Want to learn more about Oneness in Christ? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series.
Introduction: Unity seems to be a word that has fallen out of popular favor. Diversity is the popular word of today. Like many current trends, it is a concept that has turned traditional thinking upside down. The motto of the United States is "Out of many, one."...
Introduction: Why does God give us His laws? Is it a test to see if we are "good enough" to be saved? Or, good enough to be in a right relationship with Him? Many people think that, but that is not what the Bible teaches. Deuteronomy 4:5-8 tells us that God giv...
Introduction: Do you seek glory? Are you what they call a "glory hound?" When you watch a sports team, and one player seeks all of the glory, do you think the team is unified? The way of the world is to seek personal glory. But, you may be surprised to learn tha...
Introduction: A lack of unity can be painful! At a church camp this weekend, a friend threw a football to me. I had to run to catch it, and just as I was getting my hands around it, my foot caught on the ground. Instead of falling forward on my face, I tucked in...
Introduction: When you want to accomplish a task, do you look at how people have done it in the past? Or, do you look for innovative ideas to help you do it better? It seems that we often ignore the lessons of history. This week our study is about the mix of pow...
Introduction: How many times do you say "Picture this?" Or, "let me paint a picture of what is happening?" These are not paintings or photographs, rather they are word pictures that help us understand a concept. That is our study this week. What word pictures i...
Introduction: Are you like me? Have you been in a church where you experienced conflicts, and also been in a church where you experienced unity? What made the difference between those churches? When I was first married our church was split along theological line...
Introduction: When I think about those who are currently my close friends in and outside the church, their views are very similar to mine. However close our agreement, in each case there is also at least one area of disagreement. An exception is my wife, and eve...
Introduction: In most of our lessons in this series, we discussed what we could do to be more unified. Is there a "grace" aspect to the question of unity? Has Jesus already handled the problem? Has He done what is necessary for us to be unified? Let's dive into...
Introduction: How do you deal with broken relationships among fellow church members? Do you just avoid those church members? Do you try to reconcile with them? Do you try not to think about it? Our lesson this week is about trying to heal broken relationships. Le...
Introduction: The title to our lesson makes me smile. If there is an area in which we have all sorts of disunity, it is in worship. Some churches have two services with two different styles of worship, just so everyone will be happy. Isn't worship something deepe...
Introduction: What is your picture of unity in the Church? What should be the goal? We look around us and find all sorts of different churches. If different churches form the "big picture," why would we expect something different in the "small picture" of our loc...
Introduction: We have hope! The best thing for discouragement is believing that things will get better. We have discussed unity in this series of lessons, but the best news is that we will be unified when we get to heaven. Let's jump into our study of the Bible a...
