{"id":6144,"date":"2017-01-31T18:52:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T23:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T21:09:39","slug":"penetrating-a-dark-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/2017\/01\/penetrating-a-dark-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Penetrating a Dark World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, February 3rd, Dr. Bruce Bickel launched a new Bible Study to explore\u00a0Paul\u2019s letter to Titus. Bruce has provided an outline for this study, click to view the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Outline-Titus-Study-2017-02-03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outline Titus Study 2017-02-03<\/a>. This new series is titled, <em><strong>\u201cPenetrating a Dark World\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and covers the three chapters of Titus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter 1: Orderliness in the Church \u2013 Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2: Godliness in the Home \u2013 Learning<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 3: Consistency in the Word \u2013 Lifestyle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you click on the link to the full outline you will discover that Dr. Bickel provides more details for each chapter. Join us at the Barn\u00a0as\u00a0we study this important New Testament letter and learn more about the person and work of Jesus Christ. Dr. Bickel is our main teacher unless otherwise indicated. Click here to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/2014\/12\/bible-study-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bible Study Resources<\/a> for additional material to support your study of God\u2019s word. This study was concluded with Don Maurer&#8217;s teaching on May 19, 2017. Here is the link to our new series: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/2017\/05\/devoted-to-god-blueprints-for-sanctification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Devoted to God: Blueprints for Sanctification.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 16 &#8211; May 19, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-05-19-Our-Glorious-Salvation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-05-19 Our Glorious Salvation<\/a>\u00a0by Don Maurer<\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_05_19.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Glorious Salvation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-05-19-Transcript-Our-Glorious-Salvation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-05-19 Transcript &#8211; Our Glorious Salvation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 15 &#8211; May 12, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-05-12-Our-Ultimate-Priority.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-05-12 Our Ultimate Priority<\/a>\u00a0by Don Maurer<\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_05_12.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Ultimate Priority<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-05-12-Transcript-Our-Ultimate-Priority.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-05-12 Transcript &#8211; Our Ultimate Priority<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 14 &#8211; May 5, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-05-05-Final-Instructions-Benediction-Lesson-11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-05-05 Final Instructions &amp; Benediction Lesson #11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_05_05.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Final Instructions &amp; Benediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-05-05-Transcript-Final-Instructions-and-Benediction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-05-05 Transcript &#8211; Final Instructions and Benediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 13 &#8211; April 28, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-28-Believers-Reaction-Lesson-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-28 The Believer&#8217;s Reaction Lesson #10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_04_28.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Believer&#8217;s Reaction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-28-Transcript-The-Believers-Reaction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-28 Transcript &#8211; The Believer&#8217;s Reaction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 12 &#8211; April 21, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-21-Help-or-Hinderance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-21 Are You a Help or a Hinderance<\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0to Your Congregation?<\/span>\u00a0 by the Rev. Ted Wood<\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_04_21.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are You a Help or a Hinderance to Your Congregation?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-21-Transcript-Are-You-a-Help-Or-a-Hindrance-to-Your-Congregation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-21 Transcript &#8211; Are You a Help or a Hindrance to Your Congregation<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 11 &#8211; April 14, 2017 &#8211;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Good Friday<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-14-The-Believers-Motivation-Lesson-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-14 The Believer&#8217;s Motivation Lesson #9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_04_14.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Believers Motivation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-14-Transcript-The-Believers-Motivation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-14 Transcript &#8211; The Believer&#8217;s Motivation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 10 &#8211; April 7, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-07-The-Believers-Obligation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-07 The Believer&#8217;s Obligation<\/a>\u00a0Lesson #8<\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_04_07.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Believers Obligation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-04-07-Transcript-The-Believers-Obligation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-04-07 Transcript &#8211; The Believer&#8217;s Obligation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 9 &#8211; March 31, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-31-Motivation-for-Godliness-Lesson-7-Part-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-31 Motivation for Godliness Lesson #7 Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_03_31.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Motivation for Godliness Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-31-Transcript-The-Motivation-For-Godliness-Part-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-31 Transcript &#8211; The Motivation For Godliness Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 8 &#8211; March 24, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-24-Motivation-for-Godliness-Lesson-7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-24 Motivation for Godliness Lesson #7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_03_24.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Motivation for Godliness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-24-Transcript-The-Motivation-For-Godliness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-24 Transcript &#8211; The Motivation For Godliness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 7 &#8211; March 17, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-17-Approach-Aim-of-Marketplace-Lesson-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-17 The Approach &amp; Aim of the Marketplace Lesson #6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_03_17.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Approach &amp; Aim of the Marketplace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-17-Transcript-The-Approach-and-Aim-of-the-Marketplace.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-17 Transcript &#8211; The Approach &amp;\u00a0Aim of the Marketplace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 6 &#8211; March 10, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-10-Teaching-for-Impact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-10 Teaching for Impact<\/a>\u00a0Lesson #5<\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_03_10.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teaching for Impact<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-10-Transcript-Teaching-For-Impact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-10 Transcript &#8211; Teaching For Impact<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 5 &#8211; March 3, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-03-Titus-Lesson-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-03 Titus &#8211; False Teachers &#8211; Lesson #4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_03_03_iPhone.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">False Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-03-03-Transcript-False-Teachers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-03-03 Transcript &#8211; False Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 4 &#8211; February 24, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Titus-Qualifications-for-Elders-Lessson-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Titus &#8211; Qualifications for Elders &#8211; Lessson #3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Supplementary Guide:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Titus-Identification-of-Qualified-Church-Leaders.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Titus &#8211; Identification of Qualified Church Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017-02-24 edited.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qualification for Elders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-02-24-Transcript-Qualifications-For-Elders.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-24 Transcript &#8211; Qualifications For Elders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 3 &#8211; February 17, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-02-17-Lesson-2-Penetrating-a-Dark-World-Pt-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-17 Lesson #2 &#8211;\u00a0P<\/a>aul, Titus and Us<\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/20170217 064840.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penetrating a Dark World Pt\u00a03<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-02-17-Transcript-Paul-Titus-and-Us.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-17 Transcript &#8211; Paul Titus and Us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 2 \u2013 February 10, 2017 \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-02-10-Lesson-2-Penetrating-a-Dark-World.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-10 Lesson #2 \u2013 Penetrating a Dark World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Titus\/2017_02_10.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penetrating a Dark World Pt 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-02-10-Transcript-Penetrating-a-Dark-World-Part-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-10 Transcript &#8211; Penetrating a Dark World Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 1 \u2013 February 3, 2017 \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Plan:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-02-03-Penetrating-a-Dark-World-Outline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-03 Penetrating a Dark World \u2013 Outline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/audio\/Christian Liberty\/2017_02_03 ikfdjum.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penetrating a Dark World Pt 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-02-03-Transcript-Penetrating-a-Dark-World.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017-02-03 Transcript \u2013 Penetrating a Dark World<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, February 3rd, Dr. Bruce Bickel launched a new Bible Study to explore\u00a0Paul\u2019s letter to Titus. Bruce has provided an outline for this study, click to view the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Outline-Titus-Study-2017-02-03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outline Titus Study 2017-02-03<\/a>. This new series is titled, \u201cPenetrating a Dark World\u201d\u00a0and covers the three chapters of Titus. Chapter 1: Orderliness in the Church \u2013 Leadership Chapter 2: Godliness in the Home \u2013 Learning Chapter 3: Consistency in the Word \u2013 Lifestyle When you click on the link to the full outline you will discover that Dr. Bickel provides more details for each chapter. Join us at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible_study_content","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6144"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6360,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6144\/revisions\/6360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravemen.org\/BravemenBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}