Bible Studies

Gospel Transformation
Meets on Tuesdays from 10:00-11:30 AM at Jen Samuel’s home
Taught by Jen Samuels

A 29-week study focused simply upon the cross. The cross changes us. It causes us to recognize our own sin and remarkable deliverance rooted in God’s love, and it in turn allows us to extend that same love and mercy outward to others. We’ll examine justification, legalism, the fruit of the Spirit, forgiveness, and more. Even long-time Christians continue to be changed as they take their eyes off “self” and look through the filter of the cross to see others the way Jesus does. This class will be limited to 6 openings due to the nature of intimate, small-group discussion. This class will be offered again in the future as interest remains.

Psalms (Precept)
Meets on Tuesdays from 9:15-11:30 AM at church - Taught by Lane Hallwood
Meets on Wednesdays from 9:15-11:30 AM at church - Taught by Nancy Truluck

Precept is a method of inductive Bible study with a particular goal of being life-changing. During Bible study, three crucial steps are carried out in a specific order as we engage with the text: 1. Observation: What does it say? 2. Interpretation: What does it mean? and 3. Application: What does it mean to me?

2 Corinthians - Spring Semester
Meets on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 PM at church during Midweek activities
Taught by Katy Trygstad

“For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)

During Jesus’s ministry, he inaugurated the kingdom of God--a kingdom with God as king on this earth, made up of sinners who become new creations. After his death, resurrection, and ascension, the apostles go forth bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations. But life in this new kingdom of God was radically different (whether coming from a Jewish or Gentile background)--how are members of this kingdom to live? How are members supposed to relate to one another? Where does the power to live a radically different life come from? What is the true gospel? The early church faced these questions, and the Corinthian church was no different. Paul wrote several letters to this church, encouraging them, rebuking them, exhorting them, and defending the gospel.

Join us as we learn more about kingdom living, as Paul specifically shows what it looks like, how it happens, and where the glory is due.

“Understanding Wisdom” by Maria Currey
Meets on Fridays from 9:30-11:30 AM at church
Taught by Kim Cunningham

“Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding…She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.” Proverbs 3:13,18. Godly wisdom is a fruit of the Spirit. With seeds of wisdom found in James 3:13 and 17, this inductive study walks across the breadth of Scripture to plant, water, grow, and harvest the fruit of God’s wisdom in the believer’s life. By tapping into the endless root system of Word-ly wisdom, women will weed out worldly wisdom and hold fast to the tree of life where they may dwell under its protective, eternal, spiritual shade. Join us weekly on Friday mornings. Homework will include workbook assignments, a complete study of James, Colossians, and select wisdom passages, all at a manageable pace.