Last week was a rather intense week for me. I spent
more time studying the Bible than probably any time since
I've been in school (and actually more than most of the time
I was in school.) I ended up writing three in depth
articles for the theology section of spreadinglight and
wrote over 5,500 words.
When the weekend rolled around, I had the privilege of
hosting my former pastor and mentor of 17 years at the
church. He has retired and is teaching spring
semesters at Jamaica Bible College. He came to my
church to do a Bible study on the life of Peter and his
teachings.
As a pastor, I don't get to be taught very often any
longer. Basically everything I learn now comes in
preparation for teaching or preaching. So I have to
say what a delight it was to simply learn for the sake of
learning once again. It was a true blessing and I have
felt a renewed energy all week even though a 10 hour Bible
study over the weekend took a lot out of me mentally.
Some churches may have better success but I've discovered
that maybe 20% of Christians are involved in some sort of
Bible study program outside of regular weekly church
services. There are many reasons why people are not
and I'm certainly not going to point the finger at anyone
and claim that they are bad Christians if they are not
involved in one. But I would encourage as many people
as possible to find a good Bible study to become involved
in. I believe that it is absolutely worth the time and
energy that a person will invest in one.
