Audio by artist dan_sheffler

The heart behind studying God's word. Study and meditation as a means by which to know God. A brief overview of several ways to study with an emphasis on the inductive method.

The crucial first step in inductive Bible study. An overview of biblical genres. Questions to ask of the text.

The limits and levels of sound interpretation. How to avoid over-interpretation. Includes an examination of "Scuffy the Tugboat" at various levels of interpretation.

The step of Bible study in which the text and its meaning are applied to the reader's life. Also includes a discussion of obedience as an often neglected fourth step.

Going beyond personal study to searching the scriptures for the good of another. Being filled with the word to the point of overflowing on each other. The primacy of community in Bible study.

We learn about the love that we are to have for one another through the love of Jesus.

An examination of several practical Pauline texts on community life.

For our generation it is necessary to emphasize commitment and relationship within the church body.

A case study of the fruitful relationship between Peter and John

Dan explains the idea of Glory as it is found in scripture, particularly in the Old Testament. He then shows how the ultimate embodiment of Glory is not what is typically exalted by men, but the crucified Christ. He alone is worthy of glory who is himself the Glory of God.

Isaiah 6:3, Ex 40:34-35, 1 Cor 1:26-2:5, Phil 2:5, Matt 27:27-54

An analysis of Psalm 24 from Dan Sheffler. What it means to have clean hands and a pure heart, that the Lord established the earth on the waters, and interpretations of the ancient gates in the latter part of the Psalm.

A sermon on Psalm 25 delivered by Dan Sheffler. 

The basic idea is that this guy is a sinner and he knows it. He has seen the product of his own self-guidance and where it gets him. But he also fears the Lord and in humility knows that the LORD's ways are good and right. From this standpoint he has two great hopes. One is that the character and nature of God is such as to have mercy and forgive. The second is that God will not stop at a merely judicial forgiveness but is also such as to teach the sinner his very own ways. Because of this the Psalmist can hope in a deep inner transformation. He is not left to his own devices, but the very best Father and the very best Teacher will guide and instruct him until he becomes more like them.

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A sermon on Psalm 63 and commentary on the commandment in the New Testament to love the Lord your God.  

 A sermon on Psalm 133.  This sermon focuses on brothers living in unity and how to love each other.

 A sermon on evangelism and the paradox of how we are told both to love the world and not to love the world.

 The Gospel presented with a view toward teleology and eschatology, which are one's aim and end in life, and how through Christ the end of our lives is corrected to be in line with what God intended.