PREPARE AND PRESENT LESSON 1
A WRITING ASSIGNMENT
SUBMITTED
TO DR. PAUL JACOBS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DSMN 601
DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH HISTORY
BY
TIMOTHY ANDERSEN
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
13 APRIL 2013
Opening prayer:
Dear Lord, We humbly come before you today and bow in your presence. We ask that you join us in our study today and open our minds and hearts to the lesson that is presented today. Father, I pray that You send Your Spirit and that He speaks through me today and that you bless the conversations and discussions that we have with each other. In Jesus’ name we pray – Amen
Good evening Brothers. Tonight we will be looking at a passage in Romans and we will be discussing the sovereignty of God. If you’re not sure what sovereignty means, don’t worry, we will be discussing its meaning and how it affects our lives later on. For now let’s split up into some small groups of about 3 or 4 in each group.
Over the next few minutes lets open up to the men in our groups and share some personal experiences where times in our lives seemed to go from bad to worse. Remember we are all here for each outer and if you don’t feel up to sharing, that’s ok, remember we always have this box of rocks over here, by the couch, for the one in here who has never done any wrong in their life. [We keep a box of rocks by the couch, so the one with no sin can cast the first stone.]
Time lapse 5 minutes
Ok guys, it’s time to begin todays lesson.
Back when I was a kid my brother and I use to go up to our bedroom and take our comforters off of our beds and throw them up into the air. However they landed became the terrain for our battle of G.I Joes. We would take our G.I. Joes and set them up, in what would seem to be 5 minutes but in all actuality was more like an hour or 2. We would set them up in vehicles, in squads, put snipers on the hills and even make parachutes for our air bombers.