http://www.happyhiatt.com "your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:37:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I've decided to compile an Amazon Wishlist this year. The main purpose: for books. So, if by chance, you want to know what books I've been looking to make arrive at my home....click away! http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/12/09/all-i-want-for-christmas/ Thanks to all of our friends at Roby -- we had a great time at the annual Dirty Santa night. We look forward to the retreat!!     [gallery] http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/12/07/roby-christmas-party-2008/ We didn't get to meet as a class this week because of the presentation from Arnold about the work in Haiti, but I've prepared materials anyway, and I hope you can benefit from them. Also, if you didn't get to hear Arnold's presentation, I hope you'll go over to the ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/11/21/week-47-the-death-of-jesus/ Parables, you know, those "earthly stories with a heavenly meaning." Sometimes they're simple; sometimes they aren't. This week, we attempted to go through every parable of Jesus and extract a simple meaning. Good luck to you! http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/11/12/week-46-the-parables-of-jesus/ It's interesting the broad-level knowledge that people have -- or don't have -- about the teachings of Jesus. I asked each member of the class to rank the top three emphases of Jesus' teachings -- and no two people described the same things. Enjoy a powerpoint and handout from the ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/11/05/week-45-what-did-jesus-teach/ It's hard to narrow down a week of reading like we just shared. We covered the birth of Jesus, his temptation, the calling of the apostles, his first miracles, the sermon on the mount, and his first encounters with serious opposition. Two handouts this week:  High Points of the Ministry ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/10/29/week-44-the-ministry-of-jesus/ This week's study introduces the New Testament, the apocrypha (deuterocanonical writings) and the inter-testamental period. When Jesus arrives -- it's a big deal! This week's files are zipped to include several links for further study as well as the powerpoint introduction to the new testament and a handout offering some possibilities for ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/10/22/week-42-beginning-of-the-new-testament/ This is our final week of Old Testament studies. I hope you've found this to be as encouraging and enlightening as I have! We crack open the door to information about the intertestamental period this week, and look at the last words of the prophets. (Aside: Does anyone else get ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/10/15/week-42-the-end-of-an-era/ This week's material covered Esther and Malachi. Esther is (in)famous for it's avoidance of the Divine name and references to luck (lots). It's no surprise that aporcyphal writings include a little extra material to "sanitize" the book! Malachi is one of the great questioners of all time--and his retelling of ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/10/08/week-41-esther-and-malachi/ Week 40 files from our discussion. Apocalypse Now, an essay by N.T. Wright about apocalyptic literature in the Bible. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/10/06/week-40-files/ Admittedly, this is not my favorite portion of scripture. To compensate for my lack of knowledge in the nuances of different interpretations of Daniel's (crazy) visions, this week's lesson PowerPoint is a compilation of links to sites -- some of which I agree with, some of which I don't, that ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/09/30/week-39-little-big-horn-and-other-visions-of-daniel/ This week's discussion revolved around the many questions from the book of Job. For one, why in the world is it not pronounced like it looks like it should be? :-) We considered the problem of pain and suffering. God points out Job to Satan. Were it not for His ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/09/20/week-38-job/ This week we wrote cards -- I hope you will too. Here's our brief PowerPoint. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/09/11/week-37-end-of-ezekiel/ Check out the page under Ministry Tools for internet content filtering ideas....I've added a new one using the free OpenDNS service... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/09/08/update-to-internet-filtering-and-protection/ Dear faithful reader, If you exist, I just wanted to let you know that I'm now caught up. Thanks to RememberTheMilk.com, I'll now have a weekly reminder to put the PowerPoint files from our Wednesday night study of F. Lagard's Chronological Bible on the site. Sorry for the delay. I ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/09/08/catching-up/ The end, finally, is here. Week 36 PowerPoint. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/09/01/week-36/ The fall of the kingdom takes a long time -- and there tons of great lessons. Here's our PowerPoint over Ezekiel and Jeremiah, with hints of Daniel for extra flavor. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/26/week-35-jeremiah-and-ezekiel-continue/ If you want a good working definition of strange, Ezekiel gives you one. First, an artist's rendering of Ezekiel's vision from Ezekiel 1. Pretty good, if you ask me... Second, this week's PowerPoint introduction to Ezekiel. Finally, thanks to the VERY good people at Crossway, the introduction to ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/20/week-34-ezekiel-begins/ This week's study notes. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/13/week-33/ This is the first online Bible Bowl Quiz for Crieve Hall for Sycamore Bible Bowl 2008! You'll need a SWF player (already in most browsers) to continue. Each test is timed--you have twenty minutes to answer ten questions. The questions come from the New King James Version of the Bible. ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/04/bible-bowl-quiz-5/ This week we had several resources. First, a YouTube video overview of the "Potter and the Clay" story: Then a look at maps of war -- The Imperial History of the Middle East. Last, but certainly not least, our lovely PowerPoint. