeds Of Mankind
Genesis 1:1-2:3
Genesis 1:11 God’s Ingenious Design
Genesis 2:4-17
Preparation for Man (Genesis 2:4-6)
Creation of Man (Gen. 2:7, 1:26-27)
Purpose for Man (Genesis 2:8-17)
Good and evil from Genesis 2
Genesis 2-9
Genesis 2:18-25 Great Marriages Happen!
Genesis 2:18-25 The Foundation of Marriage
Genesis 2:24 Leave & Cleave: Practical thoughts
Genesis 3:1-6 The Temptation Questions 3:1-6
Genesis 3:7-13 The Fall Questions 3:7-13
Genesis 5: Time chart of patriarchs (1)
Genesis 5: Enoch's Secret Word: Methusaleh (1)
Genesis 6:1-3 Finding a Wife the wrong and right way
Genesis 10-11 Noah's Sons & The Tower of Babel
Genesis 10-11 Noah's Descendants Chart | Study
Genesis 11:1-9 Tower of Babel | Study ; Destruction of Culture
Genesis 12-22 Abraham's Life
Genesis 12.1 Abraham's Call
Genesis 12.2-3 Abraham's Promises
Genesis 12:10-20; 20 ; Abraham's Detour:
Genesis 12.13-14 Abraham's Detour
Genesis 14:1-24 Steps for Spiritual Growth
Genesis 15 Abraham's Means
Genesis 16-17 Abraham's Second Detour
Genesis 16,17,22 Failing to wait for God
Genesis 18-19 Abraham's Lessons, Demise of a Culture, Lot's world
Genesis 22 The Testing
Genesis 21-26 Isaac's Life
Genesis 25-37 Jacob's Life
Genesis 25-37 Jacob's Faith
Genesis 28 Jacob's Meeting with God
Understanding Man's Sin Nature
Genesis 37-50 Joseph's Life
Genesis 50:15-26 Grace to Freely Forgive (Joseph)
Exodus
Exodus 3:14 Discussion of "I am" and Yahweh
Exodus 20:5-6 Influence of Parents
Exodus 33:7-11 Building Excitement for Devotions
Exodus 33:12-19 Biblical Word Study on 'Grace'
Numbers
Numbers Introduction and Overview (Preparing for The Lord's Battle)
Numbers Outline and chart (Preparing for The Lord's Battle)
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2-3 Gaining Perpspective | Podcast
Deuteronomy 5:1-23 Knowing God
Deuteronomy 5:1-5 Our Gracious Calling
Deuteronomy 5:6-21 Our Loving Standard
Deuteronomy 5:22-23 Our Special Relationship
Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Developing Strong Christian Lives 1 2 3 4
Deuteronomy 21:15-21 Reformation | 15-17 | 18-21 | Podcast
Deuteronomy 22:5 Gender Culture Sins
Joshua
Introduction, Outline and Purpose of Joshua
Historical/Geographical Map of Joshua
Map of Canaan before the Conquest
Joshua & Resolving Marital Conflict (many passages)
Joshua 1:8 Diagram of Meditation's Importance
Joshua 1:10-18 : Introduction to Moblizing God's People | Study
Joshua 1:10-11 : A. Communicates God’s Will
Joshua 1:12-15: B. Demands Total Participation
Joshua 1:16-18 : C. Responds With A Clear Commitment
Joshua 6:1-27 The Lesson from Jericho | Study
Joshua 6:1 Our Need for God's Power
Joshua 6:2-5 Our Discovery of God's Solutions
Joshua 6:6-27 Our Participation in God's Victory
Joshua 6:1-27 Summary: You can win too!
