23. The Second Finger: Reading
Purpose: The purpose of this session is to give guidance in the development of a year’s reading program.
Objectives
1. The disciple will begin or confirm his annual Bible reading program.
2. The disciple will lay out a program for Bible-related reading.
Scripture Memory
The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.
John 14:21
Agenda
1. Mutual prayer and sharing.
2. Discuss the worksheet.
3. Review Scripture memory.
Introduction
There are three different basic types of reading material shown below, that a Christian should be involved with regularly.
The first, of course is the Bible. There is a reference found in many Bibles: a calendar for reading through the Bible in one year. Your first objective is to conclude a reading calendar and begin reading according to the calendar for this week.
The second set contains Biblical dictionaries, handbooks and the like. If you have not already purchased these, you should consider purchasing them all at this time.
Finally, the last sets consists of books on discipleship, the Christian life and Biblical doctrine.
Bible Reading in One Year
Your Bible or a calendar available at the church will guide you through the Bible on an annual basis.
Bible Dictionaries and Handbooks
1. Baker's Dictionary of Theology, Everett Harrison, Baker Book House.
2. Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible, David Alexander, and Pat Alexander, Eerdmans Publishers.
3. Eerdmans' Handbook to the History of Christianity, Tim Dowley, Eerdmans Publishers.
Eerdmans' Handbook to the World's Religions, R. Pierce Beaver Eerdmans Publishers.
5. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Walter Elwell, Baker Book House.
6. The New Topical Textbook, R. A. Torrey, Revell.
7. PC Study Bible
Books on Discipleship
1. Call to Discipleship, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Logos International.
2. Disciples Are Made, Not Born, Walter Henrichsen, Victor Books.
3. Disciples in Action, Leroy Eims, NavPress.
4. Discipleship, Billy Banks, Jr. and William Shell, Zondervan.
5. Jesus Christ Disciple Maker, Bill Hull, NavPress
6. The Cost of Commitment, John White, IVP.
7. The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Collier Books.
8. The Essentials of Discipleship, Francis M. Crosgrove, NavPress.
9. The Lost Art of Disciplemaking, Leroy Eims, NavPress.
10. The Master's Plan for Making Disciples, Win and Charles Arn, Baker Book House.
11. The Navigator, by Richard Foster, NavPress.
Books on the Christian Life
1. Assurance, R. Gene Reynolds, Tyndale.
2. Balancing Life's Demands, J. Grant Howard, Multnomah Press.
3. Beyond Easy Believism, Gary Collins, Word.
4. Decision Making and the Will of God, Gary Friesen, Multnomah Press.
5. From Here to Maturity, David Augsburger, Tyndale.
6. Forgive and Forget, Lewis B. Smedes, Harper, San Francisco.
7. How to Grow, Kenneth Taylor, Oliver Nelson Press.
8. Keeping in Step with the Spirit, J. I. Packer, Revell.
9. Lifestyle Evangelism, Joe Aldrich, Multnomah Press.
10. Living at High Noon, Gordon McDonald, Revell.
11. Mere Morality, Lewis B. Smedes, Eerdmans.
12. Money, Sex, and Power, Richard Foster, Harper and Row.
13. The God Who Hears, W. Bingham Hunter, IVP.
14. The Practice of Godliness, Jerry Bridges, NavPress.
15. The Simple Life, Vernard Eller, Eerdmans.
16. The Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard, Harper San Francisco
17. Today's Tentmakers, J. Christie Wilson, Tyndale.
18. Designed to Be Like Him, J. Dwight Pentecost, Moody Press.
19. Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson, IVP.
