Mathetes
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello friends,
I have a friend who runs a Bible study during the week. It's fairly informal, usually they pick a book and go through it a chapter a week and have discussions about it (he's a dispensationalist, so occasionally the topic will veer towards eschatology). One week he was away and asked me to lead, so I decided to change things around a bit and quiz the audience on the gospel. Unfortunately, their knowledge of the gospel message was somewhat fuzzy. They could tell me that Jesus died for our sins and that we're not saved by works, but they couldn't tell me why these things were so. Additionally, they seemed a bit hesitant with even those basic ideas.
So I asked my friend and he's going to allow me to lead some more studies so I can provide a crash-course (for lack of a better term) on the gospel.
But I'm wondering how to go about it. These are one-hour classes, and I was originally going to have one session on regeneration, one on justification, one on sanctification, etc. - but that seems a bit much. Maybe I could have one session that talks about original sin, its curse, depravity, etc. (the "bad news") and then one on the atonement, salvation, sola fide (the "good news"). As a side note, there's a mix of newbies and veterans. Any thoughts?
I have a friend who runs a Bible study during the week. It's fairly informal, usually they pick a book and go through it a chapter a week and have discussions about it (he's a dispensationalist, so occasionally the topic will veer towards eschatology). One week he was away and asked me to lead, so I decided to change things around a bit and quiz the audience on the gospel. Unfortunately, their knowledge of the gospel message was somewhat fuzzy. They could tell me that Jesus died for our sins and that we're not saved by works, but they couldn't tell me why these things were so. Additionally, they seemed a bit hesitant with even those basic ideas.
So I asked my friend and he's going to allow me to lead some more studies so I can provide a crash-course (for lack of a better term) on the gospel.
But I'm wondering how to go about it. These are one-hour classes, and I was originally going to have one session on regeneration, one on justification, one on sanctification, etc. - but that seems a bit much. Maybe I could have one session that talks about original sin, its curse, depravity, etc. (the "bad news") and then one on the atonement, salvation, sola fide (the "good news"). As a side note, there's a mix of newbies and veterans. Any thoughts?