April 18, 2016...Training Material

Greetings on this April 18th, Monday morning. It's going to be a warm day! 
                                                                
PERSONAL NOTE: I want to thank everyone who assisted in preparation for the Sunday worship service. Thank you Dee and Choir for the message in song. We also want to thank Steve Brown and family for being with us yesterday. Thanks Nikki, for the Missions Com. preparations for lunch.
Please keep me and the Stohlman family in prayer due to the passing of Gerald Stohlman. We have arrangements to make. The funeral is on Wednesday at 11:30 at Sharp Funeral Home.
                   
LEADERSHIP APOLOGETICS: Click this LINK for our 65th apologetics short video. I believe there is much to learn from these nationally recognized Christian teachers and philosophers. Today's lesson is "Book of Nature".
                       
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 11 of 12, "Prison Epistles, etc..." 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, "U.S. Teen Pregnancy..."
              
ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP: Click this LINK  for lesson 12 of a 24 lesson series entitled: Introduction to Islam.  Lesson 12 is: "Shi'a, Sunni, Sufism". 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: "Where did Christ's spirit go between his death and resurrection?" Click on this LINK .
                                                                     
GRADUATE STUDIES: This is Session 6 of 10 under Introduction to Theology. Click on this LINK . This lesson is "Defining essentials and non-essentials". Epistemology is the study of Knowledge. These are video lessons (they also have an audio version available on the same page). In March 2016, we started the Graduate Program over from the beginning again. These lessons are at an advanced, graduate level of study. If you missed any lessons previously, get them the next time around. You must put your thinking cap on for these studies. They are sometimes difficult, yet profitable.
                                                               
COUNSELING HELP: The category is Marriage. Click this LINK for the article:"Hurtful words damage relationship."
                                                           
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "There is always room at the top." Daniel Webster. Here is a humorous bonus by that great (and now deceased) baseball player and philosopher, Yogi Berra, to lighten your day. This is from one of Yogi's family members, keeping up the tradition. Tim said: "I knew exactly where it was, I just couldn't find it." Just like Yogi.
 
My desire for you this week is that you shoot for the top!
In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell.