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Inductive Bible Study Links Fixed
In a prior post I had recommended an inductive bible study method by the campus ministry Stumo and I had links to there handouts. I recently revisited my post and discovered that the links in the post and on my resource page were broken. Seems Stumo decided to rework their site which left my links dangling with nothing on the other end. Well, the links are fixed and I have copies of the method stored on my … Read entire article »
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Bible Study and Worship Tips: What to Look for in a Sermon or Passage
I have encouraged readers in recent posts to take notes when listening to a sermon and to set goals for responding. I thought it may be helpful though if I offered some suggestions as to what to look or listen for. When I am either doing bible study or listening to a sermon I listen for what I call three basic callings. They are principles, tasks and changes. Principles or life lessons are … Read entire article »
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3 More Tips to Give You An Exceptional Experience of Sunday Morning
If you went to worship yesterday, do you remember what was preached? How much of the sermon can you recall today? Last week I posted an article on 6 ways to bring a sermon home. Those tips were things to do during worship to help you get more out of worship. If you really want to take a sermon home, you don’t want to stop there. Here are three tips to practice on … Read entire article »
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6 Ways To Take a Sermon Home
This past Sunday I got to be in the pew for a change. I see a lot of people being passive in worship. Here are 6 strategies I use when I am priviledged to be in the pews to insure that I am responsive to what is preached. BYOB. Bring your own Bible. Follow the readings and when appropriate underline, mark or otherwise annotate the text. If you read the Bible with a pencil in hand you … Read entire article »
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Applying Rules of Creativity to Your Bible Reading, Even If You Think You are Creatively Challenged
I was reading an article about Joey Reihman’s book, Thinking for a Living. Reihman describes being creative as having four stages. Investigation–Detect, study, explore, gather Incubation–The longest stage, quantity over quality, can involve blending, traveling, polarizing, walking, meditating, praying and sharing Illumination–The editing of stage two, illuminate the big idea, the “Aha!” moment Illustration–Portray and personify the big idea, design, create I read this process and immediately thought, this sounds very much like the process I try to follow when writing a sermon. It is a fitting general prescription for Bible reading as well. I had never really thought about my general Bible reading as a creative process, but really it is. Each time we read we should strive to manifest the word as a living reality in our lives. That is truly … Read entire article »
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Ghost Dose #6, Kindling the Spirit
Verse: “For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” (2 Timothy 1:6, NASB) Meditation: Today’s verse reminds us of simple yet often ignored truth, the gift of the Spirit requires responsible continued attention. The greek word translated “kindle afresh” in the New American Standard Bible, is a difficult word to translate cleanly. An examination of five versions yielded four different translations. The English Standard Version and New International Version-”fan a flame” New Revised Standard Version-”rekindle” King James-”Stir up” New American Standard Bible-”kindle afresh” The translation challenge that results in so many different version is that the greek word is a compounding of several things. Perhaps, a more literal and accurate translation would be something to the effect of “to … Read entire article »
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