Archive for the ‘Past Secret Church Highlight’ Category

  1. Secret Church Highlight – “How To Study the Bible”

    Posted on September 12th, 2011 by Radical

    The following excerpt was taken from Secret Church – “How To Study The Bible”. (David Platt on why people don’t study the Bible) “So many people have come up to me and said, ‘I have been a Christian for 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 years and I have never learned to study the Bible.’ Why is that? Here are some phrases I think might capture why that is.” Phrase 1: “We think, even if we don’t say, we think, ‘I don’t see how the Bible really applies to my life.’” “I think this may be (Continue reading…)

  2. Stories From Secret Church

    Posted on September 9th, 2011 by Radical

      After the Secret Church simulcast this past April, many of you wrote in and expressed how much participating in the simulcast impacted you.  Over the next several weeks we want to share some of those stories with you. You may be a small group leader or church leader considering whether or not to join us via simulcast for the next Secret Church on Friday, November 4.  We hope that these stories will encourage you as you consider joining us. “A couple months ago I got the opportunity to attend a 6 hour simulcast. It (Continue reading…)

  3. Highlight – Survey of the Old Testament

    Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Radical

    (The following excerpt was taken from the Secret Church transcripts for “Survey of the Old Testament” by David Platt.  You can find these transcripts and other resources by going to DiscipleMakingIntl.org .) “We don’t exactly know who wrote Job, nor do we know exactly when it was written.   Most likely it was written during the time of the patriarchs:  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, it would chronologically fit somewhere in that time frame.  Job was a real man in real history (Ezekiel 14:14-20; James 5:11).  Again this is not a fictional fable or story.  What is written (Continue reading…)

  4. HIGHLIGHT – Survey of the Old Testament

    Posted on July 1st, 2011 by admin

    (The following excerpt was taken from the Secret Church transcripts for “Survey of the Old Testament” by David Platt.  You can find these transcripts and other resources by going to DiscipleMakingIntl.org .) THE WRITINGS OF GOD’S PEOPLE “The writings of God’s People, also known as poetic and wisdom literature is captured in most of these five books: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. Most of them are written in Hebrew poetry. They stand in the final position of the Hebrew Bible after 1 and 2 Chronicles. They include man’s responses to the words and deeds (Continue reading…)