Pentateuch/Torah
The SDA health message is primarily based on this book.
What is Leviticus?
This book uniquely features a Moabite woman becoming part of the Messianic lineage.
What is Ruth?
This book explores human suffering and maintaining faith in the midst of tragedy.
What is Job?
This prophet saw a vision of a coal touching his lips.
Who is Isaiah?
This book focuses on God's faithful, forgiving love, shown through a difficult marriage.
What is Hosea?
This Torah book uniquely contains a talking animal, used to rebuke a prophet.
What is Numbers? (Balaam’s donkey)
This book records Israel’s first civil war, sparked by the crime at Gibeah.
What is Judges? (Judges 19-21)
The debate continues! Was the woman in this book a woman of color or not? If you had paid attention to Elder Browne's Black History sermon back in February, the answer is "yes".
What is Song of Solomon?
This book recounts the stories of faithful Israelites in foreign courts and outlines prophetic visions concerning the rise and fall of world empires.
What is Daniel?
It's much more than about tithing. This book also calls out the people for giving God their second-best and points to the coming of Jesus.
What is Malachi?
This book contains the Song of Moses, which appears again in Revelation as a victory hymn.
What is Deuteronomy?
This book ends with a decree from a Persian king authorizing the rebuilding of the Temple.
What is 2 Chronicles?
This would be a great book to study if you want to know the purpose of human life "under the sun".
What is Ecclesiastes?
The writer of this book pleads with the people of Judah to repent. He also speaks about a new covenant written on the human heart.
What is Jeremiah?
This shortest book in the Old Testament is a message of judgment against the nation of Edom.
What is Obadiah?
The oldest known Hebrew poem in the Bible appears in this book after a miraculous deliverance.
What is Exodus? (Song of the Sea, Exodus 15)
In this book, a woman exercises integrity along with feministic and modern views. But instead of being applauded, she is sent packing.
What is Esther? (Chapter 1)
He was not only inspire to write the Torah but also this psalm which is considered the oldest of all psalms.
What is Psalm 90?
This book contains a detailed description of a future Temple never yet built.
What is Ezekiel? (Chs. 40–48)
This book warns of coming judgment but offers a message of future hope.
What is Zephaniah?
In this book, a slave becomes a prime minister, and another slave takes directly with God.
What is Genesis?
his book contains the only Old Testament narrative where a prophet anoints a foreign king by name.
What is 2 Kings? (Elisha anointing Hazael, King of Syria: 2 Kings 8:7-15)
Maybe you want practical guidance for daily living, moral living and making good decision. If so, then try this book.
What is Proverbs?
Please don't argue with me: It was not originally written for Christmas. It was written for Easter! Part 1 of the oratorio is based on this book. Do the research.
What is Isaiah?
In this book, a shepherd speaks out against social injustice and unfaithfulness.
What is Amos?
One of the themes of this book outlines the system of worship, including the Passsover feast, which celebrates salvation and instructs on atonement.
What is Exodus?
This book contains the longest recorded prayer in the Old Testament.
What is Nehemiah? (Nehemiah 9)
This book features a courtroom‑style debate between a suffering man and his companions.
What is Job?
Some chapters of this book focus on an individual who in today's world would be diagnosed with having the mental illness of " Boanthropy” or "Insania Zoanthropia".
What is Daniel? ("Boanthropy: a psychological disorder in which a human believes themselves to be a bovine. “Insania Zoanthropia” a disorder which caused humans to act like animals).
This prophet describes a plague of locusts as both judgment and a call to repentance.
Who is Joel?