Christopher asmus christopher asmus is lead pastor at vertical church st. Bible encounter, frontiers interactive bible study, is held at 7. In this 12session course, learn gods heart for you and the church with illustrations from trusted leaders like rick warren, g. And the goal of the book is to have other churches stop with the horizontal nothingmorethanakiwanisclub experience, to be a vertical encounter with the creator of the universe. His new book, vertical church, explores this concept of a local church focused on experiencing the glory of god. Click on the pdf button below and a reading plan for this year will open. What every heart longs for, what every church can be member book provides a personal study experience to help pastors, teachers, leaders, and serious believers get beyond a humancentered horizontal church to focus on seeking gods glory. It is easy to get caught up in speaking to the masses and even in genuinely caring for and loving others. Precept austin bible study tool blue letter bible bible study tool tim challies daily kindle book deals podcast. Hes a good friend with a pastors heart and a passion to see people come to christ. Also, be sure to check out our youtube channel and audio archive for more great messages. Kids today are growing up in a culture where the bible isnt revered as a holy book, where theyre made fun of for believing truths that go against the grain of popular thought. Horizontal jesus dvd bible study kit includes a smallgroup bible study book and two dvds featuring a promotional video and six halfhour teaching sessions led by tony evans. Horizontal jesus bible study book includes a smallgroup experience for six sessions, individual study opportunities during the week, applicable scripture, how to use this study, and tips for leading and hosting the group.
Vertical church realigns the heart of the christian leader to focus first on the vertical. Bible charts are helpful in understanding the big picture of a book or concept. This is an open discussion about the bible as a collection of inspired writings from god. We use zoom video conferencing as our way to connect. Typically, this means that we study through books of the bible, seeking to understand how it applies to our lives. Why i dont want to read leviticus but should anyway,dawn wilson study from the bible and be encouraged to grow your faith. The church is composed of people who respond to gods call. Find a quiet, comfortable place to sit down and read your bible. On this episode of group answers, brian and chris talk to barnabas piper about his new role in the local church, and the new bible. Along the way, he shares the story of harvest bible chapel and how this vision of a vertically oriented church has grown from 18 people in a chicago suburb to. The church is the called out body the word church is translated from the greek work ekklesia, denoting a called out body of people.
Vertical church albuquerque exists to glorify god through the fulfillment of. Jesus showed his disciples how these two loves are. He states, the problem in the church today is that we treat gods glory as a byproduct and the missional activities of the church as the primary thing when the opposite is what scripture demands. Understand the hardships and lessons learned from abraham, david, solomon, and the 12 disciples. Harvest bible chapels vertical church band offers a brand new set of worship originals, led by meredith andrews, jon guerra, and other music ministry members. Jesus showed his disciples how these two loves are intertwined in practical ways.
This study will help pastors, teachers, leaders, and serious believers get beyond a humancentered horizontal church to focus on seeking gods glory. Along the way, he shares the story of harvest bible chapel and how this vision of a vertically oriented church has grown from 18 people in a chicago suburb to more than 70 local churches across the planet. We believe this will be a catalyst for marriage and your own life. Oakcrest family church the vertical church added an event. Wed love for you to join us in person on thursday for one of our two studies, but wed like to offer this livestream as a resource if youre out of town, sick, or otherwise unable to attend. We meet each sunday morning in room 503 of ngtc at 9. God calls us out of the world of sin through the gospel 2 th. We hope this study helps you move toward a lifegiving relationship with christ and with your spouse in the upcoming weeks. What every heart longs for, what every church can be leader kit provides a leader everything needed to conduct the vertical church bible study. Join us weekly as we walk through the book of philippians each wednesday morning starting at 7.
The purpose of this group is to read and discuss the ancient collection of books known as the bible. What an incredible opportunity to learn firsthand what god has to say about the trials we face. Explore the possibilities with the vertical church band as they worship the lord in spirit of the living god, all the earth, restore my soul, its who you are, shout it out, lamb of god, bound for glory, if i have you, and more. Bible study member book by james macdonald 812012 on. Christopher and his wife, alexandria, are happy parents to their two sons, haddon and mcrae.
Why i dont want to read leviticus but should anyway. Allen mcgraw teacher 7065027648 or teresa mcgraw 7065027634. Thats what the book vertical church which all harvest attendees got a free copy is all about. Horizontal jesus bible study book includes a smallgroup experience for six. A new model for church is desperately needed, and vertical church is fanning the flame. Blending theological truths with passionate worship, frontiers includes the lead singles tongues and exalted over all as well as this we know, more than i deserve, and others.
Going vertical is the next step in helping kids grow closer to god a kidfriendly study of the bible itself. It deals with the battles that men fight every day and how god has solutions. There is a student workbook and a teachers manual for each bible book study. James macdonald, senior pastor of harvest bible chapel and author of act like men and vertical church ive found greg laurie to be an authentic jesusloving, peopleloving and funloving guy. When gods people come together and lift their hearts to jesus, anything can happen. Study the books of the bible, and learn more about the meaning of passages of scripture. Vertical marriage, as we hear practical advice from dave and ann wilson. The bible is the inerrant word of god and it contains all that is necessary for salvation and right living. We supplement this material with some purchased workbooks to cover things like evidences, false doctrines, and a few topical studies. As a result of the fall, our hearts are out of order and dark romans 1. Instead of loving light and hating darkness, we love darkness and hate light john 3.
It is a four year curriculum, and more books are planned to be written in the next two years. Make it a habit to do it at the same time every day. We arent just a church with small groups, were a church of small groups. In light of that, when we meet to worship together, the bible is always preached. The holy spirit inspired the authors of each book of the bible to write truth according to their personality and writing styles. However, without the foundation of a vertical approach god first and center, then a christian leader can easily become a tickler of ears and a. James macdonald in his book challenges that we stop doing church the way we have been doing it, horizontal church, and start becoming vertical church. Charts show how that personality, style, and structure play out, and they are a great way to gain understanding of the flow and meaning of scripture. He will come to us like the rain bible study lifeway, 2006 downpour. Discover how scholars and theologians of the word learned about scripture. Download high quality bible study clip art from our collection of 41,940,205 clip art graphics. Small groups are an important step to getting connected with others at vertical church. This edition of the goldmedallionwinning new inductive study bible over 700,000 sold is now available in the trusted english standard version this bible is based entirely on the inductive study approach, leading readers directly back to the source and allowing gods word to become its own commentary.
The bible, however, does not teach, i feel, therefore i am, but rather, i feel, therefore i need. This is a bible study that helps men succeed in life. Digging deeper is designed to go a step beyond the sunday teaching with a more indepth look at the topic pastor ken shared with us this past weekend. It teaches men how to apply biblical truth in the areas of money, marriage, raising children, sex, work, hard times, and how to make your life.
Authentic bible study lifeway, 20 authentic moody, 20 come home bible study lifeway, 2014 come home moody, 20 downpour. Discover how your vertical relationship with god is connected to horizontal relationships with others. You should know that the bible is not one book, but actually a collection of many books. We are a topical study group with no specific program of study through a book other than the bible, although we regularly bring in outside resources to the study. Join us every sunday in person or online at 9am and 11am. Most of our modern bibles contain 66 books 39 old testament books and 27 new testament books which have long been recognized as holy scriptures.