Week 8 Bible Centered Leadership

HEY GUYS!

This last week we spent our class time with Eric Barlow, a super smart man with lots of wisdom. Originally he was going to name the topic Advanced Bible Study but changed it in class because of how important it is to live as "Bible Centered Leaders". If you are wondering what a bible centered leader is or (BCL) for short. A (BLC) refers to a leader who's leadership is informed by the Bible. Who is personally shaped by Biblical values and grasps the intent of the scriptural books and their content in such a way to apply them to current situations and who uses the Bible in ministry so as to impact followers.

We spent the first day looking at some key verses showing the importance of the Bible.
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.
2 Tim 3:16-17 All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
These are just two verses where it talks about the importance of the word, there are lots!

Loving Jesus means that we are in the word!
The one thing we can always rely on in ministry is the word of God, it provides all the truth we can rely on. It really hit me hard thinking about what i'm saying next.... North America has the word of God around every corner, we have it on our phones and many times we have numerous versions of Bibles. And yet we don't even long for it. So much of it and we don't give nearly as much value as it deserves. Places in the world that are secluded and poor or where the word of God isn't legal. People are willing to sell anything or even go to the length of cutting off an arm for it.
It was hard to see that we have so much resource available to us and yet sometimes don't use it. We are so blessed to have so much of the word of God. Its encouraging!

The week was very "hands on" which was nice to be able to figure things out for ourselves. I had the opportunity to learn new study techniques with the Bible. Also created a 3 year and 10 year Bible study plan so I can get more out of my time with God!

That is a short summary of what I did last week! Thanks for reading! :)