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What's Left

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.

Sermons

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.

Holy! What? (Holy.gmi)

- What does it mean to be holy? 1 Peter 1:14-17

When Right Is Wrong (WhenRightIsWrong.gmi)

- Sometimes others are wrong, how should we respond? Romans 12:9-18

Caring For The Salvation Of The World (publish/CaringForTheSalvationOfTheWorld2.pdf)

- Our mission as believers; 1 Corinthians 12:7:27

Get The Goods (publish/GetTheGoods.pdf)

- Feel, Be, Do; Matthew 25:31-40

The Other Guys (publish/TheOtherGuys.pdf)

- Compassion; Proverbs 14:10

Worship 1:

What Is Worship? (publish/WhatIsWorship.pdf)

Worship 2:

Worship: Awareness Of The Presence Of God (publish/WorshipAwarenessOfThePresenceOfGod.pdf)

Worship 3:

Worship: Celebrating Life And The One Who Gave It (publish/WorshipCelebratingLifeAndTheOneWhoGaveIt.pdf)

Bible Studies

Book by Book

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.

1 Chronicles - 2017-02-28 (publish/1Chronicles.pdf)

1 Corinthians - 2018-06-26 (publish/1Corinthians.pdf)

1 John - 2018-01-22 (publish/1John.pdf)

1 Kings - 2017-01-31 (publish/1Kings.pdf)

1 Peter - 2018-12-11 (publish/1Peter.pdf)

1 Samuel - 2016-11-22 (publish/1Samuel.pdf)

1 Thessalonians - 2018-10-02 (publish/1Thessalonians.pdf)

1 Timothy - 2018-10-16 (publish/1Timothy.pdf)

2 Chronicles - 2017-03-06 (publish/2Chronicles.pdf)

2 Corinthians - 2018-07-03 (publish/2Corinthians.pdf)

2 John - 2018-01-29 (publish/2John.pdf)

2 Peter - 2018-01-15 (publish/2Peter.pdf)

2 Thessalonians - 2018-10-09 (publish/2Thessalonians.pdf)

2 Timothy - 2018-10-23 (publish/2Timothy.pdf)

2 Kings - 2017-02-06 (publish/2Kings.pdf)

3 John - 2018-02-05 (publish/3John.pdf)

Acts - 2018-06-05 (publish/Acts.pdf)

Amos - 2017-08-08 (publish/Amos.pdf)

Colossians - 2018-09-25 (publish/Colossians.pdf)

Daniel - 2017-07-18 (publish/Daniel.pdf)

Deuteronomy - 2016-10-18 (publish/Deuteronomy.pdf)

Ecclesiastes - 2017-05-16 (publish/Ecclesiastes.pdf)

Ephesians - 2018-07-17 (publish/Ephesians.pdf)

Esther - 2017-04-11 (publish/Esther.pdf)

Exodus - 2016-09-20 (publish/Exodus.odt.pdf)

Ezekiel - 2017-07-11 (publish/Ezekiel.pdf)

Ezra - 2017-03-21 (publish/Ezra.pdf)

Galatians - 2018-07-10 (publish/Galatians.pdf)

Genesis - 2016-09-13 (publish/Genesis.pdf)

Habakkuk - 2017-09-19 (publish/Habakkuk.pdf)

Haggai - 2017-10-10 (publish/Haggai.pdf)

Hebrews - 2018-11-13 (publish/Hebrews.pdf)

Hosea - 2017-07-25 (publish/Hosea.pdf)

Isaiah - 2017-06-13 (publish/Isaiah.pdf)

James - 2018-12-04 (publish/James.pdf)

Jeremiah - 2017-06-20 (publish/Jeremiah.pdf)

Job - 2017-04-18 (publish/Job.pdf)

Joel - 2017-08-01 (publish/Joel.pdf)

John - 2018-05-29 (publish/John.pdf)

Jonah - 2017-08-29 (publish/Jonah.pdf)

Joshua - 2016-10-25 (publish/Joshua.pdf)

Jude - 2018-02-12 (publish/Jude.pdf)

Judges - 2016-11-01 (publish/Judges.pdf)

Lamentations - 2017-06-27 (publish/Lamentations.pdf)

Leviticus - 2016-09-27 (publish/Leviticus.pdf)

Luke - 2018-05-22 (publish/Luke.pdf)

Malachi - 2018-04-24 (publish/Malachi.pdf)

Mark - 2018-05-15 (publish/Mark.pdf)

Matthew - 2018-05-08 (publish/Matthew.pdf)

Micah - 2017-09-05 (publish/Micah.pdf)

Nahum - 2017-09-12 (publish/Nahum.pdf)

Nehemiah - 2017-03-28 (publish/Nehemiah.pdf)

Numbers - 2016-10-04 (publish/Numbers.pdf)

Obadiah - 2017-08-15 (publish/Obadiah.pdf)

Philippians - 2018-07-31 (publish/Philippians.pdf)

Philemon - 2018-11-07 (publish/Philemon.pdf)

Proverbs - 2017-05-02 (publish/Proverbs.pdf)

Psalms - 2017-04-25 (publish/Psalms.pdf)

Revelation - 2018-02-19 (publish/Revelation.pdf)

Romans - 2018-06-19 (publish/Romans.pdf)

Ruth - 2016-11-08 (publish/Ruth.pdf)

Song Of Songs - 2017-05-23 (publish/SongOfSongs.pdf)

Titus - 2018-10-30 (publish/Titus.pdf)

Zechariah - 2017-11-07 (publish/Zechariah.pdf)

Zephaniah - 2017-10-03 (publish/Zephaniah.pdf)

How to Study the Bible

A brief series on how to study the Bible.

How To Study The Bible: Context - 2018-08-07 (publish/How2Context.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Translation - 2018-08-14 (publish/How2Translation.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Commentaries - 2018-08-21 (publish/How2Commentaries.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Search and Other Tools - 2018-08-28 (publish/How2Search.gmi)

How To Study The Bible: Synthesis - 2018-09-04 (publish/How2Synthesis.gmi)

God's People in Exile

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? - 2019-03-19 (publish/Exile1.pdf)

- where we indulge in a bit of music therapy. Psalms 137-138.

What Should We Do? - 2019-03-26 (publish/Exile2.pdf)

Presenter's slides (Exile2-slides.gmi)

- God's plan for the exiles: settle in and prosper. Jeremiah 28, 29, and 52.

What Should I Do? - 2019-04-02 (publish/Exile3.pdf)

- personal righteousness and integrity under adverse circumstances. Daniel 1, 3, and 6.

What Comes After? - 2019-04-09 (publish/Exile4.pdf)

- The Preparation of a Prophet. Ezekiel 2-3.

What Comes After? - 2019-04-16 (publish/Exile5.pdf)

- Demonstrative Prophecy. Ezekiel 4-5.

What Comes After? - 2019-04-23 (publish/Exile6.pdf)