Taste and See that the LORD is Good (Feb 08)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
Because we consider it crucial to give students every opportunity to
grow in their understanding of Scripture and ability to handle it
correctly, training Bible Studies are being implemented on campuses all
over Pennsylvania. In addition to this, only several weeks
ago, DiscipleMakers Penn State Staff members Joel Martin, Michael McManigal, and
Brian Seay led a training seminar designed to give students both the
tools and the practice to read, understand, and apply the
Word.
Nearly sixty students responded to this opportunity, even several student leaders from other campus Christian groups! Using 1 John 1 as a focus passage, these three men taught then modeled how to study the Bible. Students then divided into small groups where they discussed and practiced what they had just learned.
Staff member Joel Martin commented, “Our goal was to get students into the Word, and have them 'taste and see that the LORD is good' (Psalm 34:8).” The results? “Several students joined the DiscipleMakers training studies on campus,” Joel recalled. “A number of unbelievers came and heard the gospel for the first time. It was exciting to see students beginning to know God in His Word.”
Many of these students are leading Bible Studies on campus now, and will quickly be able to implement these tools in their own study and the teaching of others. As a result, the fruit that God will produce through the eagerness and labor of these students will multiply a hundred-fold —far beyond what we can see.