Joshua 7:1-15 : Learning about Defeat and Failures | Study
Joshua 7:1-5 : Falling into Failure
Joshua 7:6-10 : Staying in Disgrace
Joshua 7:11-15 : Road to Recovery
Joshua 10:1-43 : Introduction & Study Questions
Joshua 10:12-14 Interpretations and Purpose
Joshua 10:1-11 : A. Joshua's Sincere Obedience Questions
Joshua 10:12-43 : B. Joshua's Quest for God's Best
Joshua 13:1-33 Finishing the Task Questions
Joshua 21:1-45 Obtaining Greater Portion Questions
Judges
Theme (Cycle of Decline and Revival)
Judges 2:1-5 Making the Right Decisions - series | Questions
Judges 2:10-19 Evaluating our Spiritual Lives
Judges 11:29-40 Joyful Sacrifice
Judges 13-16 Samson: Playing around with God - series
1 & 2 Samuel
1 Samuel Overview and Introduction
1 Samuel 8:1-8 , 9-18 , 19-22 , Questions | Podcast
1 Samuel Calling 9 , Questions , Confirmation 10 , Questions | Podcast
1 Samuel 13:8-13 Saul's Rejection
1 Samuel 14:1-2 The Spirit of Faith
1 Samuel 15 1-3 , 4-9 , 10-15 , 16-23 , 24-31 , 32-35 , Questions | Podcast
1 Samuel 16:6-13 Full-time ministry
1 Samuel 18 Friendship and Jealousy
1 Samuel 29 Finding Lord's Strength
1 Samuel 30 Handling Testings
2 Samuel 23 Handling Success | Questions | Video color="red"(New)
2 Samuel 24 Avoiding Failures | Questions | Video
2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 6-7 Prayer & Revival
2 Chronicles 6:14-42 King Solomon's prayer 2 Chronicles 7.12-15
2 Chronicles 7.12-15 God's Promise for Revival
2 Chronicles 7.14 Revival P A R (3)
2 Chronicles 20:1-30 Prayer: Study Questions
Ezra
Ezra 9-10 Marrying a Non-Christian
Ezra 9:8-10 At the Heart of Revival
Nehemiah
Historical Picture of Nehemiah and Ezra
Nehemiah Historical Introduction
Prayers that Changes the World 1:4-11
Nehemiah 3 Jerusalem Map (pdf)
Nehemiah 4:1-6 Anger & Despair
Nehemiah 4:7-23 Overcoming Fear
Nehemiah 9:1-38 Strength & Direction in Life
Old Testament Digital Library
This brief video introduces additional Old Testament teaching resources.
Job
Job 1:1-5 T houghts on Life's Goals
Job 1:6-2:13 Endurance for Serious Troubles
Job 3-37 Search for Right Perspectives
Job 8 Poverty Does Not Mean Rejection
Job 38-42:9 Time before a Holy God
Job 42:10-17 Satisfaction with Life's Reward
Psalms - Psalms RSS Feed
Psalm 5 Grace in the Old Testament
Psalm 8 God's Glory & Self–Esteem Movement
Psalm 16:2 “No Good Besides You”
Psalm 16:11 Enjoying Pleasure
Psalm 19 Journeying Closer to God and Imagery
Psalm 26:8 My Favorite Hangout
Psalm 32:1-6 (4) Overcoming bitterness, unforgiveness
Psalm 36:1-12 (3) Watching movies with God
Psalm 45:4 The Necessity of Truth
Psalm 52 Waiting for Revenge
Psalm 55 Trusting Through Treacherous Times
Psalm 63 Six Aspects of Godly Prayers; Study Questions
Psalm 73:25-28 Principles of the Godly Man
Psalm 90 Moses and Humility; Verse by Verse
Psalm 89 Learning How to Study OT Psalms
Psalm 91:1-16 Fears & Securities
Psalm 94:19 (13) Overcoming anxious thoughts.
Psalm 105:17,19 Grace for Difficult Times
Psalm 106 Finding God's Beautiful Grace
Psalm 106:10-15 From Revival to Despair
Psalm 119:25 Three Steps to Renewal
Psalm 119:156 Revive Me!
