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Some Bible class material on the Web

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In our Bible classes at the University church in Abilene, we’re studying the book of Leviticus using some materials prepared by Dr. Glenn Pemberton. If you’ve never done an in-depth study of Leviticus, it can be really fascinating.

The materials that we are using are from eBibleTeacher.org, a site run by Oklahoma Christian University. I had looked at their materials years ago, but had never taught from them. I’m really impressed. The site had seemed to have died on the vine, with no lessons being posted since 2006, but I see that a new series has been put up this month. Whether it’s for personal study or for use in a Bible class, I bet you can find something of interest on their site.

Another resource for class material is being developed by Matt Dabbs over on his Kingdom Living website. You’d do well to bookmark the page, as I think Matt will be adding much more material in the near future. I appreciate his putting this resource together.

I know there are lots of other resource pages out there. John Mark Hicks has some studies up, as does Al Maxey. Jay Guin also has a few series of classes up. Eddie Cloer has some over at the Truth for Today website, but unfortunately, the website had a popup that wouldn’t work correctly in my browser and I couldn’t access the site to give you the link. :-(

I know there are lots of other good resources out there, so I’ll leave it to my wise and knowledgeable readers to share with us places we can find Bible class material.

Just readin’

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I find myself in a strange position. I have advocated that our churches spend more time in public reading of Scripture. Now I’ve been involved in several classes practicing what they call lectio divina, although from what I’ve read, lectio divina is a personal activity featuring much mediation and prayer. Anyway, these classes read long passages of scripture, then ask people to comment on words or phrases that jump out at them. One benefit of this is that the newest convert and the longtime student of the Bible are on equal ground; everyone can comment, as it’s all subjective. The problem I see is that we tend to treat the texts very superficially. No thought given to context, no thought given to genre, no thoughts given to the purpose or themes of the book, etc.

What do you think? Is this a good way to let the Bible speak for itself? Or is this akin to the old “What does this verse mean? — It means what it says”? Let me comment that I’m currently in a class with a few longtime Christians and a good number of new Christians. Is there a better way to share in Bible study in such a setting?