Bible Studies

Wednesday Nights

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Summer 2008

We are currently studying the letters of Paul in the New Testament that were addressed to individuals. In particular, we are currently in the first letter to Timothy.

Fall 2008

Come the new semester, we shall be beginning a study of early church history.

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Previous Studies

Season	Study 1	Study 2
Spring 2008	Comparative Study of the Passion Week Accounts
Intersession 2008	Hard Sayings of Jesus
Fall 2007	Christianity & the Arts Video Series The First Christmas Songs
Fall 2006/Spring 2007	1 & 2 Samuel	Gospels
Spring 2006	Ecclesiastes
Fall 2005	James	Judges
Summer 2005	Ruth & Esther Jesus' Last Teachings
Spring 2005	1 & 2 Peter	Genesis
Fall 2004	Mark	OT Prophecy Fulfilled in Jesus
Summer 2004	Hebrews
Fall 2003	Joshua	Colossians
Summer 2003	James
Fall 2002/Spring 2003	Isaiah	???
Fall 1999	Questions Jesus Asked

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Weekly Topical Lunches

2007/2008

In no particular order:

• Dallas Willard (Andrea)
• C.S. Lewis, "Christian Solutions" from Mere Christianity, p. 80 (Andrew)
• A Sacramental Approach to Living or Finding God in the Mundane (Josh)
• Biblical Perspectives on Sleep (Josh)
• Disciplines of the Mind (Lauren/Andrew)
• The prayer of Jesus: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner." (Andrea)
• Meditative Prayers / "Centering" Prayer (Andrew)
• How To Fight for Joy (Lauren)
  • http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Articles/ByDate/1995/1539_How_Shall_We_Fight_for_Joy/
  • http://www.desiringgod.org/Store/Books/ByTopic/85/481_When_I_Dont_Desire_God/
  • http://olympus.ece.jhu.edu/~acassidy/gcf/fight_for_joy.txt
• Job (Josh)
  • What keeps Godly people seeking God?
  • What was Job's view of God? How did it change?
• The Dark Night of the Soul: The Struggles of Mother Theresa (Andrew)
  • A more secular article on the topic
• Godly People in Secular Professions (Gina)

2006/2007

In no particular order:

• Where Was God? (During the VA Tech Massacre)
• Swords into Plowshares? Various Theological and Historical Positions of Christianity and War
• Thankfulness
• Waiting on God
• The Significance of Christmas
• C.S. Lewis' "The Weight of Glory"
• C.S. Lewis' "The Inner Ring"
• The Christian Culture War
• Can We Legislate Morality? Should We Try To Legislate Morality?
• How Should Christian's Respond to Panhandlers?
• Different Types of Knowledge and Their Validity
• Truth
• How Should Christians Educate Their Children?
• St. John Chrysostom's Commentary on Romans 5 & 6
• What We Can Learn From the Duke Lacrosse Scandal
• Assorted Thoughts on Marriage

Note:The views expressed in the links above do not necessarily represent the views of GCF or its members.

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Retreat Studies

Season	Topic	Study 1	Study 2	Study 3
Fall 2007	The Attributes of God	Holiness	Righteousness	Love
Fall 2006	Being a Christian in...	Biophysics (talk by Brian Cannon)	Astronomy (talk by Jonathan Heiner)	??? (talk by ???)
Fall 2005	The People of God	Past (Old Testament)	Present (New Testament)	Future (Revelation)
Spring 2005	???	???	???	???

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Updated: 2008.08.19:16:07