The Early Church & the Martyrs
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Monday, September 17, 2018
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The Book Of Acts!
October 1 - November 12, 2018
Good Shepherd Presbyterian
3307 Rea Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
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Monday, May 7, 2018
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Spring/Summer 2018
“Thy Word was found and I did eat it, and it became for me the Joy and Rejoicing of my heart..” Psalmist David
STRIVE to Enter His Rest… Hebrews 4:11
These 2 verses above represent the conundrum of my recent years ; the devotion of my time to the first, seemed to preclude my realization of the second! Aaah!
And now the Lord has asked me to “step back” from the longer teaching year I’ve chosen for 35 years (on & off) of teaching.
What a relief it was to find out that “strive” in Hebrew means "Wrestle!” At last, the secret meaning…we must wrestle to enter His rest! (Type A’s, rejoice!)
So sometimes, in laying aside the “Good” things, we may enjoy the “BEST” things!
What I’ve learned form so many years of teaching a certain way (& from so many mentors!) is that the discipline of study is ALWAYS rewarded with more secrets, and insights.
His Word is an inexhaustible Font of learning, wisdom, and knowledge (and beyond that, revelation!)
A favorite counselor of mine says: “you can’t out give God!” and so I’m recommending a strenuous personal regimen of WORD ~ morning, noon, and nite.
Paul said “woe to me if, after teaching others, I myself am unable to complete the race!” And that’s a great model.
I wish you a summer that is NOT a drought, but is rich with meaning, His Word, and prayer. (Jer. 17: “Blessed is the one who fears the Lord? They will be like a fruit-bearing tree in a year of drought..” )
I enclose the booklist to spur you on to “greater things!” And may the wrestling you do with Him over REST produce NEW disciplines of grace.
In Him,
Dr A
STRIVE to Enter His Rest… Hebrews 4:11
These 2 verses above represent the conundrum of my recent years ; the devotion of my time to the first, seemed to preclude my realization of the second! Aaah!
And now the Lord has asked me to “step back” from the longer teaching year I’ve chosen for 35 years (on & off) of teaching.
What a relief it was to find out that “strive” in Hebrew means "Wrestle!” At last, the secret meaning…we must wrestle to enter His rest! (Type A’s, rejoice!)
So sometimes, in laying aside the “Good” things, we may enjoy the “BEST” things!
What I’ve learned form so many years of teaching a certain way (& from so many mentors!) is that the discipline of study is ALWAYS rewarded with more secrets, and insights.
His Word is an inexhaustible Font of learning, wisdom, and knowledge (and beyond that, revelation!)
A favorite counselor of mine says: “you can’t out give God!” and so I’m recommending a strenuous personal regimen of WORD ~ morning, noon, and nite.
Paul said “woe to me if, after teaching others, I myself am unable to complete the race!” And that’s a great model.
I wish you a summer that is NOT a drought, but is rich with meaning, His Word, and prayer. (Jer. 17: “Blessed is the one who fears the Lord? They will be like a fruit-bearing tree in a year of drought..” )
I enclose the booklist to spur you on to “greater things!” And may the wrestling you do with Him over REST produce NEW disciplines of grace.
In Him,
Dr A
Friday, January 5, 2018
NEW YEAR’S, 2018: "TRAIN YOURSELF TO BE GODLY”
Over the Holidays, this verse was brought to my attention more than once (I’ve learned the hard way to “heed” those repetitions!) and it’s the greatest NEW YEAR’s RESOLUTION of all to do just that~ to engage in the ‘discipline’ of being regularly in His Word, prayer, and fellowship. I was reminded by this qoute of Spurgeon...referencing our tendency to “default to self” in all things…”What if, in this New Year, we trained our minds, & our souls, to default on grace?” (Spurgeon, 1853)
So, in that spirit, 3 quick reasons why TRAINING for GODLINESS is the most important “exercise” you’ll do in 2018 !
