Bible Study
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B - I - B - L - E
Basic Information Before Leaving Earth
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SUNDAY SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY CLASSES
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TEACHER |
Nursery/Chimes (during worship services)
Pre-School through 3rd Grade |
Rotated duty for teams of 2 -3 on a monthly basis
Program for young children during worship services.
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| Elementary A - Grades 1-3 |
Rotation Sunday School (See "Children" link for details)
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| Elementary B - Grades 4-6 |
Rotation Sunday School (See "Children" link for details)
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| Jr High - High School |
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Young Adults - Currently Discussing Different Movies
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Suzanne Whitener |
| Everyday Christians |
Kate Cole |
| Through the Bible - Senior Adults |
Rotating |
The Gleaners - Empty Nesters
Using the International Bible Study Series |
Rotating |
1. Envy: AKA (also known as):Invidia (Latin): displeasure at the good of another; pleasure at their failings; ingratitude for our own gifts and longing for someone else's; chronic dissatisfaction.
Antidote: loving excellence for its own sake; "keep(ing) step with the spirit" (Gal 5:25); developing the "Cardinal Virtues" which apply to the following sins too.
2. Greed: AKA: Avaritia; craving; avarice preoccupation with material things; security; "This is mine!"; miser (which comes from the same root as "miserable")
Antidote: generosity;giving away things you value; secret giving (Matt 6:3); giving cheerfully (2 Cor. 9:7)
3. Gluttony: AKA: Gulaa; any appetite that isn't restrained; addiction; eating, drinking, sleeping, or playing to excess
Antidote: periodic fasting from whatever appetite tempts; "buffeting" the body into compliance (1 Cor. 9:27).
4. Anger: AKA: Ira; ire; rage;resentment; bitterness; indignation
Antidote: compassion; gentleness; quick settlement (Eph. 4:26).
5. Sloth: AKA: Accidia; Inegligence; apathy; despondency; hopelessness; avoiding what needs to be done or else doing it listlessly.
Antidote: courage; faithfulness; enthusiasm; being fully alive; serving "heartily" (Col. 3:23)
6. Lust: AKA: Luxuria; to "luxuriate," letting thoughts soak in anything that's impure; gratification without giving.
Antidote: "You are not your own, you are bought with a price. therefore honor God with your body:" (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
7. Pride: AKA; Superbia; superiority ("at least I'm better than...."); entitlement ("I deserve more.")
Antidote: humility; "consider others better than yourself" (Phil. 2:3); recognizing that every good thing about me comes from God, who expects each gift to be used in serving.
In Dante's "Inferno," the proud are punished by carrying a huge stone that bends them double, so they cannot lift their eyes from the ground. those who looked down on everyone else in thier lives are now unable to look up at God or anything else.
