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- American Christianity Chart Online Lutheran Bible Study Bible
- What Bible Do Lutherans Study
- American Christianity Chart Online Lutheran Bible Study Lessons
- Do you use a particular Lutheran Study Bible, or any study Bible? I frequently read from the ELCA Lutheran Study Bible, but I also frequently read from other versions as well including the JPS and Artscroll Tanach. I have a The Word KJV Study Bible from Thomas Nelson, but I find the study parts are not a great fit for me.
- This page contains notes taken from an Issues Etc. Series about Pop American Christianity. When looking at what is currently popular in American Christianity, one sees several dominant beliefs that cut across denominational lines.
- This six-part Bible study by LTC Bob Cary, USA (Ret), and LTC Hal Winton, USA (Ret.), focuses on applying godly principles of leadership, prayer, excellence, and commitment. There is ample room for answering questions and making notes. The six lessons are titled: God’s Good Soldiers—Soldiers in the Bible; Joshua’s Godly Leadership.
- Concise Study Series
- Foundations Study Series
- Intermediate Study Series
- Comprehensive Study Series
- Other Free Resources
There are four series of topical Bible studies: the Concise, Foundations, Intermediate and Comprehensive study series. They are based on the editions of The Bible Unpacked with the corresponding names. They contain the same text, with questions added.
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Concise Study Series
This series of free Bible studies is based on the Concise Edition. It is for new or young Christians.
The series has two booklets, which contain four chapters each. The chapters would usually require a session or two to complete.
For a simple printing option, go to Single Chapters.
I. What to Know
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II. What to Do
Foundations Study Series
This series of free Bible studies is based on the Foundations Edition. It is for Christians wanting a firm grounding in their faith. It is very good for studies with newer or older-teenage believers.
It is comprised of eight booklets, with five chapters each. The chapters would usually require one or two study sessions to complete.
For a simple printing option, go to Single Chapters.
I. What to Know
A. God and Spiritual Powers
B. God and the World: Basics
C. God and the World: Jesus Christ
D. God and His Own People
II. What to Do
E. Relating to God
F. Church Life
G. Relating to People
H. Persevering
Intermediate Study Series
This series of free Bible studies is based on the Intermediate Edition. It is for Christians wanting to build on a basic understanding of the faith, and is excellent for Bible study groups.
The series is comprised of eight booklets, with five chapters each. All chapters have two major sections. Each section would usually require one or two study sessions to complete.
For a simple printing option, go to Single Chapters.
I. What to Know
A. God and Spiritual Powers
B. God and the World: Basics
C. God and the World: Jesus Christ
D. God and His Own People
II. What to Do
E. Relating to God
F. Church Life
G. Relating to People
H. Persevering
Comprehensive Study Series
This series of free Bible studies is based on the Comprehensive Edition. It is for Christians wanting to study particular topics in more depth, and is well suited to Bible study groups.
The studies are in 40 booklets (see below) with two sections each. Each section would usually require one or two sessions to complete.
I. What to Know
A. God and Spiritual Powers
1. God’s Being
2. God’s Character
3. Jesus Christ
4. The Holy Spirit
5. Angels, Demons and Satan
B. God and the World: Basics
6. God’s Creation
7. God’s Sovereignty
8. God’s Word
9. The Problem of Sin
10. God’s Judgment
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C. God and the World: Jesus Christ
11. God’s Promised Messiah
12. Jesus Christ’s Mission
13. Salvation Through Jesus Christ
14. The New Order
15. ‘The Last Things’
D. God and His Own People
16. The Standing of God’s People
17. Keys to God’s Interaction
18. God’s Transformation of His People
19. God’s Care of His People
20. God’s Plans for His People
II. What to Do
E. Relating to God
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21. Being Right with God
22. Having Faith in God
23. Loving, Fearing and Obeying God
24. Connecting with God
25. Exalting God
F. Church Life
26. Being One Body
27. Worshiping God
28. Serving God
29. Significant Practices
30. Church Leadership
G. Relating to Other People
31. Love
32. Justice
33. Wisdom
34. Common Relationships
35. Spreading the Gospel
H. Persevering
36. Standing Firm
37. Rejecting Sin
38. Major Pitfalls
39. Hard Times
40. Persecution
Other Free Resources
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freeChristian mentoring and cell group resources. Included are PDFs of: ‘Mentoring to Develop Disciples & Leaders’ and ‘The Small-Group Leader’.I spent many years as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America until I led my congregation out for a more Biblical branch of Lutheranism. “Liberal” is no longer the word for the ELCA, it has become radical. Here is what I mean:
The ELCA pays for abortion for any reason in the denomination’s healthcare plan which is funded by offering dollars. That’s right, “your offering dollars at work” can go to kill unborn children.
