What's in the Bible About Church?: What's in the Bible and Why Should I Care? (Why Is That in the Bible and Why Should I Care?) - Softcover

Barnhart, David L. Jr.; Abingdon Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687652944 ISBN 13: 9780687652945

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2009

Synopsis

What’s in the Bible about Church?

 

What is the Bible is all about?  What's in it?  Why is it so important for Christians? Is it really relevant for people in the 21st century?  Should I care about what's in the Bible? Why? What difference will it make in my life?  The study series, What's in the Bible and Why Should I Care? offers opportunities to explore these questions and others by opening the Bible, reading it, prayerfully reflecting on what the Bible readings say, and applying the readings to daily life.

 

The title of this unique and exciting Bible study series points to the two essential features of meaningful Bible study: reading the Bible and applying the Bible to life. First, we read the Bible to discover answers to the question What’s in the Bible? and second, we reflect upon what we read in order to discover answers to the question, Why Should I Care? and apply these answers to our lives.

 

What’s in the Bible about Church? is one of the study books in the series, What’s in the Bible and Why Should I Care? What’s in the Bible About Church? will help readers explore the church as God’s people living, learning, and sharing God’s message of love and hope.  Chapters include: “What is the Church?”, “The Church Worships”, “The Church Teaches”, and “The Church Serves.”

 

 Each chapter contains the following features:

 

Bible Readings - Each chapter explores specific readings from the Bible. 

 

The Questions – Each chapter begins with focus questions that will be explored in the Bible readings and the chapter information.

 

A Psalm – Each chapter begins with verses from a psalm.  These excerpts from the psalms give readers the experience of using the Bible for personal and group devotion.  

 

A Prayer – A brief two or three sentence prayer at the beginning and end of each chapter

 

What's in the Bible? Participants will read and reflect upon key Bible readings in each chapter and use the space provided to write personal and private reflections.

 

Reflection Questions – These questions are related to the chapter information and are designed to help the reader consider key ideas that emerge from this information and from the Bible readings.

 

Bible Facts – Additional related information about the Bible readings. 

 

Here's Why I Care – This activity near the end of each chapter contains questions that invite the readers to grow in faith as they prayerfully reflect about what they have learned

 

About this title

About the Author:

David L. Barnhart, Jr., grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Holmes Street and Trinity United Methodist Churches. He and his wife, Angela, have a son named Leo. David went to college at Oglethorpe University, earned his M.Div. from Candler School of Theology, and finished his Ph.D. in Homiletics and Social Ethics at Vanderbilt University. He currently serves as associate pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where he leads Contact, the contemporary worship service, and directs his church's mission and outreach programs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0687652944
• ISBN 13: 9780687652945
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68