To Mature Manhood: April 2007

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

April 26: What has "taking up your cross" meant to you in practice?

Also, what is your attitude towards authority?

Key verses: Luke 9:23-27; 57-62; Romans 13:1-7

Other resources: How Dead People Do Battle With Sin, by John Piper

April 19: What is included in the present ministry of the ascended Jesus?

Key passages: Hebrews 7:23-8:2; 1 Tim 2:5; Eph 1:20-22; Rev 19:11-16; John 14:1-3

Other resources:
Grudem, Systematic Theology, Chapter 29
Mark Driscoll: Vintage Jesus: Where is Jesus today?

Thursday, April 5, 2007

April 12: What sort of counsel do you feel able to offer?

How does one comfort the bereaved?

Key passages: 2 Cor. 1:3-11; Romans 8; Galations 6:1-10

I apologize for not having other resources available on this topic. Hopefully, after Easter I will have time to get ahead of you guys again....

Ephesians 4:11-16

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

To Mature Manhood