March 3, 2016...Training Material

Greetings on this March 3rd (late, I know)Thursday morning...the week took on a life of its own. 
                                                                
PERSONAL NOTE: I want to thank everyone who assisted in preparation for the Sunday worship service. Thank you Music Committee and Bud for music work for the day including the Evening Birthday Party. Thank you Sallie for all of the Birthday preparations...please thank your crew for me. What a great time we had!
     
LEADERSHIP APOLOGETICS: Click this LINK for our 58th apologetics short video. I believe there is much to learn from these nationally recognized Christian teachers and philosophers. Today's lesson is "Black Liberation Theology"
                       
TRAINING THE TEACHER: My purpose here 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 session here is one of 12 lessons (one each week). This is Lesson 4 of 12, "Introduction to the Gospels." from the module: Understanding the New Testament with Dr. Craig Blomberg  as teacher. Click this LINK for the video lesson. Visit their website and see that there are different levels for your 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! Study at your pace.                                                                                    
HOPE FOR PARENTS: Click this LINK for the article, "Power Hungry."  
 
ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP: Click this LINK  for lesson 5 of a 24 lesson series entitled: Introduction to Islam.  Lesson 5 is: "Revelation". The host for this series is Dr. Timothy Tennent. This is a much more extensive study of Islam than our previous essentials' study. I believe that you will profit greatly from this study.
                                                                           
HERE'S MY QUESTION: "What is the difference between verbal plenary inerrancy and non-verbal inerrancy?" Click on this LINK . You may want to get your dictionary out.
                                                                     
GRADUATE STUDIES: "What are the different views of the Millennium?" This is Session 9 of 10 under Ecclesiology and Eschatology (The study of the Church and future things). 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 from the beginning. These lessons are at an advanced, graduate level of study. If you missed any lessons previously, get them this time around. You must put your thinking cap on for these studies. 
                                                               
COUNSELING HELP: The category is Guilt and Shame. Click this LINK for the article:"Struggling with Guilt and Shame."
                                                           
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Know or listen to those who know." B. Gracian. Here is a humorous bonus by that great (and now deceased) baseball player and philosopher, Yogi Berra, to lighten your day: One day while speaking with writers before the 1973 playoffs about the Cincinnati "Big Red Machine", Yogi said: "Tony Perez is a big clog in their machine." Oh well, that's Yogi. The press loved him!
 
My desire for you this week is that you pay attention to those who know.
In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell.