Wednesday

Beginning in January 2012, this is the order of the Bible studies that we will follow:

Hear My Complaint

In this study we will look at several of the psalms that teach us to voice our inner struggle and turmoil to God. We will also be encouraged to write our own laments following the pattern of the psalms.

Study Materials
- Introduction

Heart Breaking Questions

This study will address the questions that wrench our hearts and perplex our spirits. “I am bed-ridden. My body is becoming useless. My mind is not as sharp. My life is overflowing with suffering and hurt. Why should I go on?” “How can I pray … Why should I pray when God Himself seems to be my enemy?”

Serial Parables

This study will examine some of the parables that sit next to each other, looking at how they build upon previous parables. For example, Matthew 13 and Matthew 24-25 will be reviewed. This study will also teach us more about biblical interpretation.

Isaiah: The Evangelist of the Old Testament

Isaiah preached a tapestry of promises of the Messiah, judgments on nations, the new creation, calls to repentance, and the Lord’s faithfulness to use His mighty strength to deliver His people from every evil. Though attention will be given to particular passages and individual verses of Isaiah (we will look at distinct sections, e.g., Isaiah 1-12), much time will be devoted to exploring the broad themes that are woven through the whole revelation.

The Holy Spirit: The Lord and Giver of Life

He proceeds from the Father and the Son; we confess His work with the words of the Creeds, but we seem to spend little time in studying His Person and His work as compared to our confession of the Person and work of Jesus. This study will address that apparent lack of interest that Lutherans have in the Spirit.

Church History: 800 to 1500

The Wednesday morning class has walked with the forefathers of the Faith, studying the ante-Nicene Church; we have also studied the seven ecumenical councils, which brought us to about AD 800. This next study will focus chiefly on the Church in western Europe, paying specific attention to the themes that paved the path for the Reformation.

Occasional Studies
Offered on a non-weekly basis and / or dependent on people’s schedules 
 
Fridays, 8:00 am in the Trinity Room
New Testament Survey
Slowly and inexorably we are reading the New Testament books, studying the chief themes of the books. At the present we are in 1 Corinthians. The next books will be: 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, the Pastoral Epistles, 1 & 2 Peter, James, Jude, and then Revelation.
 
Mondays, 6:00 pm in the Trinity Room
Men’s Study
Reforming Marriage (Doug Wilson) is the book that serves as a topical guide. We do not have a topic selected for the next series of meetings.
 
Saturdays, 9:00 am to 11:00 am in the Parish Hall
Couples’ Breakfast
On a bi-monthly basis couples gather for a breakfast, hosted by a couple from Trinity congregation. For January the topic is: Filling the Spouse’s Cup: Spiritual Refreshment.

Sunday

Beginning in January 2012, this is the order of the Bible studies that we will follow:
 
Romans
By mid-January 2012, we reached Romans 5, contemplating original sin and free will, and also
typology. The next major section of Romans (6-8) is entitled: The One Who is Righteous by Faith
Lives Dead to Sin and Alive to God. Sometime in February we will take a break in order for Vicar
Heath to lead the next study …
 
Heaven and Hell (late Winter and early Spring 2012)
Vicar Heath will lead a Spring study devoted to how the Bible confesses God’s presence, the hope of
the Christian, the new creation, eternal judgment and separation from the Lord.
 
Confessing the Faith (late Spring and early Summer 2012)
Over the past several years, we have hosted a few workshops devoted to confessing the faith in the
midst of ordinary experiences; we have called this “vocational witnessing.” This study will use Greg
Koukl’s book, Tactics, as a guide for how reasonable arguments and persuasive conversation may
be employed to discuss Christian convictions.
 
Romans
Continued from where we left off in February

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