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Below you will find a listing of our Adult Studies. These range from one to four sessions long (which you can see in the right-hand column). These are also sorted by the categories and subcategories that appear on the Web site. This list will be updated each time a new Adult Study posts.

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Adult Studies
Bible and Theology
Biblical Characters
Abraham / 1
David / 1
Elijah / 1
Jacob / 1
James, Brother of Jesus / 1
Lazarus / 1
Mary and Martha / 1
Mary, Mother of Jesus / 1
Moses / 1
Paul / 3
Paul and the Role of Women in the Church / 2
Paul's Journeys / 3
Peter / 1
Priscilla / 1
Ruth / 1
Bible 101
Bible 101 / 1
Biblical Interpretation 101 / 3
How to Study a Bible Passage / 1
The Importance of Context / 1
Tools for Bible Study / 1
Types of Literature in the Bible / 1
When and Why the Bible Was Written / 2
Which Bible Should I Buy? / 2
Bible Study
Accounts of Jesus' Birth / 2
Armageddon / 1
Biblical Accounts of the Crucifixion / 2
Colossians / 2
Desert Fathers and Mothers / 1
Deuteronomy / 2
Discerning What God Is Doing / 2
The Exile: A Key to Understanding the Old Testament / 1
Exodus / 3
First Corinthians / 2
Four Accounts of Jesus' Resurrection / 1
Four Gospels, One Story / 1
Galatians / 2
Genesis / 3
God in Bible / 1
God of the Old Testament, The / 1
Great Themes of the Bible / 4
Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi / 1
Hosea, Amos, and Micah: Three Important Minor Prophets / 1
Introduction to John / 3
Introduction to Luke / 3
Introduction to Matthew / 4
Introduction to the Gospel of Mark / 4
Introduction to the Prophets / 1
Jesus through Old Testament Eyes / 3
James / 1
Job / 1
Jonah / 1
Making Sense of God’s Violent Actions in the Old Testament / 1
Micah / 1
Names for God in the Bible / 2
Parables of the Lost / 2
Prayers in the Bible / 2
Praying the Psalms / 1
Psalms / 3
Revelation / 2
Romans / 1
The Three Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel / 1
The Twelve Minor Prophets / 1
Who Is the Suffering Servant? / 1
Denominational Beliefs
Homosexuality: United Methodists at the Crossroads / 1
What Do Baptists Believe? / 2
What Do Episcopalians Believe? / 2
What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? / 1
What Do Lutherans Believe? / 2
What Do Presbyterians Believe? / 2
What Do Roman Catholics Believe? / 2
What Do Seventh-day Adventists Believe? / 1
What Do Shakers Believe? / 2
What Do United Methodists Believe? / 2
What Does the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Believe? / 2
What Does the United Church of Christ Believe? / 2
Historical Figures
Meet George Washington / 1
Meet John Calvin / 2
Meet Martin Luther / 2
Meet Abraham Lincoln / 1
Nonbiblical Books
Books That Didn't Make the Bible and Why / 2
Mary Magdalene / 2
The Books between the Testaments / 2
The Gospel of Judas / 1
Theological Questions
Angels / 2
Are You Saved? / 1
Creationism, Evolution, and Intelligent Design / 2
Did Jesus Always Preach Nonviolence? / 4
Divine Inspiration and the Word of God / 1
Does God Demand Blood? / 1
Does Hell Exist? / 2
Freedom: A Christian Understanding / 1
How Did Jesus' Death Save Us? / 1
Is It Ever Okay to Lie? / 1
Is There Life after Death? / 1
Miracles: Does God Intervene? / 1
Prosperity Gospel: Will Jesus Make You Rich? / 1
Satan / 1
Spiritual, but Not Religious? / 1
Serve Not Rule: Understanding Our Role in God’s Creation / 1
The Meaning of Salvation / 1
The Virgin Birth: Was Mary Really a Virgin? / 1
What Does the Lord Require? / 3
What Happens When We Pray? / 1
What Happens When We Sin? / 2
What Is Heaven Like? / 1
What Is Sin? / 2
What Is the Soul? (TC0605) / 1
What Is the Soul? (TC0028) / 2
What Is the Trinity? / 1
What the Bible Says about Ecology / 1
Where Is God When Disaster Strikes? / 1
Who Is God? / 1
Who Is the Antichrist? / 1
Why Go to Church? / 2
Why Pray? / 1
Worship
Baptism 101 / 1
Children in Worship / 1
Communion 101 / 1
Sabbath as Resistance / 4
The Role of Singing in Worship / 1
What Is Mulitcultural Worship? / 1
Worship 101 / 2
Church Life
Religious Movements
Understanding Christian Fundamentalism / 2
Understanding Your Church
Christian Mission Impossible? / 2
How Accessible Is Your Church? / 1
When Church People Disagree / 2
Why Go to Church? / 2
