Category Archives: Bible Studies

The curse of failed leadership

MICAH | Lesson 1 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read Micah 3.1-12 My apologies for the brevity of the notes for this lesson. This week has been extraordinarily preoccupied with issues and projects which have given me no extended breaks of … Continue reading →

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I will love them freely (Redemption, Reconciliation, Restoration)

HOSEA | Lesson 4 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read Hosea, chapters 11.12-14.9 INTRODUCTION Our first lesson, ‘faithless wife-FAITHFUL HUSBAND’ from chapters 1-3 serves to give us a summary of the whole Book of Hosea – it is the … Continue reading →

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“How can I give you up, O Ephraim?”

HOSEA | Lesson 3 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read Hosea, chapters 8.1 – 11.11 INTRODUCTION Our first lesson, ‘faithless wife-FAITHFUL HUSBAND’ from chapters 1-3 serves to give us a summary of the whole Book of Hosea – it is the … Continue reading →

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When I would heal Israel…

Hosea | Lesson 2 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read Hosea, chapters 4-7 INTRODUCTION Our first lesson, ‘faithless wife-FAITHFUL HUSBAND’ from chapters 1-3 serves to give us a summary of the whole Book of Hosea – it is the ‘short’ story … Continue reading →

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faithless wife … FAITHFUL HUSBAND

HOSEA | Lesson 1 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read Hosea, chapters 1-3 INTRODUCTION What I want to do in these next four lessons is for us to at least read through Hosea together. I will divide the 14 chapters into … Continue reading →

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Yahweh restores! Hope in Him!

Amos | Lesson 4 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read Amos 8.1-9.15 INTRODUCTION This is the fourth and concluding lesson in this current summary/survey of the Book of Amos. Our first lesson was Yahweh roars! Listen to Him! The second lesson … Continue reading →

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Five Simple, Essential Questions to Ask of Every Text

I have developed these Five Simple, Essential Questions to Ask of Every Text by teaching and training myself over years of daily Bible reading, study, and meditation. These are the questions I have asked of the text as I sought … Continue reading →

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God’s Clear Call to Holiness & Sexual Purity

Over the course of the past year, I have been engaged in some courses offered through Biblearc.com, developed under the auspices of Bethlehem College and Seminary. Biblearc is a web-based source for Bible study tools and instruction designed to instruct … Continue reading →

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COLOSSIANS: Lesson Notes / Talking Points

COLOSSIANS LESSON NOTES / TALKING POINTS Here are the Lesson Notes/talking Points for the studies we have conducted in our Sunday School class from Colossians. There are five sets of Lesson Notes in this one composite paper. I have kept … Continue reading →

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