Transformation for Congregations and Churches

e-Newsletter - Volume 4, Number 27
Bring a Friend (or Friends) FREE To Rick Lowery's Audio Lecture Series on the Lectionary
by Bill Anderton

Thank you for subscribing to Rick Lowery's Audio Lecture Series on Year A of the Lectionary.

Here is a chance to give the gift of FREE access to the next year of this series to your family, friends, Sunday School Class or Bible Study small group. Invite as many as you wish and all will get FREE access.

Simply forward this e-mail to your friends and ask them to become a part of this year-long Bible study on the lections of the Common Lectionary taught by an outstanding Bible scholar.

Below is a 100% Scholarship Code for one year of FREE access to Rick's Audio Lecture Series on the Lectionary.

This offer is for a full class membership for one year for each of your friends. No strings attached! Your friends can come and go in the classroom as often as they wish during the free period; hear all of the past lectures PLUS any new lectures posted in the free-access period. They can post into the Class Forum or comment on threads posted by others.

To get free access, click here to register for the course. On the page shown, order the course by click on the "Add This Course or Option To My Order" button. On the next page you see (the "My Order Cart" page) be sure to enter the 100% Scholarship Code, "LECTIONSERIES" (as one word, no spaces, and without the quotes) into the "Scholarship Code" field (near the bottom of the page) which will discount the cost of course to zero upon checkout. Then, complete the check-out process.

The whole process only takes a minute and no credit card will be required to register; the cost of this free offer is truly $0.00.

About the Audio Lecture Series

Dr. Rick Lowery, renowned Bible scholar, author and popular Bible teacher -- especially in the disciplines of First Testament Studies -- delivers regular lectures in his role as a Christian College of Georgia Faculty, starting with Lectionary "Year A".

Rick's teaching began just before Advent, 2013. Through a series of Audio Lectures, Rick will guide listeners through examination of the First Testament lections and will not only help us to understand the context and nuances of centuries-old history, prophecy, wisdom, and literature, but will also bring to life -- in his own inimitable way -- the meanings of the Scriptures for living, learning and loving as Christians and as Proclaimers of the Gospel in the twenty-first century.

Students will want to pay special attention to the texts, which are noted in all popular Lectionary guides, and to the contemporary events in our world today as they listen to and learn with Rick. As we move through the liturgical year the lectures will become periodic -- announced to those who have enrolled and on the public pages of the Online Learning Platform -- and will address several lections at one time. This teaching method will afford the students an overview, a kind of broad-brush sweep of the context and content of a "season" of Scripture.

In online forums, participants will then share their observations of the texts and the teaching with each other -- even uploading their own exegesis, reflections and homiletic material. With this format, we will surely experience a community of continuing education about the Lectionary, the First Testament, and the various tasks and creative encounters with the text which contribute to meaningful preaching.

Students will be engaged in new ways with new insights as they come around the "radio-styled" lectures with Rick and hear his depth of understanding and explanation of the texts.

Preachers will find stimulation for study, hearing a living commentary on the First Testament while reflecting on their own familiarity with the Gospel lections from Matthew (and John as we move into Easter).

Adult learners will find that Rick's teaching reinforces their own commitment to life-long learning and encourages them to draw closer to the written Word of God.

And the Church, particularly when study groups join together to listen to Rick and share with one another their own understandings and questions, will find new places of renewed vision and vitality.