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TRANSFORM
YOUR CHURCH and MINISTRY with our new dynamic Integrated Learning System
Welcome Pastors, Christian Education Directors, Church
Leaders!
Have you been searching for a Bible based curriculum
that is simple, clear, life giving, and transforming? Have you been seeking a
way to instill in your people a deep hunger and desire to know the things of
God? Have you wondered how to bridge the gap between what has been
promised by God and what we actually experience? . . Look no
further.
Pastor Joshua A. McClure’s
Bible
Based
Church
School
Studies and Foundations of Faith Bible Study are for you. These studies
are designed for a two year continuous period of learning the Bible, accompanied
with a teaching guide and workbook. The center and core of this dynamic
learning system is the book: “Almost Persuaded, Now to believe.” Published
in 2008, and written in plain, simple language for spiritual understanding, the
book explains clearly and unreservedly 13 basic tenets of the Christian faith.
Following are excerpts from Christian Leaders:
"If you are looking for a book which gives you an
understanding of spiritual issues and their personal and eternal impact, then
you must get a copy of Joshua McClure's outstanding work. He has captured the
subject as clearly, powerfully, and simply as possible. --Dr. Richard
Tate, Founder, Tate Publishing & Enterprises, Mustang, OK
The exploration of the tenets of Christian faith, as
presented in the text, Almost Persuaded, is clear, concise and cogent as one
chapter builds upon another. The reader is invited to persuasively move
from theory to life application. The fluidity of the content is
enlightening as well as inspirational. -- Rev, Carl H. Balark, Jr.,
Ebenezer
Baptist
Church
,
Providence
,
RI
I was impressed by the depth of the theological content covered in the book,
Almost Persuaded Now to Believe. --Rev. Dr. Vincent L. Thompson,
Community Baptist Church , Newport , RI
This Preacher has taken words and concepts that we
often use, assuming, mistakenly, that the listener understands, and has wrapped
them around the everyday events of his journey. Scripture passages come
alive as he relates his story to concepts like the trinity, creation, the fall,
Incarnation, New Creation, deeper life and others. --Miles T. Crawford,
Jr., Senior Minister,
Zion
Community
Church
,
Springfield
,
MA
.
McClure’s insights into spiritual formation are Biblically grounded and
profoundly practical. -- The Rev. Dr. Donald C. Anderson, Executive
Minister,
Rhode Island
State
Council of Churches
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Reflection
I love that word reflection.
It is a word that has helped me
a great deal in this revolutionary Bible Study format that we at
Pleasant
Street
Baptist
Church
now excitedly undertake. Understanding that my connection to God did not
begin with the words “In the beginning God created.” No it goes way
back in eternity past according to Paul in Ephesians 1:4. God chose me because
he loved me before the creation of the world. Wow. In Christ, to be faultless
and holy in his sight.
This is the gospel and the
result of the gospel in my everyday life. I understand with power in my
life that if God is for me who can be against me. The simplicity of
Scripture begins to now shape my life as Paul speaks that Christ may be formed
in me.
When I think that God now says
that he will never leave me nor forsake me, I could now say as James says, that
whenever trouble comes my way, count it pure joy, for I know these now are the
very things my Father is using so that Christ is formed in me. -- C H,
Deacon
Bible
Study ‘The Core of Understanding in a Sphere of Faith
Can we understand rather than
just learn ideas and facts? Our pastor’s approach to our recent Bible
studies is centered on instilling a deep and profound understanding, a core of
understanding so intense, that it allows for all of God’s message and dealings
with mankind to flow through it.
I’m reminded of my experience
as a young executive fresh out of college at a firm where one of the products
manufactured was golf balls. The small dense core of the ball is wrapped
ever so tightly by quite a large volume of rubber thread which enhances the ball
and allows it to take on its proper characteristics. All of this is held
together by a covering with a specially engineered design that must be flawless
in order for the ball to perform at it’s maximum.
Like this, once we achieve the
core of understanding of God’s Holy Plan, the Scriptures and His relationship
with us open up because they are now tied together and wrapped around this basic
understanding in a new and marvelous way, all connected, giving the core
understanding more volume and heft and a dynamic to perform. The covering
of the golf ball provides direction and performance enhancing characteristics.
God’s gift of the Holy Spirit could be likened to this, perfecting the
relationship with God and complementing the ‘Sphere of Faith.’
The foundation of our faith when
built upon a solid core of understanding is a basic and uplifting way to see our
place in God’s Kingdom. Thus a core of understanding allows that we
increase in spiritual stature in a way that is meaningful. God’s
creation is so marvelous and awesome from the atom to the universe and now His
Scriptures revealed in a way that fits into all of it. Starting from a
core of understanding makes all the difference. -- J S, Deacon
Scriptures become
“alive”
I’ve waited for 35 years to have the Scriptures become “alive” to me.
Imagine finding out that “in the beginning” was not the beginning of the
creation story. All the scriptures, topics, and characters in the new
Sunday school curriculum tie in together to make the Bible stories have new
meaning and inspiration. Both children and adults can go deeper into the
Scriptures and finally get the understanding and revelation of what the
relationship of God and man is all about and what really matters. Praise
God! -- L A, Bd of Christian Ed. Intermediate: Grades 4,
5, 6
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