Category: Bible Class
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Rogue Religion (BIC)
In general, people have seen God responding in two ways: either God is actively punishing our evil, or else God is a distant, transcendent, dis-interested force. But that’s not how the God of the Bible responds. He rebels against our expectations. He reacts in a way everyone least expected. Instead of expecting us to make…
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The Meaningful Life: A Bible Study on Ecclesiastes and If God Matters
“The Meaningful Life” is a study that uses the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes as a framework for talking about where to find meaning in life. This study eventually was turned into the book, “Your Life Has Meaning.” And so there are no teacher notes for this study. Instead, just read the book. Lessons in…
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Introducing Jesus: A Primer for Reading the Gospels
“Introducing Jesus: A Primer for Reading the Gospels” is a bible study where the student is introduced to how to read the Bible, what the gospels are, and how each of the four gospels has a unique author writing to a unique audience, giving us four ways of sharing who Jesus is. This study is…
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The Anti-Fragile Christian
What’s the opposite of fragile? Not simply something that doesn’t fall apart under pressure, but something that gets better under pressure. That’s anti-fragile: when hardships and stress make something stronger and more resilient. “The Anti-Fragile Christian: A Study on How God Uses Hardships to Develop Virtue” is a bible study that focuses on how God…
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The Light in the Dark
“The Light in the Dark: How God Preserved His Word through the Ages” is an apologetics-minded bible class on how God promised to preserve his Gospel, and how he has preserved it for us today. This study not only teaches doctrine concerning God’s Word, but also covers the history of how the Old Testament and…
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Epic Marriage
“Epic Marriage” is a bible study course suitable for pre-marriage classes or a focused bible study for couples. I wrote this particularly to stress how a Christian marriage built on salvation history takes on epic significance for the couple. The table of contents chapter descriptions read: Part 1. Your Life Is About to Get More…
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Foundations of the Christian Faith (BIC)
This bible study is a full survey of Christian doctrine, originally written to be an adult catechism course or Bible Information Course (BIC). It’s designed for people brand new to the Bible and the Christian faith. When you’re done with it, the student will have a firm grasp on how the bible is all about…
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Discipleship Bootcamp
A six-part bible study we’re using as both a weekly bible study and as a weekend seminar, designed to both teach biblical congregational discipleship principles and motivate students to put the principles into practice. The emphasis is not personal discipleship, but discipleship within the Christian community for carrying out the mission of the Church. And…
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Young At Heart Workshop: On Making a Church Home with Millennials and GenZ
This was written to be a one-day, five hour workshop, written for an audience of mostly 40+ year-old Christians (non-millennials and gen Z) as an introduction to ministering to the hearts and minds of millennials and gen Z, as well as encouraging a clear mindset of partnering with millennials and gen Z in the work…