Seasons of the Church Year
Ash Wednesday and Lent / 1
Christmas Accounts in the Gospels: An Adult Advent Study / 4
Jesus and Possessions: An Adult Lenten Study / 6
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Reflections on Four Seasonal Hymns for Adults / 4
Pentecost / 1
Qualities of Discipleship: An Adult Lenten Study / 6
Reflecting on Holy Week: An Adult Lenten Study / 6
Seasons of the Church Year / 1
Spiritual Practices for the Season: An Adult Advent Study Pack / 4
The Messiah: An Adult Advent Study / 4
Will You Come and Follow Me? / 6
Contemporary Issues
Social and Ethical Issues
A Biblical Diet: The Ethics of Food Production and Consumption / 2
A History of Racism in the United States / 4
A Return to Recycling / 1
Air Pollution / 1
Assisted Reproductive Technologies / 2
Being Green at Home / 1
Being Green in Daily Life / 1
Bullying in the Classroom / 1
Christian Responses to War / 3
Class Warfare in the Bible / 1
Consumerism: A Biblical Perspective / 1
Do Segregated Churches Imply Racism? / 1
Drones: Legitimate Weapons of War? / 1
Give Me Your Tired and Poor: U.S. Immigrations Policy / 2
Global Climate Change / 2
Growing Income Inequality in the United States / 1
Gun Control: Beyond the Myths / 1
Is Affirmative Action Still Needed? / 1
Is Ketchup a Vegetable? The Politics of School Lunches / 1
Is Torture Ever Justified? / 1
Land / 1
Legalized Gambling / 1
Loans and Investments: A Christian Perspective / 1
Local Food: Global Good / 2
Loving Our Neighbors: Immigration and the Mexican Border / 2
Making Moral Decisions / 5
Medical Ethics 101 / 1
Prison Nation / 2
Pro-Life, Pro-Choice / 1
Public Education: A Complex Picture / 1
Public Education: Right or Privilege? / 1
Racism 101 / 1
Responding to Terrorism / 3
Same-Sex Marriage / 1
School Violence / 1
Sex Trafficking / 4
Suicide / 1
The Bible and Homosexuality / 2
The Bible and Racism / 2
The Death Penalty / 2
The Weapon of Nonviolence: Lessons from Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. / 2
Water / 1
What Would Jesus Drive? / 2
White Privilege / 1
Why Is it So Difficult to Talk about Racism? / 1
Understanding Our World
Biblical Israel, Comtemporary Israel / 2
How the Rapture Involves Israel / 3
Introduction to the Middle East / 4
Israel/Palestine / 1
The United Nations / 3
Understanding Cuba / 2
Understanding Indonesia / 1
Understanding Iran / 3
Understanding Israel / 3
Understanding Kenya / 1
Understanding Palestine / 2
Understanding Sudan/Darfur / 2
Understanding Zimbabwe / 1
What Happened to the Arab Awakening? / 1
In the News
Attack of the Drones! The Ethics of Remote-Controlled Warfare / 1
Avian Flu / 1
Cartoons of Muhammad / 1
Children at the Border / 1
Drought in the American West / 1
Eight Is Enough?! Questions Raised by Reproductive Technologies / 1
End-of-Life Issues in the Terry Schiavo Case / 1
Football: The Real American Idol / 1
Fred Phelps: Responding to His Death / 1
Getting Ready for the Oscars / 1
Gulf Oil Disaster 2010 / 1
H1N1: History, Risk Factors, and Prevention / 1
Health-Care Reform: What's in the Way? / 1
Health-Care Reform: The Moment is Now! / 1
Hezbollah, Israel, and Lebanon / 1
In the News: Does Ferguson Reflect America? / 1
Katrina / 1
Kickoff! The Ethics of College Sports / 1
New Immigration Bill: A Compromise? / 1
New Orleans: Why Should We Still Care? / 1
Pope Benedict XVI on the Economy / 1
Pope Francis / 1
Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court / 1
Should the United States Invade Iran? / 1
SNAP in Danger / 1
Syria: An Effective Response / 1
Syria: How Long, O Lord? / 1
The Execution of Saddam Hussein / 1
The Immigration Debate / 1
The Legacy of Jerry Falwell / 1
The Mosque at Ground Zero / 1
The Tomb of Jesus: Archaeology and the Christian Faith / 1
The War in Iraq / 2
Tibet and the Olympics / 1
Trayvon Martin: A Tragic Catalyst for Change / 1
Twitter Activism / 1
U.S. Government vs. Fundamentalist Mormons / 1
Unemployment: Ways Your Congregation Can Respond / 1
Update on Obamacare / 1
What Did the Pope Mean? Christianity, Islam, and the Struggle for Understanding / 1
What Is Sexting? / 1
What Really Happened at the 2014 PC(USA) General Assembly? / 1
What's Happening with Our Economy? / 1
Will Kenya's Democracy Survive? / 1
Will We Have Health-Care Reform in 2010? / 1
