Bible Studies

The following are the outlines and audio recordings for Bible studies I have given. The outlines are what I prepared for myself to help guide me through the studies as I talked. They are not necessarily complete nor even coherent, but should nonetheless be useful in some respect. As I get time I will fill them out to be more useful. I will add more audio recordings of Bible studies as they become available.

Foundations Series

This series takes a "from the ground up" approach to understanding Christian concepts. It is designed to establish a comprehesive foundation of Christian doctrine by cutting through all of the confusing and contradictory doctrines being taught by so many and examing what the scriptures say on the key issues. It will provide a key to understanding scripture and equip the believer to walk closer with God and to be a more effective witness for the Gospel.

Lesson	Modified	Notes	Audio
Why Think There are a lot of reasons that Christians have problems thinking, and reasons why Christians are afraid to think. The church's view of truth and reason has been influenced by the philosophies of the world around us. This is a study of the Biblical view of truth and reason.	3-30-2009
Philosophical Basis for the Existence of God Beginning from our reason, we examine all of the basic possible types of gods. This is an important precursor to a study of the Bible's description of God's natural attributes.	4-3-2008
Philosophical Basis for the Existence of God—Chart A hierarchical representation of the eight possible types of gods.	4-4-2008
The Nature of God A study of the scriptural view of God's natural attributes. (Includes proofs of the Deity of Christ.)	9-13-2008
The Nature of God—God and Time, Biblical References A list of verses that show that God has duration and sequence.	9-13-2008
The Character of God A study of the scriptural view of God's moral attributes.	10-31-2008
The Nature of Man A study of the scriptural view of man's natural attributes.	1-29-2009
The Value of Man In this study we focus on one of man's natural attributes—his value.	3-5-2008
The Character of Man—Part 1: How God Governs Man's moral attributes (his choices) change from person to person and vary over time, so we will exam how the Scriptures define our character and what God has done to influence our character with His government.	3-24-2009
The Character of Man—Part 2: How God Governs Man, Problems in Redemption When God's character and man's character clash, God has a dilemna. The Bible teaches us how He solved his problem.	6-29-2008
Walking in Sanctification We examine what the Bible's teaches about how Christians are to live.	5-16-2008

Christian Living Series

These studies take a Biblical approach to basic issues of the Christian's life.

Lesson	Modified	Notes	Audio
Overcoming Anxiety or A Tale of Three Cats This is a discussion about something that has been an issue in my life and seems to be a problem for a lot of people: overcoming anxiety.	5-26-2008		1 Hour 3 Minutes
Living by Faith Faith is an important Christian doctrine. But the world's definition of "faith" clashes with the Bible's. The resulting confusion can render us spiritually dead.	7-8-2008		59 Minutes
Prayer Prayer is part of an integrated life of walking with God, in love.	9-7-2009

Book, Passage, Verse

These are studies that deal with particular sections of scripture.

Lesson	Modified	Notes	Audio
Old Testament Themes This study was done, after a two year study of the Old Testament, as a review of the major ideas that are presented throughout the Old Testament and are then carried into the New Testament. It is useful in preparation to better understand the New Testament which presents the culmination of these themes.	2-22-2011
The Metaphors of John This study delves into John's explanations of the metaphors that Jesus used frequently.	2-25-2009		1 Hour 17 Minutes
The Metaphors of John—Addendum: Word Studies These are the verses that support my understanding of the metaphors in the Gospel of John.	3-16-2009		1 Hour 3 Minutes
The Metaphors of John—Murray Park Church of Christ Sermon This is similar to the previous study but with an introduction explaining the relevance of John's Gospel in evangelism; and shorter, missing some very useful points contained in the full lesson.	8-2-2009		41 Minutes

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