What's Next?

1. The Corporate Life of the Church Around the Study of the Bible
This is my current preoccupation: what is the most effective way to teach and facilitate the study of the Bible so that its truth and immensity is opened up to those who are encountering it. At my church, Living Faith Baptist Church, we will begin at some point in the not too distant future a group study entitled "Discovering the Bible." There are other curricular offerings under that title, but we feel that this descriptor really summarizes what we're hoping to lead the membership through, i.e. a guide-led discovery of what the Bible teaches through interpretation and drawing doctrinal conclusions or "stances" from what's read.

Richard Pratt of Reformed Theological Seminary has had a big impact on my thinking here, but I'd to flesh out the framework for this more rigorously on the pages of this blog over the next several weeks. So, expect a discourse on a doctrine of Christian Education as it pertains to the discpleship program of the church. Most of my personal doctrinal and practical obsessions are centering on the necessity of the church to introduce congregants to the Bible in its totality and to establish models and guidelines for sharing the gospel of grace and living out the biblical life before a watching world.

2. Audio Bible Studies
There is a network of individuals I'm aware of that, for various reasons, are not participating in a regular, local Bible study. Having had several conversations about this with many of them, and giving it prayeful consideration, I have decided to commence an audio and PowerPoint, pre-recorded Bible study via this blog. The study will begin in the book of Ephesians and is intended to present the glorious grace of the gospel and allow those who participate to use the blog as a medium for questions and discussion. The study will be posted weekly and will begin the week of August 18th. Lord willing...

Stay tuned!