The Law at Sinai
1. Why would God frighten the Israelites at the giving of the law on Sinai?
2. Could thunder and lightning be valuable for revealing aspects of God that gentle breeze, a faint drizzle, and warm sunshine cannot? Do we need drums and cymbals to reveal aspects of God that violins and harps cannot?
The Law Before Sinai
1. Did Adam and Eve break any of the Ten Commandments? If so which one?
2. How can we account for the fact that non Judeo-Christians have the same laws of society as the Bible?
The Sabbath Before Sinai
1. What could we argue from the silence of the Biblical record, that the patriarchs such as Noah and Abraham must have kept the Sabbath, or that they must not have?
2. What does the miracle of manna tell us about how much the Israelites knew about the Sabbath?
3. How would you like to keep the Sabbath as instructed to the Israelites in the desert—stay indoors and not venture out?
The Law and the Prophets
1. How could the psalmists (Ps 19, 119) love the law so much –sweeter than honey, etc?
2. How would you like for humans to be allowed to live anyhow they wished and still be taken to heaven where also anyone could do whatever they wished?
The Law in the New Covenant
1. Why are people so reluctant to accept grace, wanting instead to do something to merit what they receive?
2. Were Israelites under the Old Covenant saved by works or grace? Is this a bad question or not?
3. Is grace opposed to the law?
4. Can you have law keeping without love? Can you have love without law keeping?
