Faith
Inductive Bible Study - followup
We had the first small group meeting tonight to actually go through the Inductive Bible Study. We had a much smaller group than normal. Only 7 of us were there. Two families were traveling, another had other plans with family.
We are studying 2 Peter. We looked at 2 Pet. 1:1-15. It was probably a little too long to study all at once. We would have done better to just cover up through verse 11. I think that the study went well. I am definitely out of practice at leading this type of study. I will need to brush up on my skills. There is some really good stuff in that passage about maturity, the imporance of pursuing maturity, and the motivation to seek maturity.
I really enjoyed the process of preparing. I hope that preparing to lead will help me be more consistent studying the Bible for myself.
Inductive Bible Study
When I was in college, I was active in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Through my involvement with IVCF, I learned how to do an inductive Bible study. It is a great tool to allow a passage of Scripture to speak for itself.
Fast forward to today. In our small group at church, we are getting ready to start an inductive Bible study. My co-leader and I thougth that it would be good to teach our group this tool as a way to study the Bible. We introduced the topic last night at our meeting. It turns out that none of the other participants had ever been taught how to do an inductive Bible study. I wonder whether anyone has ever taught any of them how to study the Bible other than to just read a passage? › Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a happy thanksgiving. It is a great time to spend with family and remember all that God has done for each of us.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Engaging Culture
Jonathan Dodson, a church planter from Austin, Texas has posted about 6 ways to engage our culture.
- Engage culture prayerfully;
- Engage culture carefully;
- Engage culture biblically-theologically;
- Engage culture redemptively;
- Engage culture humbly; and
- Engage culture selectively. › Continue reading
Intentionality - Success or Failure??
Well, we had the rite of passage for Josh this past Friday. It is over, and I still can’t decide what to call it. It has been called a manhood ceremony, a transition from childhood, a milestone, a rite of passage. Mostly, I have just called it the event.
We had ten guys take time from their families on a Friday night to show up and encourage Josh towards adulthood. My dad and cousin were there. The youth pastor for the youth group that Josh goes to, and seven guys from church, including the pastor and most of the leadership team. Most of these guys have kids of their own; they all are married; and, they all care enough about Josh to show up, encourage him, give him advice, and pray for him. As Josh’s dad, I thought it was amazing as I sat and listened as each of the guys spoke to Josh about how proud they were of him, and gave him a little advice for the coming teenage years.
Categories
Archive
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
