Our next unit of Adult Foundations, meeting at 9am from May 3—June 21, will offer two eight-week classes:
Room 102: The Blazing Center: The Soul-Satisfying Supremacy of God in All Things
This DVD-based curriculum will be facilitated by Jonathan Philgreen. The publisher’s description:
“God is the blazing sun at the center of reality. Everything revolves around him. And as the most valuable and glorious person that exists, God is loving, not conceited, when he calls us to worship him, because he’s offering us the one thing that will make us the most happy: himself. God’s pursuit of glory and our pursuit of joy are not at odds. Because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
“In these eight 30-minute sessions, John Piper explains from the Bible:
- Why God is so passionate about his glory
- Why our happiness depends on God’s pursuit of his glory
- That God actually commands us to pursue our happiness
- That sin is when we abandon God and pursue our happiness in lesser things
- How our love for God is revealed by our delight in him, not our labors for him
- How joy in God overflows in love to meet the needs of others
- How only joy in God can sustain us in times of profound suffering”
The video segments are 30-minutes in length, which will be followed by class discussion.
Room 202: The Book of Ruth
This class will walk through the Old Testament book of Ruth.
The study will aim to aid us in interpreting the book within the storyline of the whole Bible, seeing how it points us to the redemption found in Jesus Christ. We will see how remembering and believing that God is faithful to his saving promises frees us to be kind, strategic, risk-taking, sacrificial servants of others and of our King. The schedule (subject to change) is as follows:
- Week 1 — Long Story Short: Interpretation & Application in Light of the “Big Picture”
- Week 2 — Ruth 1 — Naomi’s Heat & Thorns: How Unbelief Bears Bad Fruit
- Week 3 — Ruth 1-2 — Ruth’s Faith & Fruit: How Faith in God’s Promised Bears Good Fruit
- Week 4 — Ruth 2 — Boaz: A Glimpse of God’s Kindness in Redemption
- Week 5 — Ruth 2:17-3:5 — Naomi’s Revival: How the Gospel Frees Us to Take Righteous Risks
- Week 6 — Ruth 3:6-4:12 — As Shrewd as Serpents, As Innocent as Doves: How the Gospel Frees Us to Live Lives of Strategic Integrity
- Week 7 — Ruth 4:11-22 — We Love Because He First Loved Us: How Kindness Begets Kindness
- Week 8 — Ruth 4:11-22 — The Best is Yet To Come: Big Truths from the Little Town of Bethlehem
This class will not use a published curriculum (bring your Bible!). It will be facilitated by Eric Schumacher.