Meat of the Matter
Note: this page exists to provide continuity
from the older version of the website. There are sites which
have permanent links to this specific page.
Over the years the teacher in this class has written a lot of
lessons, and a few other things too. We don't use someone's
quarterly; every lesson is, in a sense, original. In another sense,
not one of them is original, for it is our intention to stick as
closely as possible to the Apostle's teaching as revealed in the
Bible. No doubt the lessons contain their share of failures in that
regard; the teacher is but human. No doubt the reader will find
various statements with which he or she disagrees; even the great
minds do that. But the intention is to bring forth the Gospel as
given to the Apostles. For the failures in that, we apologize and
beg your forgiveness. For those things in which our Lord is shown to
be the stone of stumbling and the rock of offense, no apology is
needed, nor offered.
Should it happen that you are surfing the web looking for help
with your own lessons, or perhaps just an interested reader,
wondering what this might hold, please feel free to borrow as needed
for any Christian purpose (see the copyright notice on the
Web Servant page). The teacher has stolen liberally from the
great minds of the church - those that are out of copyright, of
course. If you steal from enough of them, they call it research.
Sometimes it's really learning; even discipleship.
Some of the writings date from a time when our church was on
"unified curriculum." We had a quarterly - you'll see exactly 13
lessons, usually - and that specified the topic. It did not specify
the teaching. Usually, we took the topic and then ignored the
quarterly. But if some of the older lessons seem a bit rushed,
that's why.
Topical Studies
Topical studies form a smaller part of the lessons noted here.
Some of these might interest you, by topic. There is no particular
"theme" to the topical studies, as they have been spread out over
several years. Some are favorites of the teacher; others are more
forgettable. Read and enjoy those which suit you.
Books of
the Bible
The major emphasis of teaching at Eastside is to use the Bible as
the primary topic of teaching. The bulk of the lessons are studies
of various books of the Bible. These are largely from the New
Testament.
Writings
A cookbook (no, the recipes didn't come from the teacher, but the
commentary did), a strange correspondence and a series of weekly
communion meditations.