Books on Biblical Doctrine
1. Basic Christian Doctrine, Henry, Baker Book House.
2. Beauty Care for the Tongue, Leroy Koopman, Zondervan.
3. Beyond the Battle for the Bible, J.I. Packer, Cornerstone Books.
4. Chosen by God, R.C. Sproul, Tyndale Publishers.
5. Demons in the World Today, M. Unger, Tyndale.
6. Evangelism and Sovereignty, J.I. Packer, IVP.
7. Inerrancy, Norman L. Geisler, Zondervan.
8. In Understanding Be Men, Hammond and Wright, IVP.
9. Knowing God, J.I. Packer, IVP.
10. Predestination and Free Will, Feinberg, Geisler, Reichenbach and Pinnock, IVP.
11. The Attributes of God, A. W. Pink, Baker.
12. The Battle for the Bible, Harold Lindsell, Zondervan.
13. The Rapture, Archer, Reiter, Moo, et. al., Academie Books.
14. The Rapture Question, John F. Walvoord, Zondervan.
15. The Sovereign Spirit, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Shaw Publishers.
16. Those Controversial Gifts, George Mallone, IVP.
17. Union with Christ, Lewis B. Smedes, Eerdmans.
18. Gospel and Law, Daniel Fuller, Eerdmans.
19. The Second Coming, David Hubbard, IVP.
This is a partial list of books you can read or tools you may use in helping you become a discipler and one who walks effectively in your life. There will be many books you will read during your lifetime, and by the time you exhaust these, you will have a better knowledge of Christian literature.
Worksheet
1. Identify the program you have chosen for yourself for reading through the Bible in one year:
2. Put together a reading list for yourself for the next twelve months. This should include four significant paperback or hardback books dealing with essential aspects of the Christian life. List those here:
3. Other choices may be made which are optional, i.e. biographies of missionaries, martyrs, pastors, or for some, perhaps Christian novels. Tapes of readings are also available in selected cases. List your selections here:
Life Application
If it isn’t your practice already, begin reading the Bible and classics to your children.
“Children and books go together in a special way. I can’t imagine any pleasure greater than bringing to the uncluttered, supple mind of a child the delight of knowing God and the many rich things He has given us to enjoy. This is every parents privilege, and books are his keenest tools. Children don’t stumble onto good books by themselves; they must be introduced to the wonder of words put together in such a way that they spin out pure joy and magic.”
Gladys Hunt, Honey For A Child’s Heart.
Zondervan
(This book is a good resource for choosing books for children)
Related Topics: Discipleship
24. The Third Finger: Study
Purpose: The purpose of this session is to learn the methods of investigation and analysis to personally grasp Scripture better.
Objectives
1. The disciple will be able to use two investigational and analytical methods.
2. The disciple will develop a more organized method of study.
3. The disciple will develop a more personal method of study.
Scripture Memory
Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.
2 Timothy 2:15
Agenda
1. Mutual prayer and sharing.
2. Discuss the questions.
3. Review Scripture memory.
The third finger on the Hand is Study. Study involves some things far more than simply reading the Bible. These include:
1. Original investigation—not something someone else has done. We go at a desired goal with our own unique resources and seek something for our-selves.
2. Written reproduction—paper and pencil or pen are involved.
3. Study involves that which is systematic and consistent. It is not haphazard either in method or occurrence.
4. Study is to be personally applicable. There is to be practical value for the learner. Nothing is learned if there is only content. There is also to be behavior change if it is true learning.
5. What we learn is something we can share—it is to be pass-on-able.
“Knowledge that is self-discovered is stored in the deepest part of the mind and remains the longest in the memory. There is no jewel more precious than that which you have mined yourself.”
Howard Hendricks
Worksheet
Types of Study Methods for Beginners
Verse Analysis
Date of Study _________________ Verse Analyzed___________________
1. What is the thought preceding this verse?
2. What is the thought immediately following this verse?
3. State in your own words what this verse means. What is the writer saying?
4. Indicate in writing how you can apply this to your own life.
Project: Analyze four of the following verses during your quiet time, using the pages provided.
