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Disciple: Into the Word, Into the World - Study Manual
Study manual on Genesis, Exodus,Luke, and Acts.
256 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1991
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April 26, 2011
This book was the basis of a bible study at my church. It was decent enough and I learned quite a bit from it, but I don't think it would have been as helpful as a self-study. I think the fact that the bible study leader - my associate pastor - had been to seminary and we strayed from the book, and delved more into stuff from his own studies was the best part of that study.
That being said, when there were things I didn't get on the surface in some of the scriptures, this book did offer good explanations for them.
That being said, when there were things I didn't get on the surface in some of the scriptures, this book did offer good explanations for them.
March 27, 2013
I thought this was a very good study.
May 30, 2018
This study was very good. It takes a long commitment.
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August 9, 2024I guess more of a 3.5?
Disclaimer: I read this one my own rather than doing the actual class with actual people, so that may color my review.
This workbook covers Genesis and Exodus as well as Luke and Acts then adds in other scripture as necessary to support those main books. The format is the same as the first Disciple book: 5 days of scripture followed by reading the workbook/interpretation.
As a devotion, it works well. I mean, you have scripture then at the end of the week you have some interpretation. As you can see, it took me longer than the school year to finish, i.e. longer than the 32 weeks prescribed. This would be because oh-mah-gosh with the Genesis and Exodus and Acts. I seriously thought I might perish in the wilderness before I got to the New Testament section. Then blessed Luke, but finally I got bogged down in Acts. Le sigh.
Over the years I've come to have a greater appreciation for Paul, but sometimes he still makes me SO MAD. A lot of the passages that minority of Evangelical Christians reference while being hateful come from his words. I don't like it.
Or maybe I'm still miffed with all of the evidence that I, as a Christian, have a long way to go. I will tell you I'm skipping the Bible study for Leviticus.
Disclaimer: I read this one my own rather than doing the actual class with actual people, so that may color my review.
This workbook covers Genesis and Exodus as well as Luke and Acts then adds in other scripture as necessary to support those main books. The format is the same as the first Disciple book: 5 days of scripture followed by reading the workbook/interpretation.
As a devotion, it works well. I mean, you have scripture then at the end of the week you have some interpretation. As you can see, it took me longer than the school year to finish, i.e. longer than the 32 weeks prescribed. This would be because oh-mah-gosh with the Genesis and Exodus and Acts. I seriously thought I might perish in the wilderness before I got to the New Testament section. Then blessed Luke, but finally I got bogged down in Acts. Le sigh.
Over the years I've come to have a greater appreciation for Paul, but sometimes he still makes me SO MAD. A lot of the passages that minority of Evangelical Christians reference while being hateful come from his words. I don't like it.
Or maybe I'm still miffed with all of the evidence that I, as a Christian, have a long way to go. I will tell you I'm skipping the Bible study for Leviticus.
May 18, 2016
Almost every single page rings false, wastes my time and intellectual resources, or enrages me with frivolous rewritings of history for the benefit of wiring Christian orthodoxy into everyday life. This book is an outdated catastrophe, and the United Methodist Church should be humiliated to have ever put their seal on it.
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