Taught by Joe Paul
Session Overview –
Winter 2023-24 Studies based on Holier Than Thou (Jackie Hill Perry) and Shadow Christians (Jeff Iorg)
SESSION 1: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY God’s holiness creates awe-struck woe in those who see Him.
Isaiah 6:1-5
SESSION 2: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY: MORAL PERFECTION God’s holiness is based on and calls for moral perfection.
Exodus 20:1-17; Luke 4:1-13
SESSION 3: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY: TRANSCENDENCE God’s holiness makes Him unique, distinct, and independent from
everything and everyone else.
Exodus 3:2-6
SESSION 4: UNHOLY GODS: IDOLATRY God’s holiness is missing from any idol we create for ourselves, rendering them
useless.
Exodus 32:1-6
SESSION 5: HOLY JUSTICE God’s holiness requires that He exercise justice.
2 Samuel 6:1-8
SESSION 6: HOLY HOW?: HOLY VISION God’s holiness transforms our blindness to holy vision.
Corinthians 3:16-18
SESSION 7: HOLY HOW?: BEHOLD, WE BECOME By beholding Jesus, we become holy.
Ephesians 4:20-24
SESSION 8: GOD LOVES US TENDERLY Jesus demonstrated His tender love through the way He treated children and their
parents.
Mark 10:13-16
SESSION 9: GOD VALUES US HIGHLY Shadow Christians, not just highly visible and prominent believers, are highly
valued by God.
Ephesians 2:8-10; 4:11-12; 1 Peter 2:4-10
SESSION 10: WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S POWER Shadow Christians experience God’s power.
Mark 1:39-45
SESSION 11: WE SHARE THE GOSPEL Shadow Christians share the gospel message with others.
John 4:1-42
SESSION 12: WE ARE THE MINISTRY WORKFORCE Shadow Christians make up the primary ministry workforce.
Luke 10:1-16
SESSION 13: WE DO THE DIRTY WORK Shadow Christians do the dirty work of ministry.
Matthew 8:14-16; Acts 9:22-30
Session Overview –
Spring 2024 Studies based on Servants for His Glory (Miguel Núñez) and Deeper (Dane Ortlund)
SESSION 1: Be a Servant Whose Inner World Is in Order Our priorities create the order or disorder of our lives.
Ephesians 5:15-17
SESSION 2: Be a Biblically Minded Servant A biblical mind has been transformed by God’s Word and the Spirit to think, value, and behave
as God desires.
Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
SESSION 3: Be a Set-Apart Servant God’s servants are to be set apart to holy lives and holy living.
2 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Peter 1:15-16
SESSION 4: Be a Servant of His Presence God’s servants long for His presence.
Exodus 33:13-15
SESSION 5: Be a Servant of a Life Well-Lived God’s servants live life for God’s glory.
Isaiah 43:7; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 2 Timothy 4:6-7
SESSION 6: Be a Servant Shaped by the Gospel God’s servants are shaped by the gospel.
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
SESSION 7: Be a Servant of Purpose God’s servants find their purpose and meaning in seeking His glory.
Ecclesiastes 1–2
SESSION 8: Be a Servant Who Lives His Call God’s servants live out His call on their lives.
Acts 13:36; Colossians 3:23
SESSION 9: Jesus Real change comes only by knowing the real Jesus.
Matthew 11:29; Ephesians 3:8
SESSION 10: Despair and Union Real change comes only after we despair over our sin and recognize our union with Jesus.
Romans 3:9-18; 6:1-5
SESSION 11: Embrace Real change comes only when we experience Jesus’s embrace of love.
Ephesians 3:16-19
SESSION 12: Acquittal Real change comes only when we live solely in the acquittal of God’s justification.
Galatians 2:11-16
SESSION 13: Honesty Real change comes only when we are honest about our sins and struggles.
1 John 1:5-10
Spring 2024 Studies based on Servants for His Glory (Miguel Núñez) and Deeper (Dane Ortlund)
SESSION 1: Be a Servant Whose Inner World Is in Order Our priorities create the order or disorder of our lives.
Ephesians 5:15-17
SESSION 2: Be a Biblically Minded Servant A biblical mind has been transformed by God’s Word and the Spirit to think, value, and behave
as God desires.
Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
SESSION 3: Be a Set-Apart Servant God’s servants are to be set apart to holy lives and holy living.
2 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Peter 1:15-16
SESSION 4: Be a Servant of His Presence God’s servants long for His presence.
Exodus 33:13-15
SESSION 5: Be a Servant of a Life Well-Lived God’s servants live life for God’s glory.
Isaiah 43:7; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 2 Timothy 4:6-7
SESSION 6: Be a Servant Shaped by the Gospel God’s servants are shaped by the gospel.
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
SESSION 7: Be a Servant of Purpose God’s servants find their purpose and meaning in seeking His glory.
Ecclesiastes 1–2
SESSION 8: Be a Servant Who Lives His Call God’s servants live out His call on their lives.
Acts 13:36; Colossians 3:23
SESSION 9: Jesus Real change comes only by knowing the real Jesus.
Matthew 11:29; Ephesians 3:8
SESSION 10: Despair and Union Real change comes only after we despair over our sin and recognize our union with Jesus.
Romans 3:9-18; 6:1-5
SESSION 11: Embrace Real change comes only when we experience Jesus’s embrace of love.
Ephesians 3:16-19
SESSION 12: Acquittal Real change comes only when we live solely in the acquittal of God’s justification.
Galatians 2:11-16
SESSION 13: Honesty Real change comes only when we are honest about our sins and struggles.
1 John 1:5-10
Taught by Joe Paul
