March 16, 2015...Training Material

Greetings on this mid-March Monday morning.
                                          
PERSONAL NOTE: I want to thank everyone who assisted in preparation for the Sunday worship service. Thank you King's Kids and Savior Singers for the special number in song...good job! Thank you, Jan Foltz for sharing a number in song...very nice. There were a lot of sick people Sunday...pray for those who are ill.   
 
LEADERSHIP APOLOGETICS: Click this LINKfor our sixth apologetics short video. I believe there is much to learn for these nationally recognized Christian teachers and philosophers. Today's lesson is "Should Christians participate on Halloween?"
 
NEW SECTION...  "TRAINING THE TEACHER": This new section will replace the Theology Article position in the blog. I am calling this: TRAINING THE TEACHER. My intent is to provide long-term biblical training for those who are in church work but may not feel adequately trained in the Bible and Christianity teaching in general. I want all of you to take this training (whether you teach or not) because it will better equip you to teach or live as a disciple of Christ. All of the material for this training is  coming to you by Biblical Training.org. I am linking you to their site for each of the lessons. You will be exposed to some of the finest Bible teachers in the country. You will receive Bible Institute level training. Our first session is one of 12 lessons (one each week). It is Lesson 1, CONVERSION from the module: Life is a Journey with Dr. Bill Mounce as teacher. Click this LINK for the video lesson. Visit their website and see that there are different levels of involvement. By registering with them (free), you can have access to outlines, transcripts, etc. If you choose to do more than one lesson each week...go for it! Enjoy.                                             
                           
 HOPE FOR PARENTS: Click this LINK for the article, Attitudes and Circumstances.
                                                   
ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP: Click this LINK  for the article, An Exposition of the Gospel of Matthew...Lesson 16...The Offer of Spiritual Rest. This series will last for several weeks. The host for this series is Dr. Allen Ross.
                                                     
HERE'S MY QUESTION: What do you think of the Bible Code? Click on this LINK.
                                                 
GRADUATE STUDIES: Bibliology and Hermeneutics...Sola Scriptura...Lesson 2 of 10. Click on this LINK . These are video lessons (they also have an audio version available on the same page). At the end of Dec. 2014, we started the Graduate Program over again from the beginning. If you missed any lessons previously, get them this time around..
                                         
COUNSELING HELP: This is from a series of articles on Anxiety: PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Click this LINK for it. This is a helpful article about a subject we hear about frequently, but don't understand.
                                       
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." C.S. Lewis. Here is a humorous bonus by that great baseball player and philosopher, Yogi Berra, to lighten your day: "You can't think and hit at the same time."
 
My desire for you this week is that you set another goal. 
In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell.