This passage challenges us with a Call to Prayer. Notice who we are to prayer for and what the desired outcome is. Small Group Questions 1. What do you pray for most? 2. Who do you pray for most? 3. Do you have a system of prayer? A list? 4. How do you pray for …
Author: Steve
I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges.
Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
Humility
I’ve been studying / meditating through Ephesians 4:1-16 in preparation for Sunday’s message. One interesting observation I’ve been wrestling with is related to humility. Ephesians 4:1—3 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and …
Free audiobook of the month–trusting God
Jerry Bridges’ Trusting God is the February free download from ChristianAudio.com
God is Proactive
I’ve been in several environment over the last few weeks where the subject of “predestination” has come up in passages we were discussing–causing frustration on the part of some who were interacting with the passages. And it has dawned on me that the subject–this doctrine–has been taught very poorly, it clashes against either our cultural view of …
Books I’m reading at the start of 2012
Here is the list of books I’m reading to start the new year. Book I didn’t finish in 2011 The Doctrine of God, John Frame This will take me some time to work through. New books Money, possessions and eternity, Randy Alcorn In Search of Balance, Richard Swenson (author of Margins) In Search of Balance …
First free audio book of 2012–Knowing God
Classic by J.I. Packer, Knowing God free audio book, good way to focus for the new year.
Church produced music
I’m really enjoying church produced music. Â Love the creativity and the development of a worship language and creating new traditions. Â While all of the “styles” don’t draw me in, it is wonderful to see people using their talents and experiences filtered through Scripture to offer praise to God. I’ll provide links to a few I’ve …