Posted by Jonathan Bingham on January 29, 2017 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek, Series | 
Our study through the book of James continues into chapter 4 with good momentum and incredibly practical and challenging content from the text. Here are the notes divided into sections.
James Section 4A
James 4:1-2a – A Life Dominated by Pleasure (December 11, 2016)
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James 4:2b-5 – The Matter of Unanswered Prayer / The Real Cost of Living for Yourself Instead of God (January 22, 2017)
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James 4:6-10 – How to Return to God (January 29, 2017)
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Tags: 1 Peter, 1 Peter 5, 2 Chron., 2 Chron. 12, Ephesians, Ephesians 6, Humility, James, James 4, Lifestyle, Matthew, Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Prayer, Proverbs, Proverbs 3, Psalm, Psalm 145, Psalm 24, Psalm 27, Repentance, Revival, Satan, Zechariah, Zechariah 1
Posted by Jonathan Bingham on January 15, 2017 under Audio, Bible study, Single |
Here we are at the beginning of another year! This lesson is a break from our James study, though the topic flows directly from our discussion from the first two verses in James 4, and we will actually land right back in James 4 for our conclusion. God had given me this topic back in October for our annual New Year’s lesson, and I had been thinking about it since late 2015.
Lately there has been a lot of talk about “casual Christianity” in church and among our leadership. The more I think about it, the more concerned I am that I and many others are practically living exactly that type of Christian walk, and aren’t even aware of it.
It is because of that possibility that this study compares Jesus’ “greatest commandment” and our lives to see if we are living up to His expectation of us – and our commitment to Him.
The Most Important Thing
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Tags: 2 Timothy, 2 Timothy 2, Disciplines, Ephesians, Ephesians 4, Ephesians 5, Hebrews, Hebrews 10, Humility, James, James 4, John, John 4, Lifestyle, Mark, Mark 12, Ministry, Philippians, Philippians 4, Prayer, Priorities, Proverbs, Proverbs 3, Proverbs 4, Psalm, Psalm 119, Repentance, Revival, True Discipleship
Posted by Jonathan Bingham on December 7, 2016 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek, Series |
Our study through the book of James continues into chapter 3 with an appropriate balance and reasonable speed. You’ll notice that my study notes changed format with this study. My Bible program of 20+ years finally broke with the latest MacOS update, so I had to (hurriedly) buy and get up to speed on the excellent, but incredibly pricey Logos. Here are the notes divided into sections.
James Section 3A – The Dangers of the Tongue
James Section 3B – Wisdom from Above
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Tags: Colossians, Colossians 3, Father, James, James 3, John, John 15, Luke, Luke 12, Matthew, Matthew 12, Parenting, Proverbs, Proverbs 18, Teachers, Tongue
Posted by Jonathan Bingham on October 9, 2016 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek, Series |
Our class decided it would be cool to change our tack a bit and do a Bible book study instead of our typical topical studies. I’m not sure they’re still glad they did because we (I) are taking quite a bit of time going through, and I’ve gotten a bit too technical in the presentation. I think we’re doing well with a better balance of background, application, and velocity in Chapter 2. Here are the notes divided into sections.
James Section 2A – Partiality Condemned
James Section 2B – Faith and Works
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Posted by Jonathan Bingham on August 14, 2016 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek, Series |
In our class times together, passages and themes from the book of James kept coming up and we decided it would be cool to change our tack a bit and do a Bible book study instead of our typical topical studies. I’m not sure they’re still glad they did because we are (I am) taking quite a bit of time going through, and I’ve gotten a bit too technical in the presentation. You’ll notice as we get close to the end of chapter 1 that I started doing better with that, and I think we’re doing quite well with a better balance of background, application, and velocity in Chapter 2 (next post). Here are the notes divided into four sections along with a bonus (no extra charge!) simple worksheet that I created for my kids since we are studying it with them in parallel.
