Men’s Discipleship Bible Study
Last Updated on February 3, 2023 by Rocklyn Clarke
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Description and Purpose
This web page supports the weekly discipleship-oriented men’s Bible study that Life Church launched in February 2020. It contains both general resources for the Men’s Bible Study and resources specific to the sessions we have conducted so far.
The Bible
Doing the Bible is the first of our Core Values at Life Church and in order to do the Bible we have to learn the Bible. This section contains some Bible resources and some links to supplemental information about the Bible.
See the Following Jesus: Focus On The Message Class web page.
Following Jesus
This Bible Study is an expression of our 7-component discipleship curriculum: Following Jesus. It draws specifically from the first component: Focus on the Message.
Previous Men’s Discipleship Bible Study Sessions
- 2020 Sessions of the Men’s Discipleship Bible Study
- 2021 Sessions of the Men’s Discipleship Bible Study
- 2022 Sessions of the Men’s Discipleship Bible Study
Current Sessions
In this section you’ll find each of the Bible Study sessions that we’ve conducted listed in chronological order. As we mentioned above, the sessions are based largely on the Bible Study from Following Jesus: Focus on the Message. The “Additional resources to check out” section of each session includes a link to the related section of Focus on the Message.
January 2023
Session 126 – 01/04/2023
Notes
- Icebreaker: General conversation
- Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Unit 4,
- Matthew 10 Class Notes – Lesson 1: Jesus Sends Out the Twelve – Mack
- Watch the following videos from the Life Church Men’s Discipleship Bible Study – YouTube List:
- Selected John Walton videos
Session 127 – 01/11/2023
Notes
- Icebreaker: General conversation
- Prayer Requests
- Watch videos from InterVarsity’s Five Thresholds web site:
- Watch videos from Why I Don’t Go with Lisa Fields — Jude 3 Project
- What Made Them Leave The Church? | Why I Don’t Go (S2 E1) #WIDG – YouTube (00:20:08)
- Outreach, Evangelism, and Discipleship
- Testimonies
Session 128 – 01/18/2023
Notes
- Icebreaker: General conversation
- Fathers’ Uplift
- Life Church Learn The Bible Page
- Pick a Bible reading plan and get started!
- Watch videos from InterVarsity’s Five Thresholds web site:
- Outreach, Evangelism, and Discipleship: Overviews of the following pages:
Homework
- Following Jesus: Introduction
- As you know, we reviewed this page during our last class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Following Jesus: Good News
- We also reviewed this page during our last class. I plan to teach it during a later class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Note Lesson 10, which contains the link to the “Evangelism In Acts” page.
- Note Lesson 13, which contains the link to the “Evangelism – Testimonies” page.
- Following Jesus: Evangelism In Acts
- We also reviewed this page during our last class. I plan to teach it during a later class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Following Jesus: Evangelism – Testimonies
- Read Section 1: Purpose
- Read Section 2: Your Testimony: The Story of Your Life With Jesus
- Do Lesson 1: Life Before Following Christ
Session 129 – 01/25/2023
Notes
- Icebreaker: General conversation
- Fathers’ Uplift
- Prayer Requests
- Life Church Learn The Bible Page
- Pick a Bible reading plan and get started!
- Watch the following videos from the Life Church Men’s Discipleship Bible Study – YouTube List:
- Talladega Nights, Baby Jesus Prayer – YouTube (00:03:13)
- Watch videos from Why I Don’t Go with Lisa Fields — Jude 3 Project
- Is Life Better Now That You’ve Left The Church? | Why I Don’t Go (Season 2 Episode 2) (00:22:07)
Homework
- Following Jesus: Introduction
- As you know, we reviewed this page during our 1/11/2023 class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Following Jesus: Good News
- We also reviewed this page during our 1/11/2023 class. I plan to teach it during a later class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Note Lesson 10, which contains the link to the “Evangelism In Acts” page.
- Note Lesson 13, which contains the link to the “Evangelism – Testimonies” page.
- Following Jesus: Evangelism In Acts
- We also reviewed this page during our 1/11/2023 class. I plan to teach it during a later class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Following Jesus: Evangelism – Testimonies
- Read Section 1: Purpose
- Read Section 2: Your Testimony: The Story of Your Life With Jesus
- Do Lesson 1: Life Before Following Christ.
Session 130 – 02/01/2023
Notes
- Icebreaker: General conversation
- Luke 13:1-9
- Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Unit 5,
- Matthew 10 Class Notes – Lesson 1: Jesus Sends Out the Twelve (vs. 32-42) – Mack
Homework
- Following Jesus: Introduction
- As you know, we reviewed this page during our 1/11/2023 class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Scroll past the Table of Contents.
- Say the title of each lesson out loud.
- That’s it – you’re done!
- Good News
- We also reviewed this page during our 1/11/2023 class. I plan to teach it during a later class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Scroll past the Table of Contents.
- Say the title of each lesson out loud.
- When you get to Lesson 10, look it over and note that it contains the link to the “Evangelism In Acts” page.
- When you get to Lesson 13, look it over and note that it contains the link to the “Testimonies” page.
- That’s it – you’re done!
- Good News: Evangelism In Acts
- We also reviewed this page during our 1/11/2023 class. I plan to teach it during a later class.
- Do a quick scan (1 – 2 minutes) of this page to reinforce your familiarity with it.
- Scroll past the Table of Contents.
- Say the title of each lesson out loud.
- That’s it – you’re done!
- Good News: Testimonies
- Read Section 1: Purpose
- Read Section 2: Your Testimony: The Story of Your Life With Jesus
- Do Lesson 1: Life Before Following Christ.
Session 131 – 02/08/2023
Agenda
- Icebreaker: General conversation
- Fathers’ Uplift
- Prayer Requests
- Life Church Learn The Bible Page
- Pick a Bible reading plan and get started!
- Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Unit 5,
- Matthew 11 Class Notes – Lesson 1: Jesus and John The Baptizer – Bill Baxter
- Watch the following videos from the Life Church Men’s Discipleship Bible Study – YouTube List:
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- Watch videos from Why I Don’t Go with Lisa Fields — Jude 3 Project
- Are You Still A Christian? | Why I Don’t Go (Season 2 Episode 3) (00:16:48)
- Rocklyn: Following Jesus: Focus On The Message – Unit 6
- Matthew 21 Class Notes
- Lesson 2 – Jesus at the Temple
- Lesson 3 – Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
- Matthew 21 Class Notes
- Outreach, Evangelism, and Discipleship
- Testimonies
Homework
- Good News: Testimonies
- Read Section 1: Purpose
- Read Section 2: Your Testimony: The Story of Your Life With Jesus
- If you have not already done so, do Lesson 1: Life Before Following Christ.
- Do Lesson 2: Realizing the Need to Follow Christ.