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The boring but crucial question you must ask in effective Bible study

“We have to know what the Bible says before we can understand what it means.”  -Walter Hunt (my dad) Too often groups want to skip this step. We want to move on to the good stuff–discussion about the nuances of what the text means and how it relates to this theology and that and how […]

The respectable sin of lack of self-control

I think of an acquaintance, a committed Christian, who used to consume twelve cans of soda every day. I think of my own craving for ice cream years ago when I would have a dish of it at dinner and another at bedtime. In that situation, God convicted me of my lack of selfcontrol by […]

Slaying the Giant of Jealousy

There comes a time when we have to stand up and face the giant, and the strategy may be a painful one: We must renounce our jealousy as sin. Please don’t deal with jealousy as a personality disorder. Avoid thinking of it as a genetic trait you never chose. Don’t ascribe it to social environment […]

In the arena

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]

What is the Great Commission?

What is the Great Commission? Christ commissioned every Christian to verbally share the Gospel with lost people for the purpose of winning them to Himself. As we learned in the previous chapter, deacon Philip witnessed to the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:35 by verbally sharing what the Bible says about Jesus. That is God’s will […]

Don’t let prayer ruin your Bible study

You might notice that I didn’t suggest we start the group time with prayer. This may seem odd to some. Here is what experience has taught me. If you start with prayer requests, it can take a long time, especially as the group gets to know one another well. If you are not careful you […]

The most common respectable sin

I venture that of all the subtle sins we will address in this book, the pride of moral superiority may be the most common, second only to the sin of ungodliness. But though it is so prevalent among us, it is difficult to recognize because we all practice it to some degree. In fact, we […]

Slaying the Giant of failure

First, we might as well stand up and admit it. It’s no good to call it something else—call it by its name, failure. You didn’t “select an alternate strategy path” in that big work assignment; you fouled up! You and your spouse didn’t have “irreconcilable differences.” Your God has already bridged the greatest estrangement there […]

Discipleship as sport

I have just completed a 5-week Bible Study is a challenge to take your discipleship as seriously as you take your sports. The bible often uses the arena of sports as a metaphor to help us understand Christian discipleship. Five sessions include: Surrounded. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses… […]

What Is “Sharing Jesus”?

What Is “Sharing Jesus”? So what does it mean to share Jesus? First, we will look at the Greek word euangelion that means, “good news.” Second, we will consider an excellent definition of evangelism (i.e., sharing Jesus) by Dr. Roy Fish. Sharing Jesus and Euangelion “Evangelism” is an English transliteration of the Greek word euangelion. […]