Isaiah 41:10
Romans 3:24
Hebrews 12:1-2
Hebrews 10:14
Luke 9:62
Date of Study _________________ Verse Analyzed___________________
1. What is the thought preceding this verse?
2. What is the thought immediately following this verse?
3. State in your own words what this verse means. What is the writer saying?
4. Indicate in writing how you can apply this to your own life.
Date of Study _________________ Verse Analyzed___________________
1. What is the thought preceding this verse?
2. What is the thought immediately following this verse?
3. State in your own words what this verse means. What is the writer saying?
4. Indicate in writing how you can apply this to your own life.
Date of Study _________________ Verse Analyzed___________________
1. What is the thought preceding this verse?
2. What is the thought immediately following this verse?
3. State in your own words what this verse means. What is the writer saying?
4. Indicate in writing how you can apply this to your own life.
Date of Study _________________ Verse Analyzed___________________
1. What is the thought preceding this verse?
2. What is the thought immediately following this verse?
3. State in your own words what this verse means. What is the writer saying?
4. Indicate in writing how you can apply this to your own life.
STS Search the Scriptures
The following is a format to follow for a plan of Bible Study called STS, or Search the Scriptures.
Passage: (List the particular passage you are going to analyze.)
Point of the Passage: (What is it really saying?)
Parallel Passages:
Vs. Reference Key Thought
Problems of the Passage: What is difficult to understand or deal with?
Profit of the Passage: How is this applicable to me? Make as many practical applications as possible.
Questions for Review and Discussion
1. In terms of organization, depth of analysis and personalization, how do the two study methods presented in this session compare to other methods you have used in the past?
2. Which of the two methods, Verse Analysis or STS, did you prefer? Why?
3. Research has shown that study dramatically increases retention. Will you adopt a method of study? Which?
4. How will you organize and retain your study materials for future reference?
Summary and Key Concepts
Bible study does not simply involve reading the Scriptures. It also involves analysis and contemplation. The two methods described in this session provide the disciple with useful tools for regular, systematic Bible study focused either on topics or on a given book of the Bible. Adopting one or both of these methods and using them in your daily/weekly study will substantially enhance your understanding of Scripture and make it more personal.
Related Topics: Discipleship
22. The Hand Illustration - First Finger: Hearing
Purpose: The purpose of this session is to better understand the Bible through the use of “The Hand” analogy. The first step is to learn how to listen.
Objectives
1. The disciple will look at their hand and use it as a visual reminder of how to better grasp an understanding of the Bible.
2. The disciple will retain more of what they hear of the Word of God.
Scripture Memory
Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.
Romans 10:17
Agenda
1. Mutual prayer and sharing.
2. Discuss the readings.
3. Review Scripture Memory.
How do we learn about God, His truths, His will, His way? In these sessions we will use a physical metaphor for firmly grasping God’s Word: The Hand. The first finger, hearing, will prepare us for improved recollection of Scripture.
The “Hand” shows us the five methods of learning from the Bible. Each of these methods is important.
Copyright ©1976 The Navigators, re-printed with permission from The Navigators, all rights reserved and define the Illustration as the Word Hand Illustration.
Hearing
Hearing the Word from godly pastors and teachers provides us insight into others’ study of the Scriptures and stimulates our own appetites for the Word.
Reading
Reading the Bible gives us an overall picture of God’s Word. Many find a daily reading program helpful to take them systematically through the Bible.
Studying
Studying the Scriptures leads us into personal discoveries of God’s truths. Writing down these discoveries helps us organize and remember them better.
Memorizing
Memorizing God’s Word enables us to use the Sword of the Spirit to overcome Satan and temptations, to have it readily available for witnessing or helping others with a “word in season.”
Meditation
Meditation is the thumb of the Hand, for it is used in conjunction with each of the other four methods. Only as we meditate on God’s Word — thinking of its meaning and application to our lives — will we discover its transforming power at work in us.
Hearing — The First Finger
Three Problems of Hearers
There are problems related to hearing. These are well known to us all. We do not listen to our children, spouses, or to our friends. The simple matter of listening is a crucial problem in society today. Yet we are urged in Revelation to listen if we have ears to hear. Perhaps in listening to God we should play like we are a big ear. We should “open the pores of our skin” and listen. Yet we are simply poor listeners. How different this should be in relation to Scripture. We need to be ready and able to hear everything our Father would have us hear.
1. We remember only one half of what we hear immediately after hearing.
2. We remember less than 25% in a week.
3. The mind can think four times faster than we can speak. Therefore there is much leisure time and this contributes to the difficulty of being a good listener.
