Immanuel Baptist Church in Hannibal Missouri

In this third week of discussing Spiritual disciplines Joe Garner continues to discuss the importance of Bible Intake by exploring some tools and strategies for studying the Bible, what happens when you get different interpretations, and the importance of Scripture memorization. Additional resources can be found here: https://www.ibcministries.com/Equipping-Institute-Resources

In the fourth week of our discussion of John, Pastor Lee Woodmansee walks us through the paradigm setting conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. LeeWood's main goal was to demonstrate that Nicodemus did not have a saving faith, despite his theological pedigree, because he had not experienced the new birth from the Spirit.  Additional resources can be found here: https://www.ibcministries.c...

In the third week of our exploration of the Gospel of John Pastor Lee Woodmansee covers all of chapter 2. In this section LeeWood talks about how the first miracle that John records Jesus performing is paradigmatic of how all the miracles will unfold moving forward. We also talk about the first confrontation that Jesus has with the Pharisees in John's Gospel.  Additional resources can be foun...

In the second week of our study Joe Garner begins to look at the central hub of all spiritual disciplines: Bible Intake. Joe leads the group in considering the why and how of listening, reading, and studying God's word. Additional resources can be found here: https://www.ibcministries.com/Equipping-Institute-Resources

In the opening week of our Spiritual Disciplines class Joe Garner introduces the idea of spiritual disciplines, defines what a discipline is, and describes their role in the Christian's life. Joe talks about the Biblical call to holiness, the inevitably of being formed by "something", and how spiritual disciplines are a means by which we can be conformed into the image of Christ. Relevant texts us...

In the second seek of our study on the Gospel of John Lee Woodmansee walks us through the remaining portions of John 1. Pastor LeeWood breaks down the text into two main sections: 1) 1:19-34- John the Baptist's testimony about himself and Jesus, 2) 1:35-51- The Testimony of Jesus' first disciples. The big takeaway from this portion of John's gospel is this: following Jesus necessarily means tellin...

In the first week's content of the Gospel of John Pastor Lee Woodmansee walks us through the first 18 verses of John 1. The Prologue as it is known is a rich opening to an even more rich book as a whole. LeeWood gives us the four main subsections of this text: 1)1:1-5- The Word of God, 2) 1:6-8- The Word and John the Baptist, 3) 1:9-13- The Word Rejected and Accepted, and 4) 1:14-18- The Incarnati...

In our final night of our Hermeneutics study we take a look at Apocalyptic literature. Most people are simultaneously intrigued and frightened by this genre, but Lee Woodmansee does his best to dispel with some bad thoughts about this kind of writing. Pastor LeeWood provides an overview of the genre, tells us the purposes of this genre, talks about wby symbolism is such a big deal, and then ends o...

In the penultimate episode of our Hermeneutics study Pastor LeeWood discusses the New Testament Letters. The main point from this week is that we often intuitively do what is necessary to understand these texts. LeeWood then gives us seven guidelines for interpreting the letters.

In week 12 of our hermeneutics study Lee Woodmansee spends the evening talking about how to interpret parables. LeeWood begins the discussion by talking about how Jesus intentionally is "revealing as he is obscuring" through the parables. LeeWood then offers seven guidelines for how to interpret the parables in the gospels.

In the eleventh week of our Hermeneutics study Pastor LeeWood introduces us to the Gospel genre. LeeWood begins by describing the general characteristics of gospels, and then defends why we need four Gospel accounts: because each evangelist had a specific audience and goal in mind when he authored his account. The big takeaway from this week's session though was the practical exercise that Lee led...

In the 10th week of our study in How To Read Your Bible For All It's Worth we are treated to hearing Dr. Robert Matz teach on the topic of prophetic literature. Dr. Matz holds a Ph. D. in theology and apologetics from Liberty University and currently serves as the President of Hannibal LaGrange University. In this week's session Dr. Matz discusses the general characteristics of prophetic literatur...

In the ninth week of our Hermeneutics study Lee Woodmansee walks us through how to interpret the book of Proverbs. By combining the previous week's content (Wisdom Literature and Poetry) Pastor LeeWood explores how to discover the value and beauty of the book of Proverbs. LeeWood first describes the structure of the book of Proverbs, then gives some helpful descriptions about what proverbs are and...

In week 8 of our hermeneutics study Pastor Lee Woodmansee walks us through Biblical Poetry. LeeWood talks about the general characteristics of poetry, its uses in our lives, and the building blocks of parallelism within Hebrew poetry. All of this culminates in an examination of Psalm 23as we combined all that we learned about poetry to see the depth of this psalm.

In the seventh week of our Hermeneutics study Lee Woodmansee leads us through our exploration of Wisdom Literature. By discussing the general characteristics of the genre, some helpful guidelines for how to interpret them, and using Job as an example that demonstrates the genre's uses we will be better equipped to live a well lived life.

In Week 6 of our Hermeneutics series Lee Woodmansee begins to discuss individual genres of biblical literature. The first genre discussed is the one that is most prevalent in the Scriptures: narrative. Lee will cover four main things concerning narrative literature: 1) general characteristics of the genre, 2) a discussion of prescriptive and descriptive texts, 3) seven general guidelines or tips f...

In the fifth installment of our hermeneutics study Lee Woodmansee begins to address the wildly important topic of Bible application. The three main topics that are covered are 1) the metanarrative of Scripture, 2) the importance of applying the Bible. and 3) what are genres and what to do with them.

In our fourth week of our Hermeneutics Study Lee Woodmansee begins to discuss three key elements that will set us up for the rest of the study: 1) the importance of right interpretation, 2) who is responsible for right interpretation, and 3) the role of the Holy Spirit in interpretation. The goal for this session is to begin to describe a process that all Christians innately do, and then begin to...

In our third week of our study in Hermeneutics we want to move from the theoretical realm of our discussion into a more practical arena. In this session we discuss 1) inerrancy and infallibility 2) how biblical manuscripts were transmitted and 3) how biblical manuscripts are translated. A Q&A session follows caps off our time where we discuss translations and what to do with the King James Ver...

In week 2 of our series on How To Read The Bible For All It's Worth Pastor LeeWood begins a 2 part look at the Bible's formation and organization. Basic details about the number of authors and books will be presented along with the more important correlation between these facts and core convictions we hold about the Bible. The three core convictions we have about the Bible are: 1) The Bible is abo...

In this opening week of our Equipping Institute series on How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth Lee Woodmansee gives us an overview of Hermeneutics. Pastor LeeWood walks through the overarching goal of Equipping Institute, the content that we plan to cover over the next 4 years, as well as crash course in Hermeneutics.