I wanted to set some expectations and suggestions around how we can effectively study the bible together.
Each Day you will follow the readings assigned for that day. You can find the daily readings to the right under group readings.
As you read here are some things I would like you to look for and post your answers comments questions and take aways from the reading:
1. What did you learn about God/Jesus from the readings?
2.Is there a command to obey and How will you obey or apply it to your life. Be specific. What will you do, When will you do it etc
3. Is there an example to follow or not to follow?
4. Is there something God/Jesus did or said that I can follow or imitate?
5. Is there a promise to claim?
6. Pick at least one verse to memorize. Post your verse and tell us why you picked the verse.
7. How will you use anything you learned to share the gospel with someone who is not a committed disciple of Jesus?
8. Dial into the conference line on Thursdays 8:30-9:30 and we will have a live discussion about your posts and readings. You can also log on to the site or use the Faithlife App while you are dialed in to post comments during the live bible studies.
9. Do continue to invite others to the group as well as to church and ultimately to Jesus.
Feel free to add your own. Also everyone is free to post anything to the group but let us be careful to be supportive, respectful and do our best not to offend anyone. If you disagree with something someone posted let us not use demeaning comments to embarrass the person or make them feel stupid. We want to maintain a very supportive and respective atmosphere where all ideas and opinions are respected even if we disagree. If someone gets out of line, then as the pastor and leader of this group I reserve the right to remove them permanently from the group. Hopefully, it will never get to that.
So, with that said, Happy posting!!!!!