The Word makes the difference between mediocrity and productivity in the life. From the Book revival is born! Babies are made adults by the milk and meat of the Word.
Concerns in Handling the Word
1. Hearing the Word and not being a doer, James 1:22-25. Understand that hearing brings great responsibility for action. Study this passage carefully and prayerfully.
2. Studying and not rightly dividing, 2 Timothy 2:15. It is important to learn to interpret Scripture as correctly as possible, and not simply to pull out passages to support a pet theory.
3. Handling the Word of God deceitfully, 2 Corinthians 4:2 (without honesty).
Get, and make what you get to be your own. You will grow in terms of what you put into your life and being. Only what is yours will be significant.
Becoming a Good Listener
Here are some ideas for being a good listener.
1. Anticipate points. What is the speaker saying to you?
2. Weigh evidence for accuracy.
3. Listen between the lines.
4. Summarize what is said.
5. Listening is an active process—not passive. It is much different from watching television or looking at pictures. Your mind must be aggressive and active if you are to listen well. Make it aggressive!
Worksheet
Hearing is the first way we begin to get a grasp of the Word. Scripture related to hearing includes the following verses. What do they say?
Romans 10:17
James 1:22
Revelation 1:3
Revelation 3:6, 20
James 1:19
Analyze each of the previous verses and indicate in your own words the importance they attach to hearing the Word of God.
Summary and Key Concepts
In “The Hand” we learned a framework for personally gripping God’s Word: Hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating on Scripture. In “Hearing” we found that involving ourselves actively in listening best prepares us to understand the Bible, and then to be obedient and “show you my faith by my works,” James 2:18.
Life Application
Outline the sermon and Sunday School lessons you hear this coming Sunday. Practice some of the ideas we have suggested in this session. Immediately following the sermon and lesson, see if you can write a summary in your own words of what has been said. Try to get together with someone and discuss the learning.
Related Topics: Discipleship
25. The Fourth Finger: Memorization
Purpose: The purpose of this session is to enable the disciple to keep God’s Word ready for use in everyday life. The disciple will learn reasons for Scripture memory and see how to be successful at memorization.
Objectives
1. The disciple will be able to overcome obstacles associated with memorization.
2. The disciple will realize the vitality of memory activities.
3. The disciple will begin to look forward to doing memory work.
Scripture Memory
In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11
Agenda
1. Mutual prayer and sharing.
2. Discuss the questions.
3. Review Scripture memory.
At this point in the ministry, you should be memorizing consistently and enjoying the process, as well as the results. There is nothing more gratifying than having the Word of God written on the tablets of our heart. As Jeremiah 15:16 says, it becomes the "joy and the delight of my heart." It equips us to meditate day and night, as well as to give an answer to everyone that asks us a reason for the hope that is in us. It is the method for making the Word a permanent and inherent part of our lives.
How to Be a Success at Scripture Memory
- Ask God to better enable you to memorize His Word, and ask Him to in crease your desire for this discipline.
- Work at it every day. Train your memory. It is good to try to set aside the same time and meet at the same place to work at Scripture memory.
- Don't overload yourself. Be content to do a little.
- Take pleasure in what you do… enjoy involvement with the Scripture.
- Learn with the idea of never forgetting. Don't cram just to be able to quote a verse to someone you are accountable to.
- Never take up a verse to memorize until you have thoroughly mastered a previous one.
Principles of Memory
I. Fixity of thought or attention.
A. Learn something you are going to use in the future. Be sure that what you memorize has practical value for you.
B. Close your eyes.
C. Practice reading the verse with the idea of concentration.
II. Have a clear concept of what you are memorizing—understand it. It may help to write it out in your own words.
III. Analyze what you want to learn.
IV. Use associations.
V. REVIEW!!!!!!!!! Develop a system in which you review daily, weekly, and monthly. Always return to daily review any verses you fail to quote correctly.
How to Succeed!