“Who are the ones who know me? the ones who obey me, and as they obey me, I reveal myself to them, more & more..” John 14:23
JOIN US this New Year of Grace for our study of Hebrews (we resume 1/15, 6:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd Presby). Hebrews is a book that promises MUCH, and delivers! A full-orbed picture of “Christ is better ~” better than: the old covenant, the prophets, Moses, Abraham, Joshua, a better hope, a better tabernacle, a better priesthood!” What a TIMELY message of hope in this dark world, so come and be encouraged along with us!
So, in that spirit, 3 quick reasons why TRAINING for GODLINESS is the most important “exercise” you’ll do in 2018 !
- It’s of ETERNAL, not temporal, value. I Tim 4: 7-8.
Train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. (Can you say that about the gym?) - It’s a way to continue an Ancient Christian Tradition!
Did you know Martin Luther read the Bible thru 6 times every year for 20 years? Or that Hudson Taylor started each day w/2 hours of prayer? It’s what we all in Church history call “holy habits,” and you’re following here in sacred footsteps.. - It puts you in the path of blessing
Scripture promises that the “disciplined ones” reach the goal (see I Cor 9!) Hebrews 12 will remind us this spring that we must rtreat this life as a RACE of endurance~ and set our sights on Jesus. To do that is to put yourself in the direct line of His sight and blessing...
“Who are the ones who know me? the ones who obey me, and as they obey me, I reveal myself to them, more & more..” John 14:23
JOIN US this New Year of Grace for our study of Hebrews (we resume 1/15, 6:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd Presby). Hebrews is a book that promises MUCH, and delivers! A full-orbed picture of “Christ is better ~” better than: the old covenant, the prophets, Moses, Abraham, Joshua, a better hope, a better tabernacle, a better priesthood!” What a TIMELY message of hope in this dark world, so come and be encouraged along with us!
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
ADVENT: December 2017
Dear Class:
It’s been a wonderful Autumn, full of lessons on the Supremacy of Christ.
Now, in the church calendar, is the “Season of Waiting..”The season of Advent. I’ve often, in many church settings over 30 years, made the observation (not original to me!) that those who recognized the Christ child in the Christmas Story “were looking for Him!”
Anna, in the Luke account ~ chapter 2, is denoted as someone “who was longing and looking for the redemption of Jerusalem..” (As I age, it also isn’t lost on me that the two who recognized the baby in Luke 2 were the oldest two in the entire story! )
So let’s not let the Season slip away looking around us, at the wrong things, with the wrong focus. Temporal pleasures will soon fade, but the Eternal Gifts of the Child-King will last forever.
Class resumes Jan 15, Monday evening, at 6:30, and PLEASE JOIN US for Hebrews chapter 8!
Warmly in Him
Dr Alison Littauer Brown
Teaching Director, Women of the WORD, CLT
Monday, September 25, 2017
WELCOME TO FALL~ A SEASON OF Fruitbearing
Hi Ladies
WELCOME to the study of HEBREWS..my favorite book to teach, in the 35 years I’ve been doing that! This book is centered on “Christ is Better,” and tells us ALL the way HE IS Superior to the Old Covenant, its High Priests & regulations.
He offers us a Better Hope, Covenant, and Mediator.
What about the 21st century lives we’re living in fast-paced Charlotte? What if the ANCIENT Things are the most important, & the most relevant, and the most to be valued? We’re counting on it, and the voices of “great dead guys” in the past centuries will underline our study. As A W Pink said, “in Hebrews, Christ is to be held up supreme, so that everything/one else assumes their proper place in orbit around Him.” How practical! Fall is the season of Fruit-Bearing, and we know if we “sow to the Spirit,” we will reap of harvest of righteousness, if we don’t get discouraged and give up (Galatians 6).
We meet from 6:30-8:15pm for almost 9 months of the year, beginning Sept 18 and continuing til May 7 of next year. Please join us, and let’s DIVE IN where the riches are!
Thursday, June 22, 2017
SUMMER 2017 ~ “As you pass through the Dry lands, he will make it a pool of water..” Psalm 84
What
a promise for this dry, hot season! The Israelites were way ahead of us, even
southerners, with their desert climate. how wonderful that Adonai promised
endless refreshment.
