Welcome to the home of the current series of the ABS Adult Bible Studies. Many of these lessons have been “classroom” studied and tested during Sunday classes or weekly home small groups. This is a complete list of the Bible Studies available on this site. The goal is sometime this year to have a “live”…
KBS COURSE | 002 | Biased
Lesson One: Is the Media Biased? Lesson Two: Truth Lesson Three: Balance Lesson Four: Tolerance Lesson Five: Faith & Reason [su_pullquote align=”right”][wise-chat theme=”airflow” show_users_counter=”1″ show_user_name=”1″ allow_post_links=”1″ allow_post_images=”1″ enable_images_uploader=”1″ enable_twitter_hashtags=”1″ show_message_submit_button=”1″ allow_change_user_name=”1″ emoticons_enabled=”4″ window_title=”KBS COURSE CHAT | biased” enable_attachments_uploader=”1″ messages_time_mode=”elapsed” enable_youtube=”1″ allow_change_text_color=”1″][/su_pullquote] Is the world – particularly the media – biased today against Christianity? Has…
Promises to Obey – assembling a “to do” list
“Promises to Obey – assembling a ‘to do’ list,” from the lesson series, Return from Babylon | scattered & gathered, June 2020 our Scripture Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites,…
Mediterranean Moments | Nehemiah 8:2-8 Celebrate
Understanding the context in which a passage from the Bible is written is important because it helps prevent wrong interpretations, which would result in bad theology and confusion. The provides the complete meaning of Scripture as it is studied. The English word “context” was developed in the early 1400’s meaning a composition, a chronicle, the…
Storm Chasing | How Important is Celebration
A believer understands that all truth is God’s truth. It is a principle that masters all of education. While an unbeliever may have discovered the consistency of natural behavior, a clear perspective on culture can only be seen through the lens of faith. A Christian worldview accepts the beginning, the life lived in the middle…
The Pointe | How Are We to Celebrate?
According to a 2015 Deloitte Survey, 6 out of 10 Millennials chose to work for their current employers due to their “sense of purpose.” What we value gives us purpose. Just as organizations have values, individuals do also. Most people have 5 to 7 core values that identify who they are. For the Christian, we…
Proclaim & Publish sum
“Proclaim & publish” from the lesson series, Return from Babylon | scattered & gathered, June 2020 our Scripture And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept…
Rejoicing – celebrating God – summary
“Rejoicing – celebrating God speaking and our listening,” from the lesson series, Return from Babylon | scattered & gathered, June 2020 our Scripture So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read from it…
Rebuilding the Walls | Summary
“Rebuilding the Walls,” from the lesson series, Return from Babylon | scattered & gathered, June 2020 our Scripture Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” 18 And I told them of…
As Most Important
If you pick up a Bible study or commentary on the important teachings of the book of 1 Corinthians, or if you listen to a sermon series studying through the book, you are most likely to hear that the church in Corinth was a problem church – a church that wasn’t very grounded in the…