Bible talks presented each week of 2005 at Dubbo Prebyterian Church
Bible Talk - Proverbs 31:10-31 Life is like... 1.0 Life could be like... wisdom discipline prudence fear of the LORD 2.0 Life will be like...
Bible Talk - Proverbs 30 1.0 Agur’s search for wisdom (v1-4) 2.0 Agur’s finding of wisdom (v5-6) 3.0 Agur’s lessons from wisdom (v7-33) 4.0 Agur and us
Bible Talk - Proverbs 10-29 from simple to complex 1.0 Foundation e.g. Prov. 14:27, 15:16,33, 16:6, 19:23, 22:4, 23:17, 24:21 2.0 Obligations e.g. Prov. 10:16, 11:1, 16:8,32, 17:1, 19:5 3.0 Observations Prov 14:20, 18:22, 20:14, 22:6, 26:4-5 from Proverbs to Jesus
Bible Talk - Proverbs 9 Voices 1.0 The voice of wisdom (9:1-12) a) the content b) the consequences 2.0 The voice of folly (9:13-18) a) the content b) the consequences 3.0 THE voice
Bible Talk - Proverbs 1:1-6 The RSL pool and Proverbs 1.0 The purpose of Proverbs (v2-4) wisdom discipline prudence 2.0 The pattern of Proverbs (v5-6) 3.0 The person of Proverbs (v1) 1 Kings 4: 29-34, Isaiah 11:2, Matthew 12:38-42
Bible Talk - Luke 24 1.0 Recapping the headlines 2.0 The resurrection happened (v1-12, 22-24, 30-43) 3.0 The resurrection is huge! a) Christ raised on the third day (v7, 21, 46) b) Christ foretold by the scriptures (v26, 46) c) Christ fulfilled the scriptures (v25-27, 44-47) d) Christ is now proclaimed (v46-49)
Bible Talk - Luke 23 1.0 Known by your actions 2.0 The meaning of Jesus Death... a) the world vs Christ (v1-12) b) the unfair swap (v13-25) c) a glipse of the judgement day (v28-31) d) He is the Christ (v32-39) e) saving others into the kingdom (v39-43) 3.0 Knowing God by His actions
Bible Talk - Luke 22 1.0 Missing the meaning 2.0 The meaning of Jesus Death... a) the true Passover (v14-16) b) the beginning of the new covenant (v17-20) c) the plan of God (v21-23) d) an act of service (v24-27) e) the Suffering Servant of Isaiah (v35-38) f) enduring the wrath of God (v39-42) 3.0 Tying it all together - the Servant
Bible Talk - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 "does my bottom look big in this?" 1. sown and raised (36-44) 2. natural and spiritual (45-50) 3. trumpets and transformations (51-57) standing and working (58)
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 40-48 What matters most in life 1. The Temple (Ezekiel 40 - 44v3) 2. The Regulations (Ezekiel 44-46) 3. The River and the Land (Ezekiel 47-48) What temple is Ezekiel talking about? Israel's future and Our future
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 38 - 39 A future scene of calamity (38:1-16) The enemy is defeated (38:17-39:22) Revelation 20:8-11 Lesson for those in Babylon and Dubbo (38:23) Philippians 2:5-11
Bible Talk - 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 The death of hope 1. the resurrection of Christ Jesus (1-11) 2. the resurrection of Christ Jesus: now (12-19) - apostolic witness - gospel believing - freedom from sin - gospel preaching - hopeful grief 3. the resurrection of Christ Jesus: then (20-28) Our life of hope (29-34)
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 36:24 - 37:14 1. Hard Hearts and disobedience 2. A new heart 3. A new spirit 4. New hearts 5. A heart for life
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 34 1. Charlie the Shepherd 2. Israel's Kings - Bad Shepherds (v1-10) 3. The good Shepherd predicted (v11-24) 4. The Good Shepherd will take us back to God v25-31 Revelation 21:1-5 5. The Good Shepherd Comes - Jesus - John 10:11-18
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 25-28 1. Genesis to Ezekiel 2. Ezekiel and the Nations (Ezekiel 25-32) 3. The King of Tyre (Ezekiel 28)
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 20-24 The Elders enquire of God (20:1-2) 1. The first Exodus (Ezekiel 20) Rescued in Egypt (v4-12) Rescued in the desert (v13-20) Rescued their children (v21-22) Another Exodus! (v33-44) 2. God smashes Israel's Hopes Hopeless Hope 1: The King (Ch 21) Hopeless Hope 2: God's sovereignty (Ch 21) Hopeless Hope 3: Jerusalem (Ch 22-24) Hopeless Hope 4: The Land (Ch 33)
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 14-18 Introduction: The Judgement of God 1. God and Israel: A love-filled tragedy. Ezekiel 16 the love story v1-14 the tragic twist v15 2. The right thing to do. Ezekiel 14:12-23 3. God does what he does not want to do. Ezekiel 12:21-25, 13:22-23, 15:1-8, 18:23, 32.
