by Pastor Curt on March 21, 2010
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Here is the study guide for our final chapter in Dr. Carson’s book! Chapter Twelve – Prayer for Ministry With what analogy does Carson lead on p. 205 of this chapter and how does he use it to make his point, particularly in relating it to the matter of prayer? How does the prayer of [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 15, 2010
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Apparently it pays to have the elders anoint you with oil and pray when you are sick. May well have broken through today with this latest bout with the plague. Thanks for all your prayers. Here is the study guide for this Sunday’s 9:30 equipping hour. It was not available in hard copy form last Sunday. [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 1, 2010
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Here is the study guide for this week’s 9:30 equipping hour class in prayer in case you missed it. Chapter Nine – A Sovereign and Personal God What challenges does Carson bring early on in this chapter to the popular notion prayer changes things? What two truths does Carson work from at the outset on [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 22, 2010
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Here is the study guide for chapter 8 for this Sunday’s 9:30 equipping hour! Whom have you known personally who you would describe as distinguished by a particularly gifted ministry of prayer? What made it so? What is one of the most important steps we can take according to Carson in terms of our own [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 15, 2010
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Here is the study guide for this week’s chapter in D. A. Carson’s book A Call to Spiritual Reformation. Chapter Seven – Excuses for Not Praying 1. Before you read the chapter, what excuses have you encountered in yourself or from others for why people don’t pray? 2. What are the excuses that Carson lists? [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 9, 2010
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In case you didn’t get a copy this past Sunday, here is the study guide for this week’s discussion in the 9:30 equipping hour. A Call to Spiritual Reformation – Study Guide #7 Chapter Six – The Content of a Challenging Prayer (Colossians 1:9-14) What two foci does Carson say exist for a study of [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 2, 2010
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In case you may have missed picking up a study guide last Sunday for this Sunday’s 9:30 equipping hour on prayer, here it is! Chapter Five – A Passion for People (1 Thessalonians 3:9-13) What does Carson say makes this particular prayer of Paul a serviceable model for what it means to pray for others? What [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 28, 2010
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Here is the study guide for this Sunday morning’s 9:30 hour: What basic question regarding sermons, programs, and leaders must never be displaced according to Carson on p. 64? What anticipated objection to this principle does he seek to answer in light of the two great commandments? What two opposing dangers does he expose? How [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 20, 2010
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Here is the study guide for this Sunday’s 9:30 equipping hour. A Call to Spiritual Reformation – Study Guide #4 Chapter Three – Worthy Petitions What again are the two aspects of Paul’s framework for prayer in 2 Thessalonians 1 from chapter two? What is the first petition that Paul prays for the Thessalonian Christians? [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 11, 2010
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As promised, here is this coming Sunday’s study guide. A Call to Spiritual Reformation – Study Guide #3 Chapter Two – The Frame Work of Prayer (2 Thessalonians 1:3-12) What key question does Carson raise concerning v. 11 of the Thessalonians passage in the first paragraph of this chapter? Why does it matter that we [...]