Kevin talks about how God works through prayer, why we should do it, and why we often don't.
When it Doesn't Feel Worth It...
Eric talks about what it means to wait on the Lord, the process of desiring God, and praying like the Psalms.
Meditation - A Battle Worth Fighting For
Eric discusses Biblical mediation, the internal battle, and gives ideas on how to meditate effectively.
Prayer - Worth Understanding
Eric talks about the difficulty of prayer, why we do it, and how to do it well.
A God Worth Knowing
Eric breaks down why God is A God Worth Knowing, not just worth learning about. Relationship and God's character are the focus points.
Convinced that Jesus is on Every Page
In Bible Study Training from June 13th, Tim Devane talks on the point of the Bible: Jesus. The entire Bible points to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his person is on every page. The Bible is not about us, but it is for us.
Convinced that Man Wrote The Bible, and So Did God
In this talk, Tim Devane touches on two categories of Biblical conviction: Head categories (i.e. the Bible has over 20,000 verifying manuscripts) and Heart categories (i.e. the Bible is filled with good things and has real implications). Tim goes on to dive into how and why we doubt the Bible and what it says.
*Free to Approach God
In this talk Reed Schaaf talks about how we are free to approach God because he is whole heartedly for us because of Jesus. Reed poses the question why do we pray and the reasons for coming to God in prayer and reading the word in faith.
*Free Your Mind
In this talk Reed Schaaf talks about meditating on the word of God and what exactly meditation of God's word looks like and what it entails. He unpacks this topic and addressing some common misconceptions about what meditation is and what it looks like to meditate on God's word.
Free to Dig
In this talk Reed Schaaf talks about how we can best dig into scripture and see how to better read into what God has put into the Bible for us to find.
Land of the Free, Home of the Slave
Steve Discher, in this talk, breaks down the importance of reading the Bible and the importance of reading scripture in the life of a Christian. He dives into the needs of a christian and how the Bible helps to keep us spiritually awake and resting in the gospel
Free and Full Revelation
In this talk Steve Discher discusses how the story of the bible progresses through history as well as the unity of the story of the gospel. He tracks the story through the bible and explains the necessity of understanding the story of the gospel and than applying it to our lives.
Freedom Under Authority
In this talk Steve Discher talks about the freedom that we have to be under authority, as well as the importance of the bible in daily life as a Christian. Steve walks through several topics about bible study and learning how to read and study the bible as a part of a Christians daily walk.
Finding Freedom to Trust the Bible
Steve Discher beings this talk by addressing the trustworthiness of the bible. He unpacks this using evidence from archaeology, scripture, and personal thoughts and emphasized the point that scripture is truth and what the bible says is really divinely inspired and can be trusted and studied as the word of God.
Meditation
Jared gave his last talk about Bible study this time emphasizing the importance of meditation. He defined meditation as “continued or extended thought, reflection or contemplation.” The fuel of our meditation ought to be scripture.
Into the Unknown
Michael Wickenheiser introduces two new practical ways for students to approach studying the Word of God- specifically, the “word study” method and the “chapter/book” study method.
Knowing How to Live
Building on the previous week’s message, Michael Wickenheiser discusses memorization and meditation on the Word of God and delves into the third step of the inductive Bible study method (application).
Knowing What It Means
Michael Wickenheiser walks through the first two steps of the inductive Bible Study method (observations & interpretations), explaining the different characteristics of and giving helpful tips for each of the two steps.
The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ
Matt talks about reasons we don’t study the bible; It’s mental, emotional, and home work. He then explains why studying the Bible is worth it. He says that it is fun to find answers, disciplinary reading gives way to leisure reading, and it makes you feel wonderful. He closes by encouraging listeners to engage their senses to help make the truths of the Gospel more real to them by listening to music, watching good movies, reading supplemental fiction and engaging their imaginations.