Psalm 130 Six Attitudes for Good Devotions
Psalm 139 The Design of Our Lives
Proverbs
Proverbs 1:7-8 Developing a Good Conscience
Proverbs 4 The way to disciple your sons
Proverbs 16:1-4 From Planning to Purpose
16:2 Receiving God's correction
16:3 Trusting God with our plans
Proverbs 30:1-4 Oracle of Agur
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 The Pursuit of Pleasure | Questions
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Seeking Pleasure
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 Short commentary & Study Questions
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Independent Success | Questions
Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20 - Bible Study Questions Song of Solomon
Isaiah the Prophet
Book of Isaiah Plan and Outline
The Overview of the Book of Isaiah
The Purpose of Isaiah: Redemptive Chart of Isaiah
The Plan of Isaiah: Light & Dark Diagram
Discussions of Main Sections of Isaiah
Isaiah Studies
Isaiah 6:1-12 Four Steps to Righteous Living
Isaiah 9:1-7 Names of Yahweh | Questions (New)
Isaiah 11:1-5 Spirit Dependent Living
Isaiah 11:6-16 Christ's Rule
Isaiah 26:9 The Steep Learning Curve
Isaiah 29-32 Waiting and Planning
Isaiah 38 Steps to Waiting upon God
Isaiah 40:1-5 Understanding Discipleship
Isaiah 43:1-2,7,18-21 Discovering the Will of God
Isaiah 50:4-5 The Heart of True Discipleship
Isaiah 53 (52:13-53) The Making of a Godly Leader (ADT)
Isaiah 52:13-15 Isaiah 53:1-3 Isaiah 53:4-6 | Isaiah 53:7-9 Isaiah 53:10-12
Isaiah 53 (52:13-53) Study questions on Suffering
Isaiah 53 (52:13-53:12) Reflections on Isaiah 53
Isaiah 60:1-5 A Shining Light
Isaiah 66:18-22 God's Glory to the Nations (Missions) Study
Jeremiah Theme of Unfaithful Men
Theme of Unfaithful Men
Jeremiah 9:23-24 Devouring Holes
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 14 Misunderstandings Questions
Ezekiel 28:12-17 The Devil & His Powers
Danie l
Daniel 1 The Importance of Training
Hosea
Hosea 4:1–3 — The Decline of Civilizations
Hosea’s Marriage and God’s Unconditional Love
Joel
Joel Importance Overview and landing page for the Book of Joel studies
Purpose of Studying Joel Introduction to the purpose and profit of studying Joel
Design of Joel Introduction to Joel’s design and structure
Joel 1:1-20 Questions Study questions and reflections
Joel 2:1-11 Questions Bible study questions
Joel 2:12-17 Questions Bible study questions
Joel 2:18-27 Questions Bible study questions
Joel 2:28-32 Questions Bible study questions
Joel 3:1-21 Questions Bible study questions
Joel 1:1-2:11 Commentary The judgment we deserve
Joel 2:12-27 Reflection The grace we do not deserve
Joel 2:28-32 Reflection Marks of abounding grace
Joel 3:1-21 Commentary The end and the beginning
Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets Related Joel and Minor Prophets study
Jonah : ( Study Guide - purchase )
Jonah 1:1-17 Advanced Questions
Jonah 3:1-10 Misunderstandings
Jonah 3:1-3a God's Concern for Us
Jonah 3:3b-10 God's Concern for All
Micah
Micah Themes & Background
Micah Outline Summary
Micah 4:1-5 Mountain of the Lord Questions
Micah 4:11-5:5 Commentary
Zephaniah study - Call to Revival
Relevance to our Lives | Historical | Overview
A.Voluntarily Gathering 1:1-2:3 Questions | Notes | Outline
B.Willingly Gathering 2:3-3:13 Questions | Notes | Outline
C. Gladly Gathering 3:14-3:20 Questions | Notes | Outline
Haggai studies: Rebuilding the Temple
Haggai 1:12-2:9 Notes Questions
Haggai 2:10-23 Notes Questions
Amos
Amos — The Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets
Obadiah
Obadiah — The Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets
Nahum
Nahum — The Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets
Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:17–19 — Habakkuk’s Secret
Zechariah
Zechariah 1:1–6 — God’s Call to Return
Zechariah 9:1–17 — The King’s Two Comings
Which Zechariah Does Jesus Refer To? — Matthew 23:35
The Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets
Malachi
Malachi — The Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets
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