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Lesson OneWorlds of the Expositor: The Ancient World4 Activities
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Lesson TwoWorlds of the Expositor: The Modern World3 Activities
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Lesson ThreeWorlds of the Expositor: The Particular World4 Activities
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Lesson FourWorlds of the Expositor: The Expositor's World3 Activities
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Lesson FiveDefining Expository Preaching: Part I4 Activities
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Lesson SixDefining Expository Preaching: Part II3 Activities
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Lesson SevenThe Anatomy of an Idea: Subject and Complement4 Activities
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Lesson EightStating the Idea of a Verse3 Activities
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Lesson NineStating the Idea of Larger Units of Thought3 Activities
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Lesson TenUnity, Order, and Progress4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ElevenThree Developmental Questions4 Activities
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Lesson TwelveThe Developmental Questions in the Bible: Part I3 Activities
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Lesson ThirteenThe Developmental Questions in the Bible: Part II4 Activities
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Lesson FourteenThe Developmental Questions in the Bible: Part III3 Activities
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Lesson FifteenThe Developmental Questions and Your Congregation4 Activities
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Lesson SixteenDeveloping the Sermon's Homiletical Idea4 Activities
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Lesson SeventeenClarifying the Sermon's Purpose3 Activities
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Lesson EighteenThe Motivating Sequence of a Sermon: Part I4 Activities
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Lesson NineteenThe Motivating Sequence of a Sermon: Part II3 Activities
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Lesson TwentyThe Motivating Sequence of a Sermon: Part III3 Activities
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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Tell of several ways in which today’s culture affects the way you view the Bible.
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Today’s culture based on fast and easy while God ways not always fast and easy
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The biggest affect is just the fact that too many people believe the Bible is not inspired. They believe it’s history but not it’s inspiration making it difficult to get people to believe it is the Word of God. Also the education system our children have grown up in teaching that things are ok that the Bible absolutley condemns. Our culture today replaces the values that are taught in the Bible with secular ideas and instant gratification. They get their facts not from Godly mentors or teachers but from internet search engines or social media applications. It seems we spend more time disputing what has been taught online and seen in the social media enviroment than actually teaching.
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One big way is my use of a digital Bible rather than a bound book when I read. Media platforms provide ways to listen to the Bible and Bible teachers from around the world that would not have been possible a millennium ago.
Another area that our current culture effects us is our “busyness” with life that causes us take only short doses of the Bible at times rather than a complete meal in the Word.
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Today’s culture involves a “microwave” or “fast food” way of thinking. And this lack of patience and perseverance might affect biblical interpretation.
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In keeping with the theme of the lesson, as a true expository preacher, the goal is to bridge the ancient world to the modern world. As such I am looking for parallels between the world of the Bible and our culture. So for me, one of our biggest issues is social media and how we cling to it. It influences many people even more than the Bible. What in the ancient world is akin to this? What can I pull from the Bible that speaks to this in our culture. Additionally, there are things that are safer in our culture then they were in the ancient world of the Bible. For example as the lecturer discussed, co- signing on a promissory note. I’m less apt to avoid this understanding the differences in our culture versus the ancient biblical culture.
