New Lessons Posted on Deuteronomy, Daniel, And Missional Church By Mark Hamilton & David Wray
Thanks to Mark Hamilton for allowing me to post his lessons on Deuteronomy & Daniel. Mark is a professor of Old Testament and Associate Dean of their graduate Bible department at ACU. The material looks great. Deuteronomy – Now Choose Life Daniel – Keeping Faith in a Distant Land Thanks also to David Wray for […]
Bible Class – Shifting the Paradigm from Title to Time
In the last post Tim Spivey asked the following question, Matt, as one who recently started a church…one thing I’d love to hear your thoughts on is… if or when you might think starting Bible “classes is a good idea. I’ve always loved Bible class, though felt it in huge need of overhaul. But, when […]
Bible Class – Not Enough Time to Grow Mature Disciples
In my previous post, Bible Class – Throwing Away the Template, Paul wrote, “One complicating problem is that so many people have such a limited understanding of the Bible, and we only have so many chances to really teach the text. I agree the old template may be flawed, but I do believe there must […]
Bible Class – Throwing Away the Template
There is a problem that has been on my mind for a while now. What happens on Sunday is so much different than anything else most Christians have going the rest of the week that I am afraid it often doesn’t actually connect. Also, if we aren’t careful, Sunday can just become one more “to […]
How Useful is Giving Out Class, Sermon and Small Group Notes in Advance
A friend recently asked the question of whether or not it would be beneficial to share sermon notes in advance of the sermon or if doing that would be distracting. The only times I have ever given out notes to a sermon in advance is to our lady who does sign language. I talk pretty […]
Revitalizing Bible Class – Determining a Better Win
One of the most important lessons I learned from Andy Stanley’s book The Seven Practices of Effective Ministry is that it is crucial for ministries to identify the win for a ministry and communicate that win to those involved. When you do that everyone is on the same page working toward the same goal. Stanley […]
Revitalizing Bible Class – Advertising
Many of the people who organize the Sunday morning Bible school grew up at in a period of Christianity in America where if you opened the doors you would get 95% attendance. The remaining 5% would respond to the invitation and repent for not making it to Bible class that morning. While that may be […]
Revitalizing Bible Class – No Cookie Cutter Solutions
I wish I could just create a template that you could set down on top of your current Bible class structure and make it all perfect. But the truth is that is just not possible. In fact, much of what I am learning about this issue is coming from my own mistakes and the need […]
Revitalizing Bible Class – The Problem
There are two extremes we can go to when it comes to evaluating something. We can analyze it to death and get so unhealthy because we can’t get anything done because we are constantly taking our temperature. Or we can fail to ever evaluate anything and over time those things lose their effectiveness because they […]
Free Genesis Bible Study Posted to the Bible Class Archive
Our Men’s class finished up Genesis last Wednesday night. I have posted the notes in the Bible class archive. This pdf covers all 50 chapters of Genesis in 17 lessons, 61 pages. Hopefully someone will benefit from these. Thanks also to Regan S who wrote two of the lessons in my absence. Genesis Bible Class […]