PLANNING FOR 2009

Rev 1. title change, 12/10

The Sanctify! Collegium Team is hard at work during November and December developing curriculum for 2009. We're planning to add four more short seminars to our spiritual disciplines line-up:

• Bible Reading and Reflection: Bible Chewing and Beyond (making some modifications)
• Prayer:
  
• Giving:
  
• Solitude:
  

Seminars will restart in 2009.

Bible Chewing and Beyond

Prep reading: Bible Chewing and Beyond (3 posts)

Sessions

• October 12: Bible Chewing: what to do with the Bible once you have read it. Ideas to remember:
  

1. The paragraph/stanza is the smallest unit of thought.
2. Always start with the context when you are reading or searching for answers. Move out from there.
3. Scripture means what it meant to the original readers.
4. The youngest book of the Bible, probably Revelation, was written around AD 95, in Koine Greek, in the Middle East/Mediterranean. The cultural/historical distance between us and the original writers/readers is vast and requires that we work to cross that distance.
5. The point of Bible study is not to know as many details as possible. The point is knowing God. Do not become lost in the details.
   

• October 19: Bible Rumination and Digestion: getting the Bible into your heart

• October 26: Putting It All Together: Lectio Divina as a framework for Bible Engagement

Take Home Assignments

• Due 10/19: Chew Revelation 5:9-10 (basic instructions and resources)
  
• Due 10/26: Ruminate on Revelation 5:9-10 and make time for proper digestion (basic instructions)
  
• Due for life

this page will be updated as the course continues

Picture This!

Matthew, 9/14--Jesus: Messiah-King
Mark, 9/21
Luke, 9/28
John, 10/5

Room 204

Picture This!

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Sunday, September 7, 2008
Live Recording by Max McLean

• How did Edwards use Scripture in his sermon? Was this use effective? Why?
• How did Edwards use emotion in this sermon? Is this use of emotion valid? Why?

Therefore, let every one that is out of Christ, now awake and fly from the wrath to come. The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over a great part of this congregation. Let every one fly out of Sodom: "Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed."

Closing paragraph, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Full text at CCEL
Wikipedia entry

REVEAL--session 6: Evaluating and heading out

• Which segment[1] does each Sanctify! activity[2] reach?
• How does Sanctify! function in TFB?
  
• How should Sanctify! function in TFB?
• Which segments should Sanctify! prioritize?
• Of the twelve additional discoveries, which two should Sanctify! prioritize?
• What's next?
  

Additional questions

• How can Sanctify! help TFBers express gratitude to and dependence upon God?
• How can Sanctify! help TFBers value and practice the spiritual disciplines?
• How can Sanctify! help TFBers prioritize spiritual growth?
  

[1] Segments: exploring Christianity, growing in Christ, close to Christ, and Christ-centered
[2] Sanctify activities: monthly meal, weekly Sunday lunch, weekly Tuesday dinner, Tuesday Night Bible Study, Collegium, Academy, Worship Experience, and Movie Nights

REVEAL--session 5: So what can you do now?

Key Idea: The necessary, spiritual formation-encouraging interdependence between church and members requires that leaders focus their energies on evaluation, wise response, and intentional coaching.

Questions

• How does TFB function in your spiritual formation?
• Which coaching practices might TFB leadership prioritize?
• How does Sanctify! function in TFB?
  

Additional questions

• How should Sanctify! function in TFB?
• Which segments* should Sanctify! prioritize?

* Segments: exploring Christianity, growing in Christ, close to Christ, and Christ-centered

Prep for 8/24: Reveal pgs 94-106, 107

REVEAL--session 4: What did we discover?

August 10

Key Idea: Relationship with Christ, not involvement in church, is the most effective predictor of and influence on spiritual growth.

Questions

• What has most influenced your spiritual growth?
• Does the interpretation of data in this chapter reflect biblical teachings?
• Where are you on the continuum?
• What needs to change?
  

Available resources

• REVEAL, pp 27-60

Additional questions

• What needs to change in Sanctify?
• What needs to change in TFB?