Religion and Politics
Challenges to U.S. Democracy / 4
Christians and Patriotism / 1
Civility: American Politics and Christian Responses / 3
How Should Christians Vote? / 1
Separation of Church and State / 1
Should Christians Support Their Governments? / 1
Should Churches Pay Taxes? / 1
Should the Ten Commandments Be Displayed in Public? / 1
The Declaration of Independence: A Christian Document? / 1
The History of Religion and Politics in America / 2
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? / 1
Why We Pay Taxes / 1
World Religions
A Jewish Perspective on Israel, Covenant, and the Land / 1
Atheism / 1
Buddhism / 2
Hinduism / 3
Introduction to the Koran / 2
Islam / 4
Judaism / 2
Scientology / 1
Shi'ites and Sunnis / 1
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) / 2
Christian Living
Family and Relationships
Bridging the Generation Gap through Storytelling / 1
Caring for Our Divorced Friends / 1
Hospitality / 2
Interfaith Marriage / 2
Part of the Family? Caring for a Pet / 1
Sexual Purity Codes for Teens / 1
Spanking: Is It Okay? / 1
Spiritual Practices for Families / 2
Talking with Your Child about Sex / 2
Teens and Dating / 2
The Gift of Friendship / 1
Health and Healing
Caring for People with Alzheimer's / 1
Grieving Well / 1
Helping Seniors Live Well / 1
Living Wills / 1
Making End-of-Life Decisions / 1
Medical Ethics 101 / 1
The Christian Funeral / 2
Understanding Autism / 1
Understanding Depression / 1
Understanding Happiness / 1
Visiting Someone in the Hospital / 1
Holidays
Make Love Not War: A History of Valentine's Day / 1
New Year's Resolutions / 1
Reclaiming Christmas / 1
Seasons of the Church Year / 1
St. Patrick's Day / 1
The Meaning of Thanksgiving / 1
Trick or Treat: What's Halloween About? / 1
Popular Culture
Books
Blood Done Sign My Name / 1
Eat, Pray, Love / 1
Gilead / 1
Night / 1
The Da Vinci Code / 1
The Last Lecture / 1
The Shack / 1
The Theology of The Shack / 1
What's behind Left Behind? / 2
Movies
A Bridge to Terabithia / 1
Amazing Grace / 1
An Inconvenient Truth: Facts about Global Warming / 1
An Inconvenient Truth: Ethical Challenges / 1
Angels and Demons / 1
Atonement / 1
Babel / 1
Brokeback Mountain / 1
Capitalism: A Love Story / 1
Changeling / 1
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian / 1
Crash / 1
Doubt / 1
Eat, Pray, Love / 1
Friday Night Lights / 1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / 1
Hotel Rwanda / 1
It's a Wonderful Life / 1
Knowing / 1
Lars and the Real Girl / 1
Little Miss Sunshine / 1
Miracle on 34th Street / 1
Munich / 1
New Moon / 1
Ray / 1
Reign Over Me / 1
Religulous / 1
Saved! / 1
Sicko / 1
Slumdog Millionaire / 1
Spider-Man 2 / 1
Spider-Man 3 / 1
Syriana / 1
Thank You for Smoking / 1
The Aviator / 1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / 1
The Golden Compass / 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring / 1
The Passion of the Christ / 1
Twilight / 1
V for Vendetta / 1
Vera Drake / 1
X-Files 2: I Want to Believe / 1
Music
The Music and Message of U2 / 1
What Is Hip Hop? / 1
Technology
Children and Video Games / 1
What's My Child Doing on the Internet? / 1
Television
Glee / 1
Lost / 1
Reality TV / 1
Spirituality
Spirituality Across the Lifespan
Adolescent Spirituality / 1
Children's Spirituality / 1
How Spirituality Develops through Our Lifetime / 1
Midlife Spirituality / 2
Older Adult Spirituality / 2
Spirituality 101 / 2
Tween Spirituality / 1
Practices and Disciplines
Appreciating Spiritual Gifts / 2
Christian Fasting / 1
Christian Pilgrimage / 1
Compassion as a Spiritual Discipline / 1
Forgiveness / 2
Gratitude as a Spiritual Discipline / 1
Introduction to Spiritual Disciplines / 1
Journaling as a Spritual Discipline / 1
Sabbath Practices / 2
Simplicity as a Spiritual Discipline / 1
Spiritual Disciplines for Different Personalities / 1
Spiritual Disciplines for Vacation / 1
Spiritual Practices for Families / 2
Spiritual Practices for Church Groups / 1
Spirituality 101 / 2
Prayer and Reflection
Listening for God's Call / 2
Prayers in the Bible / 2
Praying the Psalms / 1
Types of Spirituality
Benedictine Spirituality / 2
Celtic Christianity: An Introduction / 1
Celtic Christianity: Ireland / 1
Celtic Christianity: Scotland / 1
Reformed Spirituality / 2
Spirituality 101 / 2
Wesleyan Spirituality / 2