I. Recognize that there is no magic way to do it.
II. Realize that the average mind is lazy and must be stirred to action.
III. Determine to make the mind an obedient servant.
IV. Understand that first attempts are the most difficult.
V. Do thorough, rather than slipshod, work.
VI. Retain by review, review, review.
VII. Consider it a joy and pleasure to get the Word of God within you.
“It’s hard for the flesh to think God thoughts. It’s hard to concentrate on spiritual concepts. The brain doesn’t like to think, especially if its on spiritual matters. We like to sit down in a nice, soft chair in a cool breeze and float to heaven on a flowery bed of ease. I’m that way and I know that in life, there are a lot of things that come easy, but getting the Word of God on your heart through memorization isn’t one of them. Its spiritual. Anything spiritual is work, and my flesh and blood doesn’t like work. But it can be done, and we can do it!”
Dawson Trotman
Project: Get your memory verses in systematic order.
Scripture Memory Problems
The Back Review
I. Major Issues
A. You may have memorized too many verses on the same topic. Varied topics and their verses is best.
B. Your interest in Scripture memory wax and wane—it varies.
C. Review is not your priority. You're still trying to "catch it on the run".
D. Feelings of guilt. Not knowing all of your verses adequately, lack of consistency, poor review, you are embarrassed.
II. Building a Solid Back Review.
A. Set adequate objectives.
B. Retain the "right verses."
1. Those that have continued to be significant to you.
2. Those that apply to your ministry.
3. Those that you know will always be helpful in what you most want to do for the Lord.
C. Two parts of your review packet.
1. Those verses you really know perfectly.
2. Those verses you are still working on.
III. Objectives in Memorizing New Verses.
A. Why do you want to memorize this verse, passage or chapter? This understanding will help you in your choice as well as your memory.
B. Verses should have practical meaning for you.
Questions for Review and Discussion
1. First steps:
Have you selected a time each day for memory work? Jot it down and look back in a week or two to see if this is the optimal time for you.
Pace yourself. Overloading will frustrate you. Have you decided upon the number of verses you’ll memorize each week?
Organize yourself. Have you selected a memory system? If not, how are you organizing your efforts?
2. What do you want to memorize?
Why? What are your objectives?
3. What readings have you selected to support your memory objectives?
4. How will you document or keep track of the verses you memorize?
Related Topics: Discipleship
26. The Thumb: Meditation
Purpose: The purpose of this session is to realize that meditation is “soaking up” God’s word.
Objectives
1. The disciple will receive biblical instruction for meditation.
2. The disciple will experience meditation on Psalm 1.
3. The disciple will be prepared to meditate in Scripture.
Scripture Memory
I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior. I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
Psalm 119:15-16
Agenda
1. Mutual prayer and sharing.
2. Discuss the worksheets in this session.
3. Review Scripture Memory.
Introduction
The thumb represents that which enables us to grasp firmly and get the most from the Word. This is the ongoing practice of meditation. It is interesting how meditation is central in the practice of many Eastern religions, and is also practiced by many for relaxation, etc. This is not what we are talking about. Meditation, in the sphere of our study of the thumb on the hand, is meditation on the Word of God and the Person of Jesus. It is not ambiguous but directed and focused.
Years ago, during the ministry of Dawson Trotman, I heard him give the following illustration of meditation. "A cow eats grass as it grazes early in the morning. When the sun gets hot, it will lie in the shade of a tree, and through the use of a unique elevator system it will bring up the grass from one stomach and thoroughly masticate it. When this is finished, it will put it into another stomach, having gotten from it everything possible in the way of nutrients." In some sense, this is a crude illustration of meditation. It is more than perusal. It is beyond rigorous study. It is literally living in a thought or verse from Scripture, allowing it to bathe us, to infiltrate our thinking and very being. It is soaking it up, drawing nourishment from it, and allowing it to become a part of us. It is filling our thoughts with our Savior's Person. In the passages that follow, there are biblical statements about meditation and the value in our lives that comes from this practice.
Worksheet
1. Joshua 1:8 tells us that we should meditate _______ and ________ . What is the result of meditating on the Word, according to this passage of Scripture?
