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| CONNECT: (10 minutes) Break the group up into smaller groups and have them discuss what they would say to Sarah. After 5 minutes, have each group report back. Discuss the case study as a whole group if it seems like the youth want to continue talking about it. Transition into the Bible study with this statement: The Bible addresses this very complex issue, and thankfully, it refuses to give us pie-in-the-sky, easy answers. Let’s look at a Psalm 73 for one picture of the biblical respond to suffering. EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (15 minutes) Ask the group to silently read Psalm 73. Then do a mini lecture on what scholars call the Deuteronomistic Historical view or for short, DH theology (See Insights into Scripture for details). Make these points: • Like all theologies, this view is an effort to explain who God is and how God functions. It is a biblical view that sits in creative tension with other biblical theologies of God. • DH theology, simply put, says that God blesses good or righteous people and God curses bad or unrighteous people. • Deuteronomy is the primary book where this theology is found. The book of Job challenges it, as well as Jesus’ own words in the Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.” • This theology is biblical, but like all theologies, it is limited. God is too complex to be defined by just one theology. • These verses demonstrate DH thinking: Deut. 30:15-20, 28:1-2, 28:15, 7:12-16, Ps. 1:1-6, 37:27-29. Continued... |
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