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 8-11 Ezekiel Idolatry and us 1. God hates Idolatry (8 v1-18) 2. God will punish Idolatry (9 v1 - 11v25) 3. God will fix idolatry (11v16-20) "undivided heart" v19 "I will be their God" v20
Bible Talk - Ezekiel 1-7 Ezekiel 1. What he saw (Ezekiel 1) 2. What he heard (Ezekiel 2, 4-7) 3. What he needed to do (Ezekiel 3, 33) Hearing God's word
Bible Talk - Jude Contend "the faith" "contend" 1.0 WHO (v1) 2.0 WHY (v3-16) a) the preciousness of the faith (v3) b) the protection of the faith (v4 - 16) 3.0 HOW (v17-23) a) remember (v17-19) b) remain (v20-21) c) rescue (v22-23) And now unto him...
Bible Talk - 3 John introducing ... 1.0 Gaius - a dear friend (v1-8) a) faithul to the truth b) faithful to the brothers 2.0 Diotrephes - a dangerous fraud (v9-10) a) careless with the truth b) uncaring to the brothers 3.0 Demetrius - a devoted follower (v11-12)
Bible Talk - 2 John Slow and steady ... 1.0 WALK a) in truth (v1-4) b) in love & obedience (v5-6) 2.0 DON'T RUN a) recognising false teachers (v7) b) resisting false teachers (v9-11)
Bible Talk - 1 Corinthians 14:20-40 we are gathered here to... 1. the way of church: outsiders (14:20-25) 2. the way of church: insiders (14:26-40) 3. the way of evening church
Bible talk - 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 1. The way of love 2. The way of love in Corinth *prophecy vs tongues *prophecy and tongues? *prophecy over tongues 3. The way of love in morning church
Bible talk - 1 Corinthians 13 1. The necessity of love (1-3) 2. The character of love (4-7) 3. The permanence of love (8-13) The most excellent way
Bible talk - 1 Corinthians 12 Hows your rank? 1.0 the issue (12:1) 2.0 one truth (12:1-3) 3.0 one Spirit (12:4-11) 4.0 one body (12:12-30) how to be a spiritual body part
Bible talk - Luke 5:12-32 forgiveness: great if you can get it .... 1.0 Jesus is willing to (5:12-16) 2.0 Jesus is able to (5:17-26) 3.0 Jesus came to (5:27-32) 4.0 Cherishing His forgiveness
Bible talk - Luke 4:31-5:11 talking the talk and walking the walk .... 1.0 Jesus: the King and His kingdom (4:31-44) 2.0 What the King came for (5:1-11) 3.0 What the King's coming for
Bible talk - May 14 Isaiah 61:1-4 and Luke 4:14-30 ... it's all or nothing 1.0 Liking His ideas but not His identity (4:14-22) 2.0 Hating His ideas and His identity (4:23-30) 3.0 All? Or nothing?
Bible talk - May 7 Genesis 3:1-6 and Luke 4:1-13 ..... getting things back to normal 1.0 How the Son of God resisted Satan and what it signals (Lk 4:1-13) 2.0 How the Son of God defeated Satan and what it means 3.0 How we resist the defeated Satan (Eph 6; Ja 4; 1 Pe 5)
Bible talk - Acts 13:26-31 Luke 24:36-48; Acts 2:32; 5:29; 13:26-31 3 Things the Resurrection Proves: 1. Jesus is King (Romans 1:4) "declared with power to be the Son of God, by his resurrection from the dead" 2. Jesus is Judge (Acts 17:31) "For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead" 3. Jesus is saviour (Romans 4:25) "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification."
Bible talk - John 15 John 15:18-25 The mirror: Seeing ourselves. (John 15:18-25) The window: Seeing God. (Romans 5:6-8) What is your heart's attitude to God?
Bible talk for Resurrection Sunday Proof of Life 1 Cor 15 1. What HAS happened (v1-8) 2. What WILL happen - We will be raised (v23) - We will be changed (v51) 3. What will happen NOW (v58)
Bible talk for Good Friday Intro: Who do you feel sorry for? One man dies Ridiculing (Luke 23:32-39) One man dies Repenting (Luke 23:40-42) One man dies Rescuing (Luke 23:43) How will you die?
Bible talk from 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 The Way of Fellowship
Bible talk from 1 John 2:18-27. The Truth about the Christ
Bible talk from 1 John 2:3-6. The Truth about obedience