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  • LEAD! B.1 From Humanism to Wisdom

    The humanity of the Simple, Mocker, and Fool versus the fear of God’s Wisdom. Defines wisdom as the ability to live out God’s name, and virtue as the different facets of wise character.

  • LEAD! Part A – Feedback Form

    Even though I’ve started work on Part B, “class 0” is still finishing up Part A. Here’s a few questions I’d like to ask them (and any of you who’ve been following along online 🙂 to help guide future revisions.

  • LEAD! Part B: Christian Character

    As mentioned earlier, the LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development Having finished writing the lessons for Part A, we now turn out attention to the second trimester (which the class will start in January). This blog post is for the…

  • LEAD! A.12 Christ’s Return

    In Which Christ Comes Back to Judge and Remake the Earth, and We Receive Our Reward The End. Christ’s Return is the completion of our theology. Faith will be made sight, all nations will bow before Him, and we will dwell in the fulness of the Father’s eternal presence as…

  • LEAD! A.11 Christ’s Body

    In Which We Become the Church, As We Grow Into Christ Our Head Via His Gifts Continuing the theme of Sanctification, we explore how we are discipled into the name of Christ through His body — the Father’s principle vehicle for forming His Kingdom, by His Spirit. Specifically, we see…

  • LEAD! A.10 Soul’s Sanctification

    In Which We Are Set Apart For Obedience to Jesus, And Suffer For It — Becoming Holy in The Process This week we round out our discussion on salvation and conviction by focusing on sanctification, or holiness, words that include being both “set apart” and “made righteous.” The overall idea…

  • LEAD! A.9 Spirit’s Conviction

    In Which Jesus Sends the Comforter, and We Are Convicted By Him This week we move from the Father and the Son to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. This also continues our theme of God restoring His Image by saving us from our rebellion. And as…

  • LEAD! A.8 Christ’s Salvation

    In Which We Receive the Gospel, And Are Saved By It Our series so far — indeed, the first half of human history — is but a prelude to the coming of Jesus Christ. In Christ we have the word of God made flesh, the perfect revelation of God’s character,…

  • LEAD! A.7 Man’s Rebellion

    When God created the world, He gave us (mankind) dominion over all the plants and animals. But it was not an unconditional grant: rather, we have a responsibility to take His already “very good” creation to the next level, by filling the earth with His image. And if we fail…

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  • LEAD! A.6 Father’s Kingdom

    In Which We See God Creating His World, and Our Place In It The overriding theme of our journey has been exploring what it means to be “baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” Having dealt (however superficially) with the ontological aspects of that “name”, we…

  • LEAD! A.5 God’s Tri-Unity

    LEAD! A.5 God’s Tri-Unity

    In Which We Discover The Persons Who Make up the Godhead, and How They Relate to Us We believe in one God, consisting of one substance — one name, one identity, and one character — sometimes called the Godhead. Yet, that name is expressed through three distinct persons, as illustrated…

  • LEAD! A.4 God’s Character

    LEAD! A.4 God’s Character

    [Renumbering so we can start at 1, instead of 0] In Which We Discover What God Looks Like, And Why Moses Wants to See More of Him Continuing our discussion of God’s name — which we are supposed to be baptized into — we turn from the incommunicable aspects of…

  • LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    In thinking about it, I realized I should take my Curriculum one step further, and actually identify the passages and key learnings for each lesson. Not only will this help ensure I’m on the same page as my pastor, but it would enable others to write some of the lessons…

  • LEAD! Curriculum Reset for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Curriculum Reset for “Theological Foundations”

    So, the good news is that our church is gearing up to start LEAD! on September 4th, and already taking applications! That’s also the bad news, since I’ve only finished three classes. 😦 Still, it only takes me about four hours per class, which is two late night waiting-to-feed-Rohan sessions…

  • LEAD! A.3 God’s Identity

    LEAD! A.3 God’s Identity

    In Which We Discover Who God Is, and Why That Matters In the previous lesson, we discovered that God wants us to disciple all peoples into His “name.” This week, we discuss the first aspect of God’s name: His identity.

  • LEAD! A.1 God’s Word

    LEAD! A.1 God’s Word

    [Based on feedback, this study will actually become the first lesson, prior to God’s Commission] In Which We Discover How God Speaks to Us, and Why We Ought to Listen to Him [Updated Sunday, August 3rd]

  • LEAD! A.2 God’s Commission

    LEAD! A.2 God’s Commission

    In Which We Discover God’s Call For Us As Leaders, And What Theology Has To Do With It

  • LEAD! Part A: Thinking Theo-Logically

    The LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development While these roughly correspond to three 12-week “trimesters”, the larger goal is to incorporate all three aspects in each and every segment. The question thus becomes, what is the most effective way to…

  • LEAD! Underlying Assumptions

    The LEAD! Bible Study is supposed to focus specifically on the training of leaders, as opposed to merely general-purpose discipleship. To accomplish that, I’m planning on observing several fairly strong constraints — listed below — as I develop this material.