SCF will be concluding their study of Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians Tuesday night. Read chapter 5 or the whole letter once more to prepare.
6:30 in C207
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Movie Night #3
Bonny & Clyde will be our movie of the evening. This Tuesday meet at St. Simons (1450 Litchfield Dr. Oakville). We'll have pizza and drinks as per usual and discussion of the movie afterwards.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
1st Thessalonians III
Tonight we completed chapter number 3 of the above stated book/letter. We wrestled through some interpretation and then tackled matters of suffering and/or persecution which led us to discuss our commitment to seeking others' salvation, but mostly (I think anyways) we spoke of how belief [faith (Pistis in Greek)] connects and binds us together.
Stay tuned for next Tuesday's SCF - we'll hit up the 4th chapter of five.
Some themes in this chapter are "The Will of GOD","Sex", "Life After Death" and "Christ's 2nd Coming."
Stay tuned for next Tuesday's SCF - we'll hit up the 4th chapter of five.
Some themes in this chapter are "The Will of GOD","Sex", "Life After Death" and "Christ's 2nd Coming."
Monday, March 10, 2008
1 Thessalonians continues: 2nd chapter
We'll be continuing our observational study of Paul's 1st (and maybe only....) letter to the Thessalonians. We are now ont the second chapter. Read ahead and bring you insight. Or wait until Tuesday and read and observe then. Both work out. Same place and time as usual.
Cheers
Cheers
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Say Anything...
Movie Night at St. Simons.
This Tuesday March 4
6:30pm at St. Simons (1450 Litchfield Rd)
Pizza & Drinks
We are watching the film, "Say Anything..." a romance/drama directed by Cameron Crowe, starring John Cusack.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thessalonians: Key Words and Study Tips
Key Words write these down in your bible, mark 'em up, so you don't forget them and they start to pop out at you.
gospel/word
faith
love
hope
any reference to Jesus
God
Holy Spirit
affliction/suffering./tribulation
day of the Lord
-any other words you think are key
Recapitulation: Observe/Interpret/Apply - see below blog for detailed approach.
Observe the 5 W's Who wrote to whom? When? From where to where? What is being said? Why is the letter written, or is Paul saying what he says?
Interpret - derive meaning of passages based on context of the chapter/bible/history/society
Apply - Transfer principles to our lives today based on our interpretation.
Some Helpful questions to double check along the way:
a. Where does this passage fit into the Meta-narrative?
b. What is its immediate context?
c. What is the genre of this passage/book?
d. What was the intended meaning of this passage to its original audience? (A text can’t mean what it never meant?
e. How does this passage point to or enlighten our understanding of Jesus?
f. What are the transferable principles for our context today?
g. Are there any biblical principles that shed light on this passage?
h. How does this challenge me personally? What course correction should I make? How should this change how I get up in the morning? What would align my life more with Jesus?
gospel/word
faith
love
hope
any reference to Jesus
God
Holy Spirit
affliction/suffering./tribulation
day of the Lord
-any other words you think are key
Recapitulation: Observe/Interpret/Apply - see below blog for detailed approach.
Observe the 5 W's Who wrote to whom? When? From where to where? What is being said? Why is the letter written, or is Paul saying what he says?
Interpret - derive meaning of passages based on context of the chapter/bible/history/society
Apply - Transfer principles to our lives today based on our interpretation.
Some Helpful questions to double check along the way:
a. Where does this passage fit into the Meta-narrative?
b. What is its immediate context?
c. What is the genre of this passage/book?
d. What was the intended meaning of this passage to its original audience? (A text can’t mean what it never meant?
e. How does this passage point to or enlighten our understanding of Jesus?
f. What are the transferable principles for our context today?
g. Are there any biblical principles that shed light on this passage?
h. How does this challenge me personally? What course correction should I make? How should this change how I get up in the morning? What would align my life more with Jesus?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Manuscript Study - Steps and Resources
Hey!
I'm really excited about these next few lessons we have planned - I think we're going to be able to pull alot out of 1 Thessalonians, have some good discussions and grow from what we learn and from seeing each others points of views. I think we all have something valuable to bring to the table.
For those of you who weren't there tonight we going to be digging through 1 Thessalonians - looking at a chapter each time we have a regular meeting. You can get a copy of this from the last email we sent out - if you need the file again just ask. It's helpful to print off the passages so you are free to mark it up and make notes.
We were using three steps tonight when we were looking at the first chapter of the book. Here's a rundown to help you remember:
Observation
Here's where read through the passage, without looking at any outside sources, and note down things that strike you. This could be powerful phrases, reoccuring words or themes, metaphors etc.
Interpretation
Now you can look up anything you want that you think might help you understand the passage better. You can refer to other parts of the Bible that you think relate to what you are reading, look up definitions of words you don't understand, and use commentaries and other resources that are available to you.
Here's some online resources I found - I know there is more out there and feel free to look (searching under 1 Thessalonians, or bible commentary was pretty successful for me)
http://www.enduringword.com/commentaries/52.html
http://www.searchgodsword.org/com/bcc/view.cgi?book=1th
http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/index.php?action=getBookSections&cid=60&source=2
http://eastonsbibledictionary.com/ (Bible Dictionary)
Application
The last step is apply this to your life - open your heart to what God is trying to say to you and how He wants you to respond to the passage.
So those are the steps - don't feel like you need to entirely dissect the passage. It's a group effort. I encourage you all to definitely read 1 Thessalonians 2 and dig into it a bit for our next regular meeting (which will be March 11th because of the movie night on March 4), but don't feel like you can't come and join in on our discussion if you haven't gotten through it all. The themes we'll be talking about are things that relate to our lives - so your bound to have opinions/stories/experiences/wisdom to share.
Have a great Break Week everyone!
I'm really excited about these next few lessons we have planned - I think we're going to be able to pull alot out of 1 Thessalonians, have some good discussions and grow from what we learn and from seeing each others points of views. I think we all have something valuable to bring to the table.
For those of you who weren't there tonight we going to be digging through 1 Thessalonians - looking at a chapter each time we have a regular meeting. You can get a copy of this from the last email we sent out - if you need the file again just ask. It's helpful to print off the passages so you are free to mark it up and make notes.
We were using three steps tonight when we were looking at the first chapter of the book. Here's a rundown to help you remember:
Observation
Here's where read through the passage, without looking at any outside sources, and note down things that strike you. This could be powerful phrases, reoccuring words or themes, metaphors etc.
Interpretation
Now you can look up anything you want that you think might help you understand the passage better. You can refer to other parts of the Bible that you think relate to what you are reading, look up definitions of words you don't understand, and use commentaries and other resources that are available to you.
Here's some online resources I found - I know there is more out there and feel free to look (searching under 1 Thessalonians, or bible commentary was pretty successful for me)
http://www.enduringword.com/commentaries/52.html
http://www.searchgodsword.org/com/bcc/view.cgi?book=1th
http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/index.php?action=getBookSections&cid=60&source=2
http://eastonsbibledictionary.com/ (Bible Dictionary)
Application
The last step is apply this to your life - open your heart to what God is trying to say to you and how He wants you to respond to the passage.
So those are the steps - don't feel like you need to entirely dissect the passage. It's a group effort. I encourage you all to definitely read 1 Thessalonians 2 and dig into it a bit for our next regular meeting (which will be March 11th because of the movie night on March 4), but don't feel like you can't come and join in on our discussion if you haven't gotten through it all. The themes we'll be talking about are things that relate to our lives - so your bound to have opinions/stories/experiences/wisdom to share.
Have a great Break Week everyone!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
