New Study, New Format, and New Teacher

Beginning Wednesday, July 11, our Wednesday Morning Men’s Study will start a NEW Study… featuring a NEW Teacher… and a NEW Format… just for the Summer (and a smidge of the Fall).

NEW STUDY

Our new study is entitled, Galatians: The Charter of Christian Freedom. It’s called this because in it, Paul proclaims the reality of believers’ liberty in Christ – freedom from the law and the power of sin, and freedom to serve the living Lord. Galatians is also one of the greatest and clearest presentations of the Gospel in all of God’s Word. Lastly, it gives us a glimpse of what living according to the power and direction of God’s Spirit can and does do in the life of those who follow Christ.

This will be a 13-week study.

NEW TEACHER

Our small group leaders have been faithfully leading their men for many, many years now, with very few breaks. Therefore, I thought I would give them this next study off to just be a student and have a chance to relax a little bit. Our ministry is profoundly indebted to these faithful and godly brothers for their leadership and this is the very least I can do to express my appreciation to them.

NEW FORMAT

During the summer months we have historically taken a bit of a dip in our attendance as our kids are home from school, families are taking vacations… (basically the old routine isn’t very routine during these months). Therefore, this summer, on Wednesday mornings, instead of breaking into our small groups for our study-time, we’re going to remain in one big group. I hope at the end of each lesson we’ll have plenty of time for our regular small groups to be able to break off and have some prayer time and care time together.

*** Our Monday Evening Men’s Study will continue to meet, sticking with our regular game-plan.

 Here’s the schedule for both:

Lesson	Monday Evening(7:00 – 8:30pm)	Wednesday Morning(6:30 – 7:30am)	Lesson Title	Scripture
1	July 9	July 11	Introduction & Overview
2	July 16	July 18	The True Gospel	1:1-9
3	July 23	July 25	The Source of Truth	1:10-24
4	July 30	August 1	Confirmation of the Truth	2:1-10
5	August 6	August 8	Contending for the Truth	2:11-21
6	August 13	August 15	Living by Faith	3:1-14
7	August 20	August 22	The Priority of the Promise	3:15-25
8	August 27	August 29	The Rights of a Son	3:26-4:11
9	September 10	September 12	A Choice of Allegiance	4:12-31
10	September 17	September 19	Christian Freedom	5:1-15
11	September 24	September 26	Living by the Spirit	5:16-26
12	October 1	October 3	Keeping on Track	6:1-10
13	October 8	October 10	Focusing on the Eternal	6:11-18

 Whether you have continued to faithfully attend throughout the year… or whether it’s been quite some time since you were last with us (or somewhere in between), I truly hope you will reconnect with your brothers in Christ at Southside for this exciting new study.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments.

Grace and Truth,
Dale

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Manly Libraries and Studies

My favorite room to investigate when I visit someone’s home is their library and/or study (provided I’m allowed to do so without being too nosey). I find that such a room says so much about a person. My little makeshift study in my home is my favorite room in the house (though it is occasionally hijacked and turned into the laundry room or the Food Network viewing room).  I’ve also written here about John Baillie’s study. What an amazing place of peace, intimacy with God, study, fellowship and ministry it must have been.

As providence would have it, I was considering just last week sharing that post once again as part of a larger post on various libraries and studies throughout history, but I never quite got off the ground with it. Well, the good folks at The Art of Manliness have put together an impressive list of The Libraries, Studies, and Writing Rooms of 15 Famous Men. They did all the work for me (and far exceeded anything I would have done). You really must check it out!

And while you’re coveting your neighbor’s library and study, take a look at this list of 14 Famous “Man Rooms,” also put together by The Art of Manliness. And finally, please check out this great post on A Man’s Library by Douglas Wilson at Vision Forum. (Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard.)

Here’s to dreaming dreams and to reading good books.
The Lord bless you,
Dale

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