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How are we to read and understand the book of Acts? This handout from week 5 of our summer Bible study will help equip you to rightly understand the New Testament history of Acts, what it teaches us, and how it relates to us. 
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Practicing effective Bible study on Joshua 6–7!
 The last thing to be observed is, that the Lord enjoins every one of us, in all the actions of life, to have respect to our own calling. He knows the boiling restlessness of the human mind, the fickleness with which it is borne hither and thither, its eagerness to hold opposites at one time in its grasp, its ambition. Therefore, lest all things should be thrown into confusion by our folly and rashness, he has assigned distinct duties to each in the different modes of life. And that no one may presume to overstep his proper limits, he has distinguished the different modes of life by the name of callings. Every man’s mode of life, therefore, is a kind of station assigned him by the Lord, that he may not be always driven about at random. ...in every thing the call of the Lord is the foundation and beginning of right action. He who does not act with reference to it will never, in the discharge of duty, keep the right path. He will sometimes be able, perhaps, to give the semblance of something laudable, but whatever it may be in the sight of man, it will be rejected before the throne of God; and besides, there will be no harmony in the different parts of his life. Hence, he only who directs his life to this end will have it properly framed; because free from the impulse of rashness, he will not attempt more than his calling justifies, knowing that it is unlawful to overleap the prescribed bounds. He who is obscure will not decline to cultivate a private life, that he may not desert the post at which God has placed him. Again, in all our cares, toils, annoyances, and other burdens, it will be no small alleviation to know that all these are under the superintendence of God. The magistrate will more willingly perform his office, and the father of a family confine himself to his proper sphere. Every one in his particular mode of life will, without repining, suffer its inconveniences, cares, uneasiness, and anxiety, persuaded that God has laid on the burden. This, too, will afford admirable consolation, that in following your proper calling, no work will be so mean and sordid as not to have a splendour and value in the eye of God. (John Calvin, On the Christian Life)
Practicing effective Bible study on Joshua 6–7!
How are we to read and understand Old Testament historical passages? This handout from week 4 of our summer Bible study will help equip you to rightly understand Old Testament history, what it teaches us, and how it relates to us.
Get ready for next week by reading the book of Acts and taking note of its structure, its themes, and its overall character.
Read through Joshua in preparation for next week! And answer some very basic overview questions to prepare you for Bible study next week!
This handout from week 3 of our Summer Bible Study is an exercise in inductive Bible study: OBSERVATION—INTERPRETATION—EVALUATION—APPLICATION The practice passage is Philippians 1. We'll spend the summer going through this process over and over again until we begin to internalize the types of questions we should be asking as we read and study Scripture.
This handout from week 3 of our Summer Bible Study gives an overview of the sorts of things we need to be aware of as we study the New Testament epistles.
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