Introduction:This final lesson on the topic of discipleship is a reality check. If a person is to follow a life of discipleship i.e. personally be a disciple and work to win others to such a...
Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle
April 30, 2011
Introduction: In many ways this lesson continues on from the previous one which showed that Jesus chose apostles to train and carry on His work of making disciples. We look more in depth in this...
Introduction:The lesson series shifts gears in this segment. It moves from describing and talking about reaching specific groups with the Jesus message to talking about how to prepare disciple makers. Jesus knew His time on...
Introduction:The special population discussed in this lesson is by far the largest group of all and probably the most challenging group for Jews. Jews considered themselves God’s special chosen people and did not expect God...
Introduction: Another segment of the population on the upper levels of society is the powerful. They can be and need to be approached and discipled as well. This lesson discusses 3 kinds of powerful people...
Introduction: We now move to the other extreme of the social scale – the rich and famous. We move from the poverty and weakness of the social outcast to the power and prestige of the...
Introduction: In this lesson we move down one level from the “ordinary people” of last week and talk about Jesus and social outcasts. Jesus not only related well to ordinary people, he seemed to have...
Introduction: The next group of people we consider in our study of discipling are called “ordinary” people. Our study guide defines these people as carpenters, fishermen, farmers, housewives, shepherds, soldiers & servants. Jesus himself came...
Introduction: The second specialized group our lesson deals with is the sick. One wonders if the title of this lesson should really be “healing the sick” rather than “discipling the sick”. The lesson mainly discusses...
Introduction: After finishing three introductory lessons on foundational principles for all disciple making, this lesson moves on to begin talking about certain groups or classes of people that need special attention and methods as we...
Introduction:This lesson follows on the first two topics which emphasize, to begin with, the fact that the Bible’s authority is a basis for leading others to discipleship and secondly, that parable, metaphor and story are...
Introduction:In our continuing study of discipleship we discover this week that Jesus and the scriptures are often taught by using stories, parables and metaphors. The purpose was to disciple. He used this method to reach...
Introduction:This lesson emphasizes the fact that Jesus was deeply committed to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament of Genesis to Malachi. He studied, read and quoted from it regularly and clearly viewed it as authoritative....
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Jesus Mingled with People
July 30, 2016
The Priority of the Promise
July 29, 2017
The Curse Causeless
October 29, 2016
Jesus in the Writings of Peter
May 13, 2017
The Character of Job
December 17, 2016
The Church Militant
March 12, 2016
The Cosmic Controversy
March 31, 2018
Josiah’s Reforms
November 14, 2015
Symbolic Acts
October 31, 2015
Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter
June 17, 2017
Lessons from Jeremiah
December 19, 2015
Developing a Winning Attitude
August 22, 2020
Ministering Like Jesus
August 15, 2020
Sharing the Word
August 8, 2020
Unlimited Possibilities
August 1, 2020
Spirit-empowered Witnessing
July 25, 2020
Prayer Power: Interceding for Others
July 18, 2020
Seeing People Through Jesus’ Eyes
July 11, 2020
Winsome Witnesses: The Power of Personal Testimony
July 4, 2020
Why Witness?
June 27, 2020
Living by the Word of God
June 20, 2020
Dealing with Difficult Passages
June 13, 2020
The Bible and Prophecy
June 6, 2020
The Bible as History
May 30, 2020
Sabbath Healings and Hard Hearts
April 9, 2005
Living the New Life
November 19, 2005
Appendix B
June 24, 2006
The Catalog of Times
January 20, 2007
David and Bathsheba: Adultery and After
September 1, 2007
The Reality of His Humanity
April 12, 2008
Metaphors of Salvation
November 22, 2008
Jesus and the Johannine Letters
June 27, 2009
The Fruit of the Spirit Is Faithfulness
February 13, 2010
Appendix A: Commentary on the ninth command
September 25, 2010
Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle
April 30, 2011
The Gospel and the Church
December 17, 2011
The Apostolic Example
July 28, 2012