Is the Bible Pro-Life?

Exodus 20:13

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We are to be a people of life in a culture of death.

OUTLINE:
1) God’s Precious Creation
2) God’s Plain Command
3) God’s Pro-life Church

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleExodus: Saved for God’s Glory by Phillip Graham Ryken; Confronting Injustice Without Compromising the Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice by Thaddeus Williams

Does the Bible Forbid Homosexuality?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Pastor Garrison Greene

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleBDAG ed. by Frederick William Danker; Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: 1 Corinthians by Paul Gardner; Pillar New Testament Commentary? The First Letter to the Corinthians by Roy Ciampa & Brian Rosner; Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth by Thaddeus Williams; Is God Anti-Gay? by Sam Allberry; After Virtue by Alistair McIntyre; Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Colin Hansen

Does God Change?

James 1:16-18

Pastor Garrison Greene

OUTLINE:
1) No.
2) Really?
3) So?

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleESV Expository Commentary: James by Robert Plummer; No Shadow of Turning: Divine Immutability in the Economy of Redemption by Ronni Kurtz; None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God by Matthew Barrett; The God Who Is Not Like Us: Why We Need the Doctrine of Divine Immutability by Kevin DeYoung; The Doctrine of God by Herman Bavinck; Does God’s Immutability Need to Change? Credo Podcast; Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer

Is the Holy Spirit an Impersonal Force?

John 14:15-26; 15:26-16:15

Pastor Garrison Greene

TEXT: John 14:15-26; 15:26-16:15

BIG IDEA: The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, whose presence and ministry we desperately need.

OUTLINE:
1) The Holy Spirit Is A Divine Person
2) The Holy Spirit Is Our Divine Paraclete

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleZondervan Exegetical Commentary on the NT: John by Edward Link III; The Holy Spirit by Kevin DeYoung; Keeping In Step With the Spirit by J.I. Packer; What Christians Should Believe by Michael Byrd; The Mystery of the Holy Spirit by R.C. Sproul; The Paraclete by Charles Spurgeon; Table Talk: Special Issue - R.C. Sproul 1939-2017

Is Jesus The Only Way?

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jesus Christ is the only way to God.

OUTLINE:
1) Jesus Is the Sole Savior
2) Jesus Is the Sufficient Savior
3) Jesus Is the Sending Savior

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Gospel Transformation Study Bible; Why Evangelize? The Exclusivity of the Gospel of Christ by Jason Allen; The Reason For God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller; Reformed Expository Commentary: 1 Timothy by Phillip Graham Ryken; Reformed Preaching: Proclaiming God’s Word From the Heart of the Preacher to the Heart of His People by Joel Beeke; BDAG: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition by Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker; Rejoicing in Christ by Michael Reeves

Is Jesus God?

John 1:1-5

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The glorious, saving, and satisfying person of Jesus is truly true God.

OUTLINE:
1) Is Jesus True God?
2) Is Jesus A Creature?
3) Is Jesus A Teacher?
4) Is This That Important?

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleThe Thrill of Orthodoxy: Rediscovering the Adventure of the Christian Faith by Trevin Wax; Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacelli; Foundations of the Christian Faith by James Montgomery Boice; Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: John by Edward Klink III; The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs

Should We Take the Bible Literally?

John 17:17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The Bible is our true and trustworthy guide.

OUTLINE:
1) Should We Read The Bible Literally?
2) Can We Be Confident That The Bible Is True?
3) What Difference Does All This Make?

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleThe Thrill of Orthodoxy: Rediscovering the Adventure of Christian Faith by Trevin Wax; Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller; Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: John by Edward Klink III; Why Trust the Bible? by Greg Gilbert; Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tracelli; Fulfilled Prophecy Demonstrates the Divine Inspiration of Scripture by Steve Lawson; Literalism: Isn’t the Bible Historically Unreliable and Regressive? by Timothy Keller; Sanctified in Truth! by Steve Lawson; A Peculiar Glory by John Piper

Are We Sinful By Nature?

Romans 3:9-20

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: All humans are sinful by nature and cannot make themselves righteous.

OUTLINE:
1. The Problem We All Share (v9)
2. The Paradigm of Human Nature (V10-18)
3. The Power to be made Right (V19-20)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Wonderful Works of God by Herman Bavinck; Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans by Thomas R. Schreiner; Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans by Frank Theilman; The Message of Romans by John R.W. Stott; The Gospel of God (Romans) by R.C. Sproul; Romans 1-7 For You by Timothy Keller; 3 2 1, The Story of God, The World, and You by Glen Scrivener; Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; Concise Theology by J.I. Packer; Knowing Faith Podcast by trainingthechurch.com.