Have you ever heard a word and automatically thought that it was too complicated for you to understand?  For many that is true when they hear the phrase “Systematic Theology.” It would not surprise you then to hear that most students are hesitant to enroll in that clas...

Have you ever doubted?

I’m not talking about the little things like whether you made the right decision on where to go to lunch.  I’m talking about the biggest thing of all.

Have you ever wondered, “Is this whole Jesus thing really true?”  “Is the God I have known and fo...

24 hours.

I often hear people say that in order to maximize our time we need to budget it just like we do our money. The only problem with that is that we cannot make more time. 

24 hours is all we have, and yet it seems as if there is 48 hours worth of "stuff" vying for...

Certainly we have not gone over all of the ways to read the Bible, but my hope is that you feel more empowered to understand the Scriptures in a way that you have not before. 

We cannot conclude this series, however, without talking about the single most important aspec...

Have you ever read a chapter in the Bible and finished by asking yourself "what did I just read?"  If so, this Bible study method is for you (I want to give credit where credit is due - a portion of this is taken from Rick Warren's Bible Study Methods)  The follow...

This method of studying Scripture is a little more detailed and time consuming than the word emphasis method, but it will allow you to read an entire passage and see connections and emphases that you had not before seen. By the way, we study this method in depth in our...

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be giving you new, simple methods of studying the Bible. These methods are designed to help you get more from your time in God’s Word. 

The first method we are going to look at is the “word emphasis method.”

The word emphasis method...

The Bible has some very clear instructions for all believers, but especially for those who are leaders in the Church.  Take for example these words of Peter:

“Shepherd the flock of God that is among you…” - 1 Peter 5:2

Peter is specifically addressing the “Elders” here,...