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- Bring a notebook and Bible along with you.
- Do the assignments. (These are not required to come to class, but you will get so much more out of it, if you study and put some work in through the week!)
- Be consistent. (You can come and go week-to-week as you please, but you will get the MOST out of B&B if you are there every week that you possibly can be!)
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FALL 2025:
We are studying the 40 I Am's this semester!
Click here to download a copy, and follow along! Click below to see this week's assignment.
Click here to download a copy, and follow along! Click below to see this week's assignment.
Oct 8's Assignment: #20-22
#20: I am…Observing and doing the Lord's Commandments. Deuteronomy 28:12
#21: I am…Blessed coming in and blessed going out. Deuteronomy 28:6
#22: I am…An heir of eternal life. 1 John 5:11-12
#21: I am…Blessed coming in and blessed going out. Deuteronomy 28:6
- First, say these out loud, and guess a little at what this statement should mean to you.
- Then read it in context: Deuteronomy 28:1-14
- What is the foundation for the blessings: God’s work or our obedience?
- These blessings begin and end with a “if-clause”. What is the importance of it?
- How will God be glorified through the blessings? How is holiness inseparable from the promises? What is your responsibility with the blessings and their conditions?
- How would you put verses 3-6 in modern, first-world, terms?
- How is obedience itself a blessing? Where do you find it difficult to obey?
#22: I am…An heir of eternal life. 1 John 5:11-12
- First, say it out loud, and guess a little at what this statement should mean to you.
- Then read it in context: 1 John 5:1-12
- How are belief, love, obedience, and life interconnected in verses 1-4, and 10-13? Using these verses, how would you explain to someone what being a Christian is all about? Why the repeated emphasis on right doctrine, holiness, and love?
- Using the “love test” of verse 1 (to love God is to show love to his children), how are you doing at loving God? Using the test from verses 2-3 (the love others means to obey God’s commands), how are you doing at loving others?
Oct 15's Assignment: #23-25
- #23: I am…Blessed with all spiritual blessings. Ephesians 1:3
- First, say these out loud, and guess a little at what this statement should mean to you.
- Then read it in context: Ephesians 1:3-14
- In your own words, how would you describe the “blessings in Christ” (v. 3-9)? How do they relate to praising God?
- What phrases from this section define your purpose as a Christian?
- What do you want to change in your lifestyle to live for the praise of God’s glory this week?
- #24: I am…Healed by His stripes. 1 Peter 2:24
- First, say these out loud, and guess a little at what this statement should mean to you.
- Then read it in context: 1 Peter 2:13-25
- What does Peter mean by “submit” in this context? What equivalent verbs do you see here?
- What “authorities” are over you? How do you apply verses 16-17 in those relationships?
- How might Jesus’ example help when facing hardships you cannot change?
- #25: I am…Exercising my authority over the enemy. Luke 10:19
- First, say these out loud, and guess a little at what this statement should mean to you.
- Then read it in context: Luke 10:1-24
- What was the purpose of traveling light? Of praying first, going later?
- How do verses 1-12 show the urgency Jesus himself senses for evangelism? What is the reason for this urgency?
- What would it take for you to be more involved in the harvest?
Oct 22's Assignment: #26-28
Discussion: On an optimist-pessimist scale, where would you position yourself? Why?
Assignment:
#26: I am…Above only and not beneath. Deuteronomy 28:13
Assignment:
#26: I am…Above only and not beneath. Deuteronomy 28:13
- We read this passage a couple weeks ago…now read the passage just before AND the one just after this one. Do these two passages lend any new understandings or questions?
- How would you react when everything and everyone seems to be against you?
- run and hide?
- lash out?
- talk to God?
- don’t talk to God?
- wish life would end?
- wish tomorrow would come, so things might change?
- How do these curses correlate to specific blessings from verses 1 - 14?
- What meaning does this chapter give to the “glorious and awesome name” of the Lord God?
- Read this verse in context: Romans 8:28-39
- On an optimist-pessimist scale, where would you position yourself? Why? Does this passage challenge your default, at all?
- How does verse 28 relate to the idea of suffering?
- How is God putting you through the school of hard knocks right now? How do you see God at work in this?
- How would the forces in verses 38-39, which one is the most real to you?
- Read this verse in context: Matthew 16:13-20
- What was significant about Peter’s statement here?
- How do you interpret the insight, power, and authority given to Peter? What are the “keys” of hte kingdom? What do they “bind” and “loose”?
- Read verse 21-23…why does Jesus change the direction of his teaching now? What kind of Messiah was Peter expecting? Why was Jesus’ response to Peter so strong?
- How might verse 28 relate to what happens next?