Preparation for Wednesday 1 July 2015

No preparation this week as we have a guest speaker.

Respectfully,
Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday June 24th, 2015

We have taken a little side journey to investigate the question, "If belief is what saves us, what exactly does it mean to believe?"   A number of other questions naturally follow:

   - Can you have the wrong kind or insufficient belief?

   - What does Lk 6:44 add to our understanding?

  - How about Rm 10:9-10  
(Both of the above are challenging passages.)

  - Lastly, do you see the Bible qualifying belief in any way?  (Consider two famous passages--Jn 3:16 and Acts 16:31.  They qualify the object, but do they qualify the act of faith!)


See you on Wednesday,

Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday Jun 17th, 2015

We've had some great discussion in John chapter 13, which makes  up for the lack of forward progress.  This week we will finish with our application of the "foot washing" and move into what Jesus has to say after Judas leaves the group.  Here are a few things for you to ponder:

   1)  If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, what is the spiritual lesson for you associated with Jn 13:10?

  2)  Now put your answer to the above into the context of Peter's denial of Christ--what kind of application would you make.  

  3) Judas leaves, and Jesus makes a startling statement in Jn 13:31--what do you think this means?  

     - After pondering it a while, see if Jn 17:5 helps at all!


This Upper Room Discourse is great stuff isn't it?  

See you on Wednesday.  

Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday Jun 10th, 2015

I'm very late on getting this up for which I apologize.  

We will take up where we left off last time--trying to apply Jesus' comments about needing "just one" bath, but regular "foot washing".  Were these just narrowly focused comments that applied only to  His disciples, or do they still apply to us today.  We'll look at this in detail tonight.

See you tonight.
Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday Jun 3rd, 2015

Our passage of interest for this coming Wednesday is John 13:21-30.

1.  The first thing to do is to sort out the "players" in verses 22-26:
  - Peter is involved--not surprisingly;
  - Who is the disciple "whom Jesus loved"?
  - And then to whom does Jesus give the piece of bread he had dipped?

2.  Now try to think through, based upon the narrative, how these players might have been arranged around the table.  If you do, you will come to see an amazing demonstration of God's grace to Judas and an example of Jesus' persistent efforts to reach him.  

3.  One more thing--go back and read Jn 13:9-10 and see if you can explain to yourself a consistent understanding of what it means to be clean and yet need to be cleansed that applies to both the foot washing incident and the time of reclining at the table.  

As you can see, we have some very interesting things to discuss.  
See you on Wednesday.  

Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday 27 May 2015

There is no preparation for the 27th due to our quarterly business meeting.  I'll have some specific questions for you next week prior to getting into John chapter 13, but for now, if you want to get a jump on things spend some time in John 13.  Specifically, consider the meaning of verse 10.

See you on Wednesday for prayer and an update on the business of the Church.

Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday May 20th, 2015

I have been planning to begin a study of John 13-17 -- Jesus' instruction to His "inner circle".  Those in whom He had made the greatest investment of both Himself and truth.  Not only that, but those through whom the Spirit would ignite and spread the Church.  I am still planning on going there, but we are going to hold off, as I have one more thing I would like to cover first.  

Read Luke 9:23-f or any of the companion texts in Matthew or Mark.  And then here are a few things for you to think about:

1.  Write a one sentence summary of what Jesus is teaching. 


2.  What does this have to do with our study of the resurrection?


3.  What does this have to do with our study of "revival"?


4.  And, what does this have to do with our study of Gospel Culture?



I would suggest to you that they all fit together.  Stated another way--if you are lacking in one, you are lacking in all.  Give it some thought, and see what kind of questions arise.

See you on Wednesday,
Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday May 13th, 2015

Scotty will again be bringing the message this coming Wednesday.  You can prepare by reading John chapter 1.  Think through carefully what we learned in verses 1-14 (and 44-47) and see what truths you can find in the remainder of the chapter.

See you on Wednesday,
Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday May 6th, 2015

There is no preparation for May 6th due to a guest speaker.  See you then.

In His grace,
Kevin

Preparation for Wednesday April 29th 2015

This will be our final lesson on the topic of "Gospel Culture".  I think you will find it very interesting.  In order to be better prepared for our time together--read Lk 15:11-32.  You will recognize this right way as the "Parable of the Prodigal Son".  Couple things to think about before we meet:

1.  Who is represented by the Prodigal and the "Older Brother"

2.  How is grace manifested in the parable?  What are the consequences of rejecting God's grace?

3.  How does this parable relate to Gospel-Culture?

See you on Wednesday,
Kevin