-
Lesson OneWorlds of the Expositor: The Ancient World4 Activities
-
Lesson TwoWorlds of the Expositor: The Modern World3 Activities
-
Lesson ThreeWorlds of the Expositor: The Particular World4 Activities
-
Lesson FourWorlds of the Expositor: The Expositor's World3 Activities
-
Lesson FiveDefining Expository Preaching: Part I4 Activities
-
Lesson SixDefining Expository Preaching: Part II3 Activities
-
Lesson SevenThe Anatomy of an Idea: Subject and Complement4 Activities
-
Lesson EightStating the Idea of a Verse3 Activities
-
Lesson NineStating the Idea of Larger Units of Thought3 Activities
-
Lesson TenUnity, Order, and Progress4 Activities1 Assessment
-
Lesson ElevenThree Developmental Questions4 Activities
-
Lesson TwelveThe Developmental Questions in the Bible: Part I3 Activities
-
Lesson ThirteenThe Developmental Questions in the Bible: Part II4 Activities
-
Lesson FourteenThe Developmental Questions in the Bible: Part III3 Activities
-
Lesson FifteenThe Developmental Questions and Your Congregation4 Activities
-
Lesson SixteenDeveloping the Sermon's Homiletical Idea4 Activities
-
Lesson SeventeenClarifying the Sermon's Purpose3 Activities
-
Lesson EighteenThe Motivating Sequence of a Sermon: Part I4 Activities
-
Lesson NineteenThe Motivating Sequence of a Sermon: Part II3 Activities
-
Lesson TwentyThe Motivating Sequence of a Sermon: Part III3 Activities
-
Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Participants 155
Discussion Questions
-
Tell of several ways in which today’s culture affects the way you view the Bible.
-
I take the words of the Bible literally and exact , .Today’s culture only highlight the words and prophecy of the Bible.
-
People with their devices have grown short attention spans and only respond to the immediate needs before them. We as those that teach need to make sure we are presenting truths that can clearly be seen as applicable in their lives to counter that.
-
In today’s culture we tend to misuse scripture or use it out of context to suit our particular circumstance/s.
At times it is difficult to apply the WORD because it does not seem to align with our current society; family lineage for example was very important in ancient society and not as important in our world today. We tend to not honor our elders and at time ‘make our own family’ by piecing together individuals that are like minded and call them family.
As I look a bit deeper at the ‘make you own family’ statement, I can see Jesus forming a family with the 12 apostles and then extending the invitation to all the world. That last thought seems to be a way to bridge the old testament with today’s view of family. -
Today’s culture is deeply based on the scientific knowledge and rational mind, that it creates some doubt and defiance towards the Bible.
Yet I still hold on the Bible truths to shape and direct my life and conduct. -
I think that today’s culture tries to use individual Bible verses, out of context, in order to discredit us as Christian’s. Example: A while backI was talking to someone who bragged themselves as a non believer. When I tried to explain to them the consequences of not following the teachings in the Bible, they snapped back with “Judge not lest ye be judged!” They clearly have a clouded understanding of the verse, and only knows it so the6 can try to defend their non beliefs.
Culture today tends to force us all into the position of feeling like we must defend the intentions of the Bible. Fewer people today spend time reading the Bible as a whole. Instead, they pick a verse here and there, and they use those verses as a weapon against us. It changes the way we must view the Bible as a teaching tool.