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What's Left

People who have enjoyed the Bible study sessions I've led or the sermons I have preached have sometimes asked if I could make my notes available. Recognizing that a major part of the value derived comes from the group discussion during the Bible study session, (and, to a much lesser extent, the style of delivery for sermons) what is left after the sessions are finished are just these notes.

Sermons

These are my most recent sermons. I do not consider any of them to be especially good, but we did have some fun along the way.

Holy! What? (Holy.gmi)

- What does it mean to be holy? 1 Peter 1:14-17

When Right Is Wrong (WhenRightIsWrong.gmi)

- Sometimes others are wrong, how should we respond? Romans 12:9-18

Caring For The Salvation Of The World (publish/CaringForTheSalvationOfTheWorld2.pdf)

- Our mission as believers; 1 Corinthians 12:7:27

Get The Goods (publish/GetTheGoods.pdf)

- Feel, Be, Do; Matthew 25:31-40

The Other Guys (publish/TheOtherGuys.pdf)

- Compassion; Proverbs 14:10

Worship 1:

What Is Worship? (publish/WhatIsWorship.pdf)

Worship 2:

Worship: Awareness Of The Presence Of God (publish/WorshipAwarenessOfThePresenceOfGod.pdf)

Worship 3:

Worship: Celebrating Life And The One Who Gave It (publish/WorshipCelebratingLifeAndTheOneWhoGaveIt.pdf)

Bible Studies

Book by Book

If you haven't endured one of my Bible study sessions I should probably explain what's going on here. We embarked on a series of studies looking at one book of the Bible each week, using "The Bible Book by Book: An Introduction to Bible Synthesis" by G. Coleman Luck (ISBN-13: 978-0802400451) for the first half of each session, followed by discussion of selected passages from that week's book of scripture. These files are the questions I used to prompt the discussion. My goal was to encourage our participants to read carefully and to think about aspects of the passage they might not have considered. I might sometimes ask a question for which the selected passage has no direct answer, to point out that sometimes what we think a passage says isn't really there (even though, in some cases, that particular idea may be derived from other parts of scripture). The questions are often thought-provoking, but I must warn you that sometimes when I look at one of these sheets a few weeks later I sometimes can't recall exactly the point that particular question was trying to uncover.

1 Chronicles (publish/1Chronicles.pdf)

1 Corinthians (publish/1Corinthians.pdf)

1 John (publish/1John.pdf)

1 Kings (publish/1Kings.pdf)

1 Peter (publish/1Peter.pdf)

1 Samuel (publish/1Samuel.pdf)

1 Thessalonians (publish/1Thessalonians.pdf)

1 Timothy (publish/1Timothy.pdf)

2 Chronicles (publish/2Chronicles.pdf)

2 Corinthians (publish/2Corinthians.pdf)

2 John (publish/2John.pdf)

2 Peter (publish/2Peter.pdf)

2 Thessalonians (publish/2Thessalonians.pdf)

2 Timothy (publish/2Timothy.pdf)

2 Kings (publish/2Kings.pdf)

3 John (publish/3John.pdf)

Acts (publish/Acts.pdf)

Amos (publish/Amos.pdf)

Colossians (publish/Colossians.pdf)

Daniel (publish/Daniel.pdf)

Deuteronomy (publish/Deuteronomy.pdf)

Ecclesiastes (publish/Ecclesiastes.pdf)

Ephesians (publish/Ephesians.pdf)

Esther (publish/Esther.pdf)

Exodus (publish/Exodus.odt.pdf)

Ezekiel (publish/Ezekiel.pdf)

Ezra (publish/Ezra.pdf)

Galatians (publish/Galatians.pdf)

Genesis (publish/Genesis.pdf)

Habakkuk (publish/Habakkuk.pdf)

Haggai (publish/Haggai.pdf)

Hebrews (publish/Hebrews.pdf)

Hosea (publish/Hosea.pdf)

Isaiah (publish/Isaiah.pdf)

James (publish/James.pdf)

Jeremiah (publish/Jeremiah.pdf)

Job (publish/Job.pdf)

Joel (publish/Joel.pdf)

John (publish/John.pdf)

Jonah (publish/Jonah.pdf)

Joshua (publish/Joshua.pdf)

Jude (publish/Jude.pdf)

Judges (publish/Judges.pdf)

Lamentations (publish/Lamentations.pdf)

Leviticus (publish/Leviticus.pdf)

Luke (publish/Luke.pdf)

Malachi (publish/Malachi.pdf)

Mark (publish/Mark.pdf)

Matthew (publish/Matthew.pdf)

Micah (publish/Micah.pdf)

Nahum (publish/Nahum.pdf)

Nehemiah (publish/Nehemiah.pdf)

Numbers (publish/Numbers.pdf)

Obadiah (publish/Obadiah.pdf)

Philippians (publish/Philippians.pdf)

Philemon (publish/Philemon.pdf)

Proverbs (publish/Proverbs.pdf)

Psalms (publish/Psalms.pdf)

Revelation (publish/Revelation.pdf)

Romans (publish/Romans.pdf)

Ruth (publish/Ruth.pdf)

Song Of Songs (publish/SongOfSongs.pdf)

Titus (publish/Titus.pdf)

Zechariah (publish/Zechariah.pdf)

Zephaniah (publish/Zephaniah.pdf)

How to Study the Bible

A brief series on how to study the Bible.

How To Study The Bible: Context (publish/How2Context.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Translation (publish/How2Translation.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Commentaries (publish/How2Commentaries.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Search and Other Tools (publish/How2Search.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Synthesis (publish/How2Synthesis.gmi)

God's People in Exile

A brief series of studies on "God's People In Exile", begun when we learned that our local congregation was soon to be homeless: our parent body had decided to close its worship center in our community.

How Does It Feel? (publish/Exile1.pdf)

- where we indulge in a bit of music therapy. Psalms 137-138.

What Should We Do? (publish/Exile2.pdf)

Presenter's slides (Exile2-slides.gmi)

- God's plan for the exiles: settle in and prosper. Jeremiah 28, 29, and 52.

What Should I Do? (publish/Exile3.pdf)

- personal righteousness and integrity under adverse circumstances. Daniel 1, 3, and 6.

What Comes After? (publish/Exile4.pdf)

- The Preparation of a Prophet. Ezekiel 2-3.

What Comes After? (publish/Exile5.pdf)

- Demonstrative Prophecy. Ezekiel 4-5.

What Comes After? (publish/Exile6.pdf)