Lesson 11: Setbacks (Mark 4 & 5)

Have you experienced something that foreclosed your hopes and dreams for the future? From my youth I thought God wanted me to become a lawyer and work for the church. I worked hard, got great grades, and progressed through school to the point where I needed to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Today, students routinely enroll in LSAT preparation courses. No one suggested that to me. I took the test knowing nothing about it. My resulting score broke my heart. Was I not to become a lawyer? What a setback! Because I had not finished the test in the time allotted, my father suggested a speed-reading course and retaking the test. I followed his advice and my score increased about 20%. One of today’s top law schools accepted me as a student. What does the Bible teach us about setbacks? Let’s dive into the Bible and learn more!

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The Current Quarter’s Bible Studies on Growing in a Relationship with God.

Lesson 10
Repentance and Forgiveness:
(Matthew 3 & 22, Luke 3)
Both John the Baptist and Jesus seemed to lead with the message that their listeners should “repent.” What does it mean to repent? When we studied the Lord’s Prayer, we found that Jesus recommen...
Lesson 9
Sin, the Gospel, and the Law
(Judges 14 & 16, Romans 3, Matthew 5-7)
Do you like to discuss sin? How about your sins? Most people I know do not like a visit from a church representative to discuss their sins. When you discuss sin with other Christians, do you focus on ...
Lesson 8
Having Faith
(Matthew 11, Hebrews 11, Matthew 15, Ephesians 2)
A dear friend who worked with me on many cases routinely spent lunch time walking and talking with me about the Bible. He was a Catholic who, as he jokingly put it, “read his Bible.” Later in life...
Lesson 7
Practical Prayer
(Matthew 6 & 18, Luke 11, Ephesians 3)
Are you ready to learn more about communicating with God? Last week we studied several Bible passages about prayer, including Jesus’ warning in Matthew 6 about praying in public for the purpose of i...
Lesson 6
Prayer Warriors
(Matthew 6, Daniel 6, Luke 11, Psalm 139)
If prayer is supposed to be a conversation with God, He must think I’m a really lousy conversationalist. I have a habit of mindlessly repeating phrases like, “Please, Lord, help.” Or “Thank yo...
Lesson 5
How to Study the Bible
(Psalm 119, Daniel 2, Matthew 6)
This year marks the 30-year anniversary of my son’s posting my Bible studies on the Internet. Beginning in 1975, while I was a law student, I was part of a rotation that taught the adult Sabbath Sch...
Lesson 4
The Role of the Bible
(Psalms 19, Proverbs 30, Matthew 7)
When I was a student at Andrews University, I was a member of the Student Senate. I had a friend in the Senate whose views were similar to mine. I would call us both “rebels.” He went on to have a...
Lesson 3
Pride Versus Humility
(Luke 18 & 22, 1 John 2)
When my wife and I were first married, she taught in a church school. Her work allowed me to be a full-time law school student. The chairman of the school board invited us to his home for dinner, and ...
Lesson 2
To Know God
(Genesis 1-3, 1 John 4)
My father was a great man. He was smart, loving, successful, and took our family to church every Sabbath. His father, my paternal grandfather, died before I was born. That made me want to learn more a...
Lesson 1
Reality Check
(Revelation 3, John 15)
If you are like most employees, you have (or had when you were working) some sort of evaluation of your work. Have you ever heard of an evaluation of your religious life? In law school it is common fo...

Emotional Intelligence

Can the Bible help you get promoted at work? Can the Bible increase your pay? Can the Bible help you keep your job? Improve your marriage? The answer is “Yes!” The Bible teaches principles of “emotional intelligence” that can actually help you to be smarter and get along better. Bruce Cameron, the writer of these Bible studies and a law professor, has published a paper written for lawyers which presents 17 Bible-based rules of emotional intelligence which God gave us to improve our lives. Best of all, Professor Cameron’s paper is free and you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it. To get your free copy, first click on this link. Second, when you see the title of the paper (EI, EI, Oh What an Employee), click on the “One-Click Download” and the paper will download to your computer as a PDF. If you have friends who want to read the paper, have them go to the website and download it as well.