Ramble On

My small group at church is currently going through the book of Hebrews.  Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the supreme revelation of God with a special focus on showing how Christ is superior to the Old Testament covenant of works – that is, the law.  I thought I’d write up a few of my thoughts [...]

(Originally a paper for PM 503 – Biblical Preaching: Theory & Practice at Urbana Theological Seminary) Summary Graeme Goldsworthy lays out a foundation for Christocentric preaching in Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture.  The book is divided into two parts:  part one deals with Biblical Theology and part two takes a closer look at [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion.  (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What did you think of the service on Sunday?  What does worship mean to you? Our Study:  Metamorphosis “Yet a time is coming and has [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion.  (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What did you think of the service on Sunday?  What did you agree with?  What did you disagree with? What is the most valuable thing [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion.  (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What did you think of the service on Sunday?  What did you agree with?  What did you disagree with? What does it mean to you [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion.  (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What did you think of the sermon on Sunday?  What did you agree with?  What did you disagree with? What is freedom?  What are you [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion. (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What did you think of the sermon on Sunday? What did you agree with? What did you disagree with? What does it mean to you [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion. (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What did you think of the sermon on Sunday? What did you agree with? What did you disagree with? In what way have you dealt [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion.  (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) What do you expect Jesus to say when you confess? What does He say? Our Study:  The Restoration of Peter “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who [...]

Icebreakers Use one of the following questions to open up discussion.  (If you have first-time guests, be sure to have people give their names as they answer the icebreaker question.) How do you define faith? What is the object of your faith? Our Study:  Ms. Fringe-grabber “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the [...]