Just in time to start the new year–for anyone who is looking for a good audio Bible, this month’s free download from Christian Audio is the ESV Bible–Hear the Word.
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.
Reading the Bible in 2014
Of all the New Year resolutions that people make and quickly break is often, “I will read through the Bible this year.” I find that I need both the context that reading through the whole Bible provides, plus the depth that studying an individual book provides. My natural tendency is to do the study not …
Background and Depth of Handel’s Messiah
I did something this week that I have never done before–I listened to the whole of Handel’s Messiah (two sittings). But the reason was not because I’m a big fan of classical choral music. Actually my musical tastes are much more eclectic and not that sophisticated. The reason I listened was in appreciation for the …
Way to go Millennials and Elders
A new set of numbers on the evangelistic practices of Christians as a whole, Evangelicals in particular has very encouraging things to say about the Millennial generation. While they have been known for their focus on “social justice” they are the only generation whose evangelistic practices increased significantly in the past three years. When asked, …
Daily Reading for Advent
Three Advent reading plans At church we just started a new sermon series in the book of Luke–Seeing Jesus, I posted resources and suggestions for reading. We will provide reading suggestions each week. This week we have encourage individuals to try to read the whole book of Luke in a week— 20 x 6 =1 (only …
Who is really leaving the faith and why?
This is a challenge to parents as much as it is to the church. Many have reported alarming numbers of Millennials leaving their faith. This summary provides a good context for understanding what the numbers actually reveal. See previous related posts Millennials Critical Thinking What follows is from the Gospel Coalition blog. Who is Really …
A Few Tools for Bible Study
Yesterday at Calvary Church we demonstrated inductive Bible study. It is something I do and model in classes room environments all the time, but we managed to do it in front of a large audience (I hope). So as a follow-up, here are some tools. First, a simply outline. I use the acronym ROADS as a reminder of …