2. Psalm 1:1,3 talks about the blessed or happy man. What does the "happy man" do?
What is the description of this man?
3. Psalm 19:14 speaks of our inner condition. What is the reference to meditation in this verse?
How can this become a reality for us? Philippians 4:8; Psalm 119:89.
4. Psalm 104:34 describes the quality of our meditation upon God and Christ. In your own words, write what the Psalmist says.
5. When is a good time to meditate in the Scriptures, Psalm 1:2; Psalm 63:6?
What is necessary for this kind of meditation on the Person of Christ, the Father, and Scripture?
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6. What progression of behavior is taught in 1 Timothy 4:13-15 that might relate to meditation?
1 Timothy 4:15 seems to imply that following meditation there should be _________________ and ______________________ .
Project for Meditation
Passage: Psalm 1
Read Psalm 1 twenty times slowly. Check the spaces off as you read.
( This is a blessed exercise, please don’t miss the value of it because of the time it takes.)
List the key words that impact you as you read this Psalm. You may want to use a dictionary to get a more expanded understanding. Think deeply about these words. What meaning do they have for you?
Words Personal Meaning
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Read the Psalm again slowly five times. _______ Check when finished.
In your own words, summarize the significant meaning(s) of this portion of Scripture.
To people experiencing what kind of circumstances would you highly recommend this Psalm and the exercise you have just gone through?
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Passages for Future Meditation
Romans 8:1-4
Psalm 34
Psalm 37
John 15:1-14
Philippians 4:5-9
Colossians 3:1-4
Psalm 91
Hebrews 12:1,2
John 1:1-14
James 4:11-17
1 John 5:9-13
Romans 12:1, 2
Matthew 11:28-30
Galatians 6:1-5
Isaiah 53
John 10:27-30
Summary and Key Concepts
Meditation is not a study, as we have seen. Rather it is living in a thought or verse from Scripture. Our study can enhance our meditation, and vice versa. Memorization enhances both. Draw nourishment from God’s Word through the meditation He calls us to perform.
Related Topics: Discipleship
27. Review Questions
Purpose: The purpose of this session is to review the components of “The Hand.”
Objective
1. The disciple will review what has been learned of how to use your hand as a visual reminder of how to better grasp the Bible.
Scripture Memory
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
Agenda
1. Personal interaction with disciple — prayer and sharing.
2. Discuss the Review Questions.
At this point, encourage regular Bible study using verse analysis and
S.T.S. methods of study, as a lifestyle from this point on.
3. Review Scripture memory.
1. List four or five things that can help you be a better listener.
2. What is the most ineffective way of getting a grasp of the Scriptures?
3. How does study differ from reading?
4. What are some of the chief problems in building an ongoing satisfactory system of Scripture memory?
5. We have sought to teach you ways of meditating in Scripture. What are some of the problems inherent in meditation without Scripture?
6. Why is meditation in Scripture important?
7. What are "cross references" and why are they helpful?
8. Define and illustrate meditation.
9. Please answer this question in a global sense: Why is getting a grasp on the Scripture so terribly important?
10. React to the following statement: "I have read the Bible through a couple of times. Now I want to read something new that will bring me new challenges."
Suggested Reading: Feeding Your Soul, Jean Fleming, NAVPRESS
Related Topics: Discipleship
Book C: Beginning Your Ministry
Related Media
Lifestyle Discipleship is the theme of this group of studies. This is Book C: Beginning Your Ministry, which is the 3rd book in the four-book series. It is the author’s goal that you might catch the vision of an old principle taught in Scripture (Discipleship), and utilized in the early church, that you might integrate it into your life for ministry until the day you go to be with the Lord. We hope that with these helps you will be able to use the materials with maximum effectiveness. They have been prepared sacrificially and with great care over approximately thirty years. They certainly are not perfect, but we feel with adequate commitment on the part of disciple and discipler, you will find that they meet your particular need for growth in your development.