James Introduction
James Introduction (Pt. 1 of 2) – March 13, 2016 – AAC, 42 min., 21MB
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BTW, if you’re interested in the discussion in the introduction about the actual name of the author of the book of James, you should also listen to the first eight or nine minutes of the Palm Sunday lesson, since that topic came up at the beginning of our time together that next week.
James Introduction (Pt. 2 of 2) – March 27, 2017 – AAC, 39 min., 19MB
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James Section 1A – Trials
James 1A – I, 1:2-4 (Pt. 1 of 6) – April 3, 2016 – AAC, 42 min., 21MB
(Sorry for the frequent audio issues. Due to a family emergency I was receiving incessant texts and numerous phone calls while I was teaching.)
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James 1A – II, 1:5 (Pt. 2 of 6) – April 10, 2016 – AAC, 45 min., 22MB
(Sorry. Still having audio issues. Not sure why. Need to replace my audio engineer. (me))
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James 1A – III, 1:5 – Faith (Pt. 3 of 6) – April 17, 2016 – AAC, 54 min., 27MB
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James 1A – IV, 1:6 – Faith, the double-minded man (Pt. 4 of 6) – April 24, 2016 – AAC, 49 min., 24MB
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James 1A – V, 1:6-12 – Double-minded man, the poor (Pt. 5 of 6) – May 1, 2016 – AAC, 41 min., 20MB
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James 1A – VI, 1:12 – Rich, and summary of trials (Pt. 6 of 6) – May 15, 2016 – AAC, 47 min., 24MB
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James Section 1B – Temptations
James Section 1C – The Role of God’s Word
James worksheet
More coming soon!
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Posted by Jonathan Bingham on March 20, 2016 under Audio, Bible study, Single |
This lesson is a detailed timeline of the last week of Jesus’ early ministry, and will likely be very controversial for those who are stuck on a traditional Good Friday crucifixion. But, I believe it is the best fitting explanation of all of the biblical data.
Palm Sunday – Last Week of Jesus’ Life
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The following week began with more discussion around this topic.
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Tags: 1 Cor., 1 Cor. 15, Crucifixion, Easter, Exodus, Exodus 12, Feasts, Hebrews, Hebrews 10, Jesus, John, John 1, John 18, John 19, John 20, Luke, Luke 23, Mark, Mark 14, Mark 15, Matthew, Matthew 12, Matthew 21, Matthew 27, Passover, Psalm, Psalm 118, Psalm 34, Zechariah, Zechariah 9
Posted by Jonathan Bingham on February 14, 2016 under Audio, Bible study, Single |
This lesson contains a couple of helpful things I learned while reading two books by Shanti Feldhahn, For Men Only and For Women Only. There is good insight for both husbands and wives.
Valentine’s
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(I apologize for the audio quality. I set the gain too high on the lapel mic.)
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Posted by Jonathan Bingham on January 17, 2016 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek |
LOL! As you can see below, my title for the lesson was boring. This title came from my dear wife who always has a knack for spicing things up! Anyway, this lesson (intended to be just one Sunday, but ended up being three…) is what I believe is God’s challenge for our class members for the new year.
Ministry Focus for 2016
Here are the recordings of my teaching this lesson (AAC format playable in most browsers, iTunes, and iDevices):
(My new lapel microphone does a much better job getting my audio, but a much poorer job picking up audio from the group, so I remove those silent gaps. That results in some odd transitions, but it’s better than wasting your time. I have purchased another microphone so I can record both.)
Week 1 – Ministry (12/20/15), 31 min., 15MB
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Week 2 – Leadership (1/10/16), 42 min., 21MB
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Week 3 – Personal Holiness (1/17/16), 44 min., 22MB
(I apologize for the sound quality of this lesson. It’s all the fault of my sound engineer. (Me.) As mentioned above, I purchased an additional microphone to capture ambient sound (discussion from the group) and used it this week. As it turned out, I didn’t make it through all the clicks needed to start my lapel microphone so I only have audio from the new ambient microphone (which is actually pretty impressive). But there is lots of noise from the lectern that the microphone was sitting on, along with my iPad and my hands. Lesson: get something for the microphone to sit on that will isolate it from the lectern noise. And get a better app that requires far fewer clicks to get it working.)
