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Luther's New Testament German Translation

If the preacher were to consider using a curriculum (from the Latin word “currere” which means “run” and the root for the ancient word for “race course”) that could precisely and exactly point out how to better read, study, and apply the Word of God, he or she should consider the September/October/November 2009 quarterly curriculum from WordAction.  In fact, if you are a preacher looking to systematically streamline preaching with teaching this next quarterly series on “Better Bible Reading” and “The Better Way: A Study of Hebrews” would make a great 13 week preaching series.  Not only that, but if you were to purchase this adult curriculum from WordAction you would also have access to no cost downloadable power points and customizable notes that you could include in your bulletin as sermon outlines.

Going deeper still, this series asks the question of why we study the Bible in valuable and in-depth ways, how we should apply the Bible to our present worldly context and how we should study it for greater meaning.  In Psalm 1 the attitude of the psalmist is to both delight and meditate on God’s law.  Are the people you attend to as pastor really delighting and meditating upon God’s Word and law? John Wesley wrote some 233 books in his lifetime, but through this devotion to books he always came down on the side of the “one Book.”  “O give me that book!  At any price give me the book of God!”

If I were in the late stages of planning my sermon series and IF God had not warmed my heart on what to preach in the coming weeks, I would take the passages and study notes from WordAction Adult Faith Connections and lock in on “The Bible for Everyday Life” as my series.

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