Glimpses Unknown

The 7th lesson in the series on Reflections on Discipleship.  This lesson actually serves as an introduction to the book of Revelation.  As far as the series goes, this is the final lesson stemming from the first half of NT Wright’s book, “Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship.”  The first section dealt with “Looking to […]

This is the 6th lesson in the series inspired from NT Wright’s “Reflections On Discipleship.”  In it we look at the chief characteristic of Jesus from the Gospel of Mark, his service to mankind.  BTW – If you have iTunes, you can search in podcasts using “thedougout” and you should be able to directly download […]

This is a shorter lesson prepared for Sunday, December 19th, the day of our Children’s Christmas program.  I tried to pull out something unique to children to highlight why we should imitate their faith.  Much of what is contained in this lesson is inspired by Mike Yaconelli’s “Dangerous Wonder.”  He highlights the unassuming, wild, often wreckless, […]

Lesson #4 from “Reflections on Discipleship.”  John tells a new creation story in his gospel.  “In the beginning was the Word” inaugurates this Gospel account.  We failed under the original creation story…so John writes a fresh account based on the new creation that comes our way in Jesus Christ.  His focus throughout is placed squarely […]

Lesson #3 from “Reflections on Discipleship.”  Colossians directs our thoughts on the supremacy of Jesus Christ over all powers and authorities! Colossians: The Battle Won

This is lesson #2 in the series entitled “Reflections on Discipleship.”  In this we consider Jesus from the perspective of the writer of Hebrews.  In a word, Hebrew offers us the word “FINAL”.  Jesus is the final WORD, the final CHAPTER, the final HIGH PRIEST and the FINAL SACRIFICE.   Hebrews: The Final Sacrifice