Let’s
not be “out of the habit” of the WORD, & nourishing ourselves with
feeding from saints of the past~ through great reading all summer!
Below
is a booklist a lot of us are working our way through!
Meanwhile
STAY TUNED for a WOW MEET N’ GREET, to
relaunch our FALL 2017 year (Probably 8/28 Monday Evening~ food &
fellowship)
Then
CLASS BEGINS 9/18/17 for HEBREWS, Mondays 6:30-8:15, Until
Mid-May, 2018. What
a Journey! CHRIST IS BETTER, is the theme of this awesome book, with the best of both
Old and New covenants explained and unpacked.
Also,
it’s a book about RESTING IN HIM, and all of us need that message!
I
pray a summer of rich refreshment in Him, no matter the “season” of your life~
Warmly
DR A
Dr Alison Littauer Brown
Teaching Director
Women of the WORD, Charlotte
SUMMER BOOKLIST 2017
Dr Al & Women of
the WORD
Tim
Keller:
The
Meaning of Marriage
The
Reason for God
Making
Sense of God (prequel?)
The
Freedom of Self-forgetfulness
Best
CLASSICS you might not have read:
The Cross of Christ, John Stott.
Humility, Andrew Murray.
A Path Through Suffering, Elisabeth Eliot.
The Cross of Christ, John Stott.
Humility, Andrew Murray.
A Path Through Suffering, Elisabeth Eliot.
IF by Amy Carmichael.
The Pursuit of God, by A W Tozer.
The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer.
The Joy of Fearing God, Jerry Bridges.
New
by amazing authors:
STAND,
A Call for Endurance of the Saints, Piper & Taylor
Counter
Culture; Following Him in an Anti-Christian Age, by Platt.
You
Are What you Love, by Jamie Smith.
Rejoicing
in Christ, by Michael Reeves.
Onward;
Engaging the Culture w/out Losing the Gospel. Al Mohler.
CLASSICS:
A
W Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy.
Mere Christianity, by C S Lewis (& anything else he writes !)
Mere Christianity, by C S Lewis (& anything else he writes !)
The
Pleasures of God, by John Piper
My
Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers.
Union
with God, Madame Guyon.
A
Seeking Heart. By Fenelon
***After
You Believe., N T Wright.
The
Holiness of God, by R C Sproul.
Church
History:
The Monk & the Mallet (in honor of Luther’s 500th! 10/31) Stephen Nichols
The Monk & the Mallet (in honor of Luther’s 500th! 10/31) Stephen Nichols
7
men/7 women by Eric Metaxas (or Bonhoeffer****)
**Religious
Affections, by Jonathan Edwards}
God’s Passion for His Glory (Piper does Edwards) J
God’s Passion for His Glory (Piper does Edwards) J
The
Life of God in the Soul of Man, by Henry Scougal (1700)
David
Brainerd’s Diary. By Jonathan Edwards.
***”Textbook,
Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language
**Workbooks
for summer ~ Navigators, Intervarsity Press, Beth Moore ,John Stott
Thursday, February 9, 2017
2017 ~ A NEW YEAR OF GRACE
We
are trusting God for the new year that lies ahead of us, a “blank slate,”
as it were for the unknown year, known fully to Him.
Kierkegaard
(among others) said: “what we call the Journey, God calls the goal…to be
more like Him, to release more to Him, to see Him more clearly in every life
event.”
2016
was a year of change and growth for Women of the WORD, and we are so
grateful for our new home at Good Shepherd, a to be studying the PSALMS this
spring term~ the “prayer book of the Bible…”
It
will be a rich time together on Monday evenings. Our texts are from Bonhoeffer
and Spurgeon’s treasury about King David (3 vols!)
My
prayer for the group in the year ahead is that we become more disciplined
in our Prayer Life and more like HIM in our communion with the Father.
The
promises to the One who meditates on the Law, day and night~ are
many: “they shall be like a tree planted by streams of living
water…and in whatever they do, they prosper.” Psalm 1
Dr
A
Dr
Alison Littauer Brown
Teaching
Director, Women of the WORD
Charlotte
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