Lessons Repository

River Valley Ranch: What’s Your Vantage Point?

I was privileged to be a part of a ministry to Middle and High-Schoolers this past weekend at River Valley Ranch in upstate Maryland, near the border of Pennsylvania. It was a pretty intense weekend called “Winter Meltdown.” It is a GGRREEAATTT weekend retreat for both the students AND the leaders and volunteers. The RVR staff takes care of everything so they can achieve their goal, which is

 

to provide a place free from the distractions of everyday life, where students and leaders can focus on God and build meaningful relationships with each other.

 

From my perspective, they did just that. I am posting my slide packs here, so if any of the youth leaders want to refer back to these, they can. Use everything at will!

WMD Session 1

WMD Session 2

WMD Session 3

WMD Session 4

 

If anyone needs a great camp to go to for any of several reasons, RVR is the place to be!

Theology: Where do we begin?

Attached are the slides for Prolegomenon and an Intro to Hermeneutics for the SysTheo classes at CCS. If you have never thought deeply about hermeneutics (The Science and Art of Biblical Interpretation), then check out the slides. They are based on Howard Hendricks’ book, Living by the Book. For a Christian, not having a good foundation in Hermeneutics is like a Doctor not having a good foundation in Anatomy and Physiology. Think about it . . .

Intro to Herm

Bibliology

SysTheo Quarter 2 Exam Study Guide

Test yourself!!

SYSTHEO Q2EXAMguide

Do Children go to Heaven when they die? Yes!

Good conversation that I have had twice in the last two days with students – good conversations. Here is a slidepack that used with a class that I taught. Notice that I mention John MacArthur’s Safe in the Arms of God. This would be a good book to read on the subject. He has a lot more points than I.

 

Do children go to heaven when they die? Yes!

Children in Heaven – teaching

Francis Chan called Him the “Forgotten God” – it’s amazing how that can be true

Slidepack for the wok on the Holy Spirit for SysTheo.

Role of the Spirit