Friday, September 11, 2009

Homework for You

Three years ago, when the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation first began offering my class, Dynamics of Biblical Change, as a distance education course, Dr. David Powlison (the lecturer) graciously allowed one of the assignments to be posted online. I actually printed off and began working through this Bible study, called "Paul and the Philippians," when it was published on Justin Taylor's blog back in 2006--so although I hadn't finished it, I had a great head start when the assignment was given for my class a few weeks ago!

I found this to be a wonderfully fruitful study. When I remembered it was available online, I thought I would post the link here for any self-motivated readers who'd like a taste of being a student again (or for anyone who's just looking for something new to do in their quiet time). The study builds off of the "Eight Questions," which are a basic framework we have learned for working through struggles. I am finding these to be incredibly rich and helpful in my life already!

After completing the questions, our assignment was to write a one-page reflection paper. I'll post my thoughts in a week or so, to give anyone interested time to think through the study on their own first.

3 comments:

zz said...

I'm certainly going to ponder using this. Since my teaching schedule won't allow me to take part in Ladies' Bible Study (on Lies Women Believe, by Nancy Lee deMoss) I was contemplating doing it on my own. Our pastors will be starting a series in Acts. I am drawn to study 1 Peter more in depth. I need wisdom as to which of the 3 to focus on. Suggestions?
I know I need written questions to answer. I do not retain much w/o writing stuff down.

zz said...

Sry, her middle name is spelled "Leigh." Brain freeze there.

Amy said...

I'd definitely recommend this. It's not a long-term study. If you took a question a day, you could probably finish it in less than two weeks (depending on how fast you read--since you have to read/skim through Acts 16 and all four chapters of Philippians over and over). If you had more time to invest, you could finish it in a couple of days. So it's not a long-term option, really, but extremely fruitful nonetheless.

I liked Lies Women Believe when I studied it back in 2005 with a group of ladies. There's a study guide, so that would give you concrete questions to work through. Hope you find something really helpful for you!