Out of the Water into the Battle
One of the best activities I get to be involved with is our Adult Sunday School class. It has been pretty significant in stemming the tide of darkness in my own life, keeping me accountable, and forcing me into the Bible like a miner bringing back precious resources for his fellow man. I am convinced that the process of study and presenting has done more for my own life than that of the members of the class, because the act of distilling truth into a form that can be communicated drives me to think clearer and apply what I have to speak. Not only does the backroom study influence me, but the classroom interaction generates greater benefit for me than the members might suspect. Currently we are studying the book of Joshua. My approach is to address the literal happenings of the text, then uncover the types that are hidden reflecting back to us the person of Jesus, using that to reveal action needed in our own life. Yet the comments in class always e...