The ELCA ordains practicing homosexuals and now also transgender pastors.
Two summers ago, 31,000 ELCA teenagers attended the ELCA’s youth gathering. Popular ELCA pastor Nadia Bolz-Webber led the students to say after her “I renounce the lie that queerness is anything other than beauty.” At the youth gathering an 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a girl was put on stage to promote transgenderism.
This past summer the ELCA in convention passed an interfaith resolution stating that we do not know what God thinks of non-Christian religions. A delegate got to the microphone to offer an amendment, saying that we do know because John 14:6 says that Jesus is the only way of salvation. His amendment was voted down by 97 percent.
A Chicago newspaper asked ELCA head bishop Elizabeth Eaton if Hell exists. Her response: “It may, but I think it is empty.”
Recently The Christian Post reported on the ELCA promoting a prayer to “Mother God.” If you go to herchurch.org, you will find an ELCA congregation in California which worships “Our Mother who is within us…” The church’s pastor led the women on a retreat in which she gave each a lump of clay to fashion their own Asheroth goddess statue so they could worship the “forbidden divine feminine.” My alma mater, the ELCA’s Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, held a commemoration service for the Transgender Day of Remembrance in which the transgender preacher led the students in the Lord’s Prayer, saying “Our Mother in heaven.'
I am on a Facebook page that includes pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, some of whom believe it is sexist to pray exclusively to God as Father. I responded that Jesus taught us to pray “Our Father” and we are in no position to correct Him. A music minister at an ELCA church in Virginia didn't like my comment and responded: 'The Lord’s Prayer is a pattern for prayer. Do you still say it in Arabic? Hebrew? Then shut up. I’ll call God Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, anything I want. Doesn’t change my salvation.”
Notice what is going on in this comment. Lutherans believe we are saved by grace alone and not by our good works – which is gloriously true (Ephesians 2:8-9). But some Lutherans practice 'grace abuse' and say 'Because I'm saved by grace, I can live like the devil and do whatever I want.' Or, as the Apostle Paul put it: 'Shall we continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be!' (Romans 6:1). Yes, we are saved by grace alone, but grace never is alone, it always changes our lives. Good works do not save us, but they are the evidence that we have been saved by Christ. So, no, we are not free to worship God as 'Mother, Sister, Brother, anything I want.' The grace of Christ moves us to want to obey God, not to treat Him with contempt and remold Him into 'anything I want.”
Sadly, the ELCA has become the denomination of “anything I want.” Martin Luther believed that “the Bible alone” is the highest authority for the Church and he would grieve if he could see what the ELCA has become. In fact, some of us think ELCA really stands for “Everything Luther Cautioned Against.”
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Tom Brock
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Tom Brock graduated from Bethel College in St. Paul Minnesota with a degree in Biblical and Theological Studies. He received a Masters of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1979 and served Hope Lutheran Church in Minneapolis for 29 years. He served on the board of reform groups attempting to bring Biblical renewal to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America before he left that denomination over their position on issues such as abortion, homosexuality and universalism. For more information: The Pastor's Study