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Tags: 1 Cor., 1 Cor. 10, Bible Study, Ephesians, Ephesians 4, Leadership, Lifestyle, Matthew, Matthew 20, Meditation, Ministry, Prayer, Psalm, Psalm 51, Romans, Romans 12, Spiritual Gifts, Temptation
Posted by Jonathan Bingham on December 6, 2015 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek |
This study came from four different sources that are closely related in their practical truths. I was reading something and came across this quote:
“Bad habits are easy to make, but hard to live with. Good habits are hard to make, but easy to live with.”
And somehow God took that thought and reminded me of one of my favorite Andy Stanley sermon series, Destinations: The Principle of the Path. And when I started thinking about that, I remembered a recent sermon by one of our teaching pastors where he talked about the process of how our thoughts become attitudes and actions, and how those actions become habits, and how those habits will determine our lives. And then I remembered some great wisdom from Andy Andrews that really helps make it all practical.
I began thinking about all four principles and realized there is an important reminder / warning for us at any age and place in life that we be careful with our minds, intentionally choose what is influencing our decisions, and make sure the destinations that are set by our current paths are where we want to end up.
Where Are You Going?
And in the process of doing that lesson, I updated an old lesson on controlling your thoughts.
Control Your Mind – Update
And in the Scripture meditation point I realized it would be helpful for me to put together a starter list of passages for people to meditate on.
Meditation
Here are the recordings of my teaching this series (AAC format playable in most browsers, iTunes, and iDevices):
(My new lapel microphone does a much better job getting my audio, but a much poorer job picking up audio from the group, and this lesson had a huge amount of wonderful discussion that ended up being large chunks of silence on the recording, so I had to remove it. That results in some odd transitions, but it’s better than wasting the listeners’ time. I may have to start running two separate recordings to capture both well.)
Week 1 – Introduction (8/2/15), 47 min., 24MB
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Week 2 – Destination (8/23/15), 41 min., 20MB
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Week 3 – Direction (8/30/15), 28 min., 14MB
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Week 4 – Direction (9/6/15), 42 min., 21MB
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Week 5 – Direction (9/13/15), 32 min., 16MB
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Week 6 – Decisions / Thoughts (9/20/15), 44 min., 22MB
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Week 7 – Friends (9/27/15), 40 min., 20MB
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Week 8 – Friends (do-over) (10/4/15), 20 min., 10MB
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Week 9 – Friends / Music (10/18/15), 33 min., 16MB
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Week 10 – Music / Books (10/25/15), 52 min., 26MB
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Week 11 – Bible / Scripture Memory / Scripture Meditation (11/29/15), 44 min., 22MB
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Week 12 – Prayer / Worship (12/6/15), 16 min., 8MB
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Posted by Jonathan Bingham on June 28, 2015 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek, Series |
In John 4, Jesus gave us the two most important instructions on how to properly worship God, and corrected some frequent worship failures. This study considers Jesus’ words carefully and then offers practical ideas for how we can worship God more consistently and effectively.
BTB – Worship
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Week 1 – Introduction (6/7/15), 46 min., 23MB
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Week 2 – Spirit (6/14/15), 33 min., 16MB
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Week 3 – Truth (6/21/15), 30 min., 15MB
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Week 4 – Truth (6/28/15), 40 min., 20MB
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Week 5 – Practical Application Pt. 1 (7/19/15), 47 min., 24MB
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Week 6 – Practical Application Pt. 2 (7/26/15), 46 min., 23MB
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Tags: 2 Cor., 2 Cor. 3, 2 Samuel, 2 Samuel 6, Back to Basics, Bible Study, Isaiah, Isaiah 6, John, John 4, Psalm, Psalm 95, Psalm 96, Romans, Romans 12, Worship
