A Bible study alternative

Published 9:54 am Saturday, January 21, 2012

For more than 50 years, I generally ignored God’s word. I felt like I had a pretty good idea what it said and didn’t need or desire any further instruction. It is amazing what a man who knows it all can learn.

In 1999, I volunteered to teach the Bible to a group of men my age who knew more about it than I did. By the world’s standard, it was a foolish thing to do. I studied long and hard so as not to make a fool of myself; but more motivating to me was the fact that these men were my friends and I did not want to let them down.

I began to ponder seriously and intently over the various interpretations of the Bible, to meditate on its mysteries, to wrestle with its deep and sometimes complicated truths, to argue with its dominating dogma, to rejoice when my eyes were opened and the seemingly complex was transformed into simplicity, and to grow more and more confident in its power to produce a peace that I had never known.

For a decade now, I have been rewarded lavishly for the commitment I made to become a Bible teacher. One of the greatest rewards has been the friendship of dozens of men like me, who for a long time ignored God’s Word but now, like prodigal sons, returned to it; men who will attest to the power of God’s Word to redeem, restore, renew and refresh.

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As a band of brothers, we seek to broaden our group and reach out in the community and seek those like us who would like to be a part of something much greater than any of us can imagine. We have organized a men’s Bible study that meets weekly on Tuesdays from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. in the board room at the Everett-Milton YMCA on Dawson Street.

We welcome all comers — prodigals, atheists, agnostics, the curious, the carefree and the concerned. We give opportunity and alternative to those who have lost interest in attending organized church services. We seek only to accurately interpret and apply the truths as they are presented in God’s Word.

Come join us, and bring a friend.

For more information, call 226-7406.