The central teaching device as far as the materials are concerned are the worksheets. These have been put together in a way that becomes self-instructional and you can learn from them on your own. Absolutely correct answers to every question, or filling in blanks with exact wording is not crucial. Because of this, there is no answer manual. The discipler and disciple can adequately work out the responses that will be appropriate. The sessions as outlined in the module of material, if followed weekly as assigned, will take a person about a eighteen months to finish. It is unlikely, however, that it will proceed with no interruptions.
**You can download the entire book in PDF and work through each session.
Book A in this series may be found here.
Book B in this series may be found here.
Book D in this series may be found here.
Book B: Tools For Christian Growth
Related Media
Lifestyle Discipleship is the theme of this group of studies. This is Book B: Tools For Christian Growth, which is the 2nd book in the four-book series. It is the author’s goal that you might catch the vision of an old principle taught in Scripture (Discipleship), and utilized in the early church, that you might integrate it into your life for ministry until the day you go to be with the Lord. We hope that with these helps you will be able to use the materials with maximum effectiveness. They have been prepared sacrificially and with great care over approximately thirty years. They certainly are not perfect, but we feel with adequate commitment on the part of disciple and discipler, you will find that they meet your particular need for growth in your development.
The central teaching device as far as the materials are concerned are the worksheets. These have been put together in a way that becomes self-instructional and you can learn from them on your own. Absolutely correct answers to every question, or filling in blanks with exact wording is not crucial. Because of this, there is no answer manual. The discipler and disciple can adequately work out the responses that will be appropriate. The sessions as outlined in the module of material, if followed weekly as assigned, will take a person about a eighteen months to finish. It is unlikely, however, that it will proceed with no interruptions.
**You can download the entire book in PDF and work through each session.
Book A in this series may be found here.
Book C in this series may be found here.
Book D in this series may be found here.
Book A: Basics For Christian Living
Related Media
Lifestyle Discipleship is the theme of this group of studies. This is Book A: Basics for Christian Living, which is the 1st book in the four-book series. It is the author’s goal that you might catch the vision of an old principle taught in Scripture (Discipleship), and utilized in the early church, that you might integrate it into your life for ministry until the day you go to be with the Lord. We hope that with these helps you will be able to use the materials with maximum effectiveness. They have been prepared sacrificially and with great care over approximately thirty years. They certainly are not perfect, but we feel with adequate commitment on the part of disciple and discipler, you will find that they meet your particular need for growth in your development.
The central teaching device as far as the materials are concerned are the worksheets. These have been put together in a way that becomes self-instructional and you can learn from them on your own. Absolutely correct answers to every question, or filling in blanks with exact wording is not crucial. Because of this, there is no answer manual. The discipler and disciple can adequately work out the responses that will be appropriate. The sessions as outlined in the module of material, if followed weekly as assigned, will take a person about a eighteen months to finish. It is unlikely, however, that it will proceed with no interruptions.
**You can download the entire book in PDF and work through each session.
Book B in this series may be found here.
Book C in this series may be found here.
Book D in this series may be found here.
Book D: Building On Your Foundation
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Lifestyle Discipleship is the theme of this group of studies. This is Book D: Building On Your Foundation, which is the 4th book in the four-book series. It is the author’s goal that you might catch the vision of an old principle taught in Scripture (Discipleship), and utilized in the early church, that you might integrate it into your life for ministry until the day you go to be with the Lord. We hope that with these helps you will be able to use the materials with maximum effectiveness. They have been prepared sacrificially and with great care over approximately thirty years. They certainly are not perfect, but we feel with adequate commitment on the part of disciple and discipler, you will find that they meet your particular need for growth in your development.
The central teaching device as far as the materials are concerned are the worksheets. These have been put together in a way that becomes self-instructional and you can learn from them on your own. Absolutely correct answers to every question, or filling in blanks with exact wording is not crucial. Because of this, there is no answer manual. The discipler and disciple can adequately work out the responses that will be appropriate. The sessions as outlined in the module of material, if followed weekly as assigned, will take a person about a eighteen months to finish. It is unlikely, however, that it will proceed with no interruptions.
**You can download the entire book in PDF (click there to download) and work through each session.
Book A in this series may be found here.
Book B in this series may be found here.
Book C in this series may be found here.