November 7, 2019
Finding a Person of Peace
How does one start making disciples who make disciples? Jesus said to find a person of peace. Here’s how.
Exploring God's Colossal Promises
Life in Christ
How does one start making disciples who make disciples? Jesus said to find a person of peace. Here’s how.
Because each generation is responsible to pass on the Gospel to their children, Christianity always stands just one generation from extinction. Over the last half century, Satan has attacked the family on many fronts. Could Discovery Bible Study bring victory in the battleground of your home? Yes, it could. Let’s take a brief tour of the features that distinguish DBS from typical family devotion methods.
This video, “The Mystery of IN,” explores a significant biblical word. Yet we often treat it as flyover country. Jesus’ promises in John 14 are not parables or poetry. The actual relationship God offers us is Intimacy with Him.
John 14 is not flyover country! We need to land here and live here, because John 14 is chock full of colossal promises! If we trusted in them fully, our lives would be transformed. Since many people pay scant attention to these astounding promises, this series of blogs will provide a guided tour through them all.
In pursuit of excellence, paramedics endure 1800 hours of training, so they can save lives hanging by a thread. Jesus, the ultimate Life Saver, call us to: “Love one another as I had loved you.” Before an unbelieving world, Christ’s excellent love is to be our trademark, our Nike swoosh, saving lives that hang by a thread.
Since the 1990s Discovery Bible Study (DBS) has led millions of people to trust in Christ. Why? Because DBS resembles how Jesus led His disciples to discover truth. When a group listens to Jesus, wrestles with His surprising teachings, seeks to practice them, and shares them with others, what happens? Gradually they discover who Jesus is, and they cannot help but follow Him! It happened with the 1st-century Discovery Group that Jesus led, and it is still happening today.
Why did Judas betray Jesus? Despite many conjectures, the Bible gives only one reason. Why do “good Christians” sometimes behave so vilely that it makes no sense at all? The reason is the same.
In a Discovery Bible Study (DBS) people who know nothing about the Bible become disciples of Jesus Christ. How does this happen? A key factor is the set of questions that help them focus on God’s Word and apply it to their lives. Let’s take a brief tour of the essential questions that distinguish Discovery Bible Study from other home Bible study practices.
1 Corinthians 13 waxes eloquent about love, but John 13 waxes practical about love. Jesus washes feet and calls us to imitate Him, but we would much rather wash our hands of some people than wash their feet. How can we overcome our distaste for foot-washing?
John 12:27-33 reports a personal conversation between Jesus and God the Father. When has God guided, encouraged, or warned you in a personal way? How highly did you value what He told you?
The Bible calls us to be fruitful. What does fruitfulness look like? John 12 gives five examples. Will I trust the promises in this chapter or seek a mere fraction of what they offer?
When confronted by hopeless cases that require a miracle, will we dare to speak simple prayers of faith? What holds us back? Are our reasons Bible-based or fear-based? Consider the response of Jesus when Mary and Martha send word that their brother Lazarus is deathly ill.