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I am going to be setting a up a Bible study for a group I belong to, with the topic being Romans 9. None of these others is Reformed, and I would like to make it as middle ground as possible. Does anyone know of any resources in the area of organizing oneself to lead a study, etc?
 

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BTW....I think it might be kinda tough to start with Romans 9 if you havn't established the context by going through the rest of the book first. I think starting with Romans 9 would tend to contribute to the idea that Paul interrupts his discussion by inserting chapters 9-11 into his main thought which goes from chapter 8 to 12...which is not true.

I'm not saying you shouldn't focus on chapter nine. I just think that maybe you would be making the job harder.
 
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I agree. I would start at the beginning. That's actually what I am doing with the book of Matthew for my Sunday school class.
 
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Well, Im not the one that usually leads, so I kinda thought I'd take the 1 study that I have and do that. Im open to other ideas if anyone has them on how else I can get a good like 1.5 hour study in and enlighten some folks to realize that we arent stuffy nay-sayers.
 
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It took me 4 1-hour Sunday school classes to compare the different views of election seen by the various groups in Romans 9...without getting into all of the other stuff in there!! I think we were six weeks total just on Romans 9. Trying to fit it all in one 1.5-hour will take some squeezing!

Maybe try one study on comparing Total Depravity/Radical Corruption to Automomous Free Will.

Let me think on this some more. When are you doing the study?
 
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Good Day, Shadrach

Man that is a big undertaking in one study, God bless you.

Peace to u,

Bill
 
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Is the usual guy in a series already?

If not, I might be inclined to tackle what it means to be a man...leader in the home, love your wife, etc.

No hes not. Im trying to get a bit of a reformed bent added in and get people thinking. I already have to figure out what to use for his study this week, Eternal Security
 
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No hes not. Im trying to get a bit of a reformed bent added in and get people thinking. I already have to figure out what to use for his study this week, Eternal Security

Now there's a great topic!!

Do you know the difference between the Reformed doctrine of Perseverance of the Saints and the typical American evangelical view of 'once saved, always saved'?

Try these threads in Semper Reformanda...

http://www.christianforums.com/t2185913-osas-and-perseverance-of-the-saints-are-they-the-same.html

http://www.christianforums.com/t3102930-perseverance-of-the-saints.html

And try this...



...from this site, which contains links to many,, many sites on the topic...
http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/perseverance.html

In fact, that monergism.com site is great for all aspects of Reformed theology.
 
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