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/04/week-32-jeremiahs-prophecy/ Take Bible Bowl Quiz 2 http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/03/bible-bowl-quiz-2/ Take Bible Bowl Quiz 3 Here http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/08/02/bible-bowl-quiz-3/ Take Bible Bowl Quiz 4 http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/31/bible-bowl-quiz-4/ This week's discussion of the major prophets. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/31/week-31-even-more-prophecy/ Grappling with texts like Isaiah 52-53 and the suffering servant songs really puts me in my place. Nothing is quite as potent as the words of the prophets to people so long ago who seem incredibly familiar to us. Here's this week's PowerPoint covering some of Isaiah and Nahum. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/31/week-31/ Take Bible Bowl Quiz 5 here. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/28/bible-bowl-quiz-5-2/ This week's powerpoint overview of trust in the Psalms along with a topical Bible entry about trust. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/16/week-29-trust/ Make sure nobody's around, and then admit that this is funny...   From http://ateam.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/3/21/3593574.html :) http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/13/calvin-hobbes/ :) http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/ Keith Oliver taught this week, and gave a great overview of the work and words of the prophets. Here's his Prophetic PowerPoint. :) http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/04/week-27-what-about-them-prophets/ A powerpoint study of Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah. Night, day, and night again. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/07/04/week-26-a-tale-of-three-prophets/ I used to hate timeline people. I have become what I despise. I can't get my head around the divided kingdom's kings and prophets without a little bit of visual help. We worked through some stories about Elijah and Elisha this past week and looked at a compilation of old ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/06/23/week-25-timelines/ Yes. Cute. I know. [gallery columns="2"] http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/06/16/animalia/ PowerPoint for the week... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/06/16/week-24-files-its-getting-crazy/ As we approach the minor prophets, we'll find that (as a friend put it), we are not called to comfort, we are called to conform. In other words, ease of life isn't the Christian's goal; instead, walking in imago dei is. I hope this story retold by John Piper about ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/06/05/comfort-zones/ This prayer is from St. Patrick from the 5th Century A.D. And yes, this is the same St. Patrick for which St. Patrick's day is named. Kind of makes our current trend in celebrating the day seem a bit...well...um...er...heathen-ish? I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/06/05/a-powerful-prayer/ We grappled with Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life. Get ready for the Divided Kingdom! Here we come! http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/06/05/week-23-files-the-meaning-of-life/ Week 22 was a discussion of Song of Solomon and a few remaining Proverbs. Enjoy! http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/29/week-22-files/ Early to bed, early to rise makes a man wealthy, healthy and wise. Right? Sure... This week we discussed proverbs in depth, and played a little Proverb fill-in-the blank. I hope you enjoyed and learned a bit as we had fun with them. This week's handout and PowerPoint file about ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/22/week-21-files-proverbs/ I hope you enjoyed our discussion about the temple, famous last words, and what it means to be a man. Our lesson PowerPoint led us through some of that conversation. Here's the awareness test video and the temple fly-through. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/14/week-20-files-solomon-an-awareness-test-and-the-temple/ Here's this week's powerpoint -- enjoy! :) http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/11/week-19-analysis-of-three-psalms/ Most of you know that I work as an IT consultant in addition to my ministry work. Yes, I know this qualifies me as the dorkiest man in existence...but I've come to grips with that fact, and so should you. :) I've added a section at the top of ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/10/works-in-progress/ Enjoy two cat products and one dumb China-Olympics protester. I'd like to see more specifically what happens when you open the door at the end... As if the CatWash 9000 weren't good enough, now there's a new place you can make sure ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/05/this-weeks-doh-moments/ Life is more than food, clothes, cars, and cash, right? Jesus thinks so. He once warned a man who was upset about his family’s inheritance to “take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/02/more-than-food-right/ http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/05/01/a-neat-song-from-the-psalms/ This week's files are an overview to understanding the Psalms of the Bible. We delved a bit into the basics of Hebrew poetry, literary devices, as well as categorization of psalms. We closed with a bit of homework: analyze a particular psalm using the analysis form. If you're reading here, ... http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/04/30/week-18-files-understanding-the-psalms/ This week we dipped a bit into restoration history to tell the stories of two preachers in Nashville: Jesse B Ferguson and David Lipscomb. One you've heard of, the other you haven't Here's the Powerpoint.. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/04/25/week-17-files-compare-and-contrast-david-saul/ This week we discussed the overall, big-picture life of David. We split into three groups and each group wrote a sermonette from one of the texts covered. I hope to post those lessons soon... No other files this week. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/04/16/week-16-wikisermon/ This week we studied Saul and his mistakes -- and the class made the PowerPoint in class. I've also included in our class files a PDF that describes some of the ways that David prefigured Christ. Download zipped class notes on Saul and David from week 15. http://www.happyhiatt.com/2008/04/09/week-15-files-saul-a-wikiclass/