People who have enjoyed the Bible study sessions I've led or the sermons I have preached have sometimes asked if I could make my notes available. Recognizing that a major part of the value derived comes from the group discussion during the Bible study session, (and, to a much lesser extent, the style of delivery for sermons) what is left after the sessions are finished are just these notes.
These are my most recent sermons. I do not consider any of them to be especially good, but we did have some fun along the way.
Caring For The Salvation Of The World
The Other Guys - Proverbs 14:10: compassion
Worship 1: What Is Worship
Worship 2: Worship: Awareness Of The Presence Of God
Worship 3: Worship: Celebrating Life And The One Who Gave It
If you haven't endured one of my Bible study sessions I should probably explain what's going on here. We embarked on a series of studies looking at one book of the Bible each week, using The Bible Book by Book: An Introduction to Bible Synthesis by G. Coleman Luck (ISBN-13: 978-0802400451) for the first half of each session, followed by discussion of selected passages from that week's book of scripture. These files are the questions I used to prompt the discussion. My goal was to encourage our participants to read carefully and to think about aspects of the passage they might not have considered. I might sometimes ask a question for which the selected passage has no direct answer, to point out that sometimes what we think a passage says isn't really there (even though, in some cases, that particular idea may be derived from other parts of scripture). The questions are often thought-provoking, but I must warn you that sometimes when I look at one of these sheets a few weeks later I sometimes can't recall exactly the point that particular question was trying to uncover.
A brief series on how to study the Bible.
How To Study The Bible: Context
How To Study The Bible: Translation
How To Study The Bible: Commentaries
How To Study The Bible: Search and Other Tools
How To Study The Bible: Synthesis
A brief series of studies on God's People In Exile, begun when we learned that our local congregation was soon to be homeless
: our parent body had decided to close its worship center in our community.
How Does It Feel? - where we indulge in a bit of music therapy
. Psalms 137-138.
What Should We Do? - God's plan for the exiles: settle in and prosper. Jeremiah 28, 29, and 52.
What Should I Do? - personal righteousness and integrity under adverse circumstances. Daniel 1, 3, and 6.
What Comes After? - The Preparation of a Prophet. Ezekiel 2-3.
What Comes After? - Demonstrative Prophecy. Ezekiel 4-5.