Jesus Bible Study - Words of Jesus Bible Study | Recommended Best Personal Daily Devotional Study for 2024 -25

I have been silent on the blog, blogcast, and youtube channel for the past month because I had committed to completing, editinga, nd publishing for this big project!

The Words of Jesus Bible Study: 10 Weeks on Christ's Teachings



This is a resource available for anyone who wants to fully understand what Jesus taught in a way that is instructional, personal, and reflective. 

It's a daily personal Bible study, or what is sometimes called a "deeper devotional."

I have known that I was called to teach, and specifically to teach through writing. 

Jesus told his disciples, just before he ascended to be with the Father: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Here, Jesus himself told his closest followers what it was that he wanted to be taught to others. Jesus told them, "Teach them to follow what I have taught you." It was a clear and simple instruction.  1) Teach them what I taught you. 2) Teach them to follow what I taught you. 

Now, for over a decade, the resources at Gospel Life Learning have been focused on these two main things:

1)Teaching what Jesus taught, and 

2) Teaching how to follow what he taught, or in other words, "spiritual formation." 

However, I don't like the term "spiritual formation" as it sounds too formal and stiff to me. I like to just call this "simple ways to grow closer to God." Thus, in 2018 was the release of the title Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today.

The Words of Jesus Bible Study is a paperback journal-book, and it became available on Amazon just a few days ago. 

This work has been a little over 14 years in the making.  For any of you who have followed the blog all along (mostly just my parents, my husband, and my sister!) you may recall the early releases of the 14 Days Bible Studies on the Words of Jesus. 

The first one was titled Discovering God's Will: 14 Days in the Words of Jesus. 
The second was titled How Do We See God Working Today? 14 Days with the Miracles of Jesus. 
The third short title was Why Is There So Much Trouble In Life? 14 Days with the Parables of Jesus....and so on.

In the end there were 5 titles. 

The new work is a compilation of all 5 of the books, updated and revised for 2024.  At this time, it is only available on Amazon. The Kindle version can still be read for free through Kindle Unlimited.  You can also click on the Read a Sample button on the Kindle version Amazon page, and you are able to read the first 20 or so pages.  

I have such a testimony to tell outside the pages of this book. However, that is a post for another day.

In the meantime, here are the links and an image from my "proof copy" below:







With Care, 

Sherry Elaine

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Esau McCaulley Interview at Biblical Literacy Class

I started my Fall Break with another weekend within the series of what I am now calling my "Mid Life Theology Weekends." Once again at the nearby Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center, I spent Friday evening and most of Saturday with Dr. Jeannine Hanger from Biola University and Dr. Esau McCaulley from Wheaton College. 

I will share today's interview with Esau McCaulley, an interview conducted by Mark Lanier, of biblical-literacy.org. Esau discusses his life background and how he went from a boy growing up in the poor side of Huntsville, Alabama - where families had two options - which in his own words were to grow up "in the church or on the streets." He gives a number of incredible, and humorous, anecdotes explaining how the Lord led him on a path from  to eventually studying with N.T. Wright in Scotland for his doctorate.

 If you enjoy the interview you may also like his book titled How Far to the Promised Land, a memoir which I was able to purchase the night of the final lecture.  I took it home and was up late into the night and nearly finished it the next day. For me, I read Esau's book from the perspective of an educator, (Part 1 of the book is about his experiences during the elementary through high school years) - and how we can better understand the experiences of our students who are like Esau was - kids from underprivileged backgrounds packaged with  so much potential, yet also wrapped up with a bit of trouble.  He also discusses at least two or three children's books he has written and a children's Bible he has recently authored that will be available within the next year. You can see some of the wonderful illustrations and get a "sneak peak" at some of those books during the video interview too. 

When you click on the video below, it should skip over the announcements and start right at the beginning of the interview at the 18:02 mark on the video:


I could write a few pages all that we learned over the weekend, and it was indeed eye-opening and fascinating learning.  However,  this week I have a few priority to-dos -  and the first thing on that to do list is to complete the final edits on the updated and expanded Words of Jesus Bible Study: 10 Weeks in Christ's Teachings.  The updated book will be available for order through Amazon sometime on or before next weekend, October 19th. This book is an updated and expanded version of the former book He Called: 56 Daily Studies with the Words of Christ published in 2016.  The new version is an 8x10, journal-text in paperback format, with space for the reader to write their own responses to the reflection prompts.

Enjoy the video interview with Esau McCaulley,  and check back later this week for a new post and blogcast within the "Gems from the Greek and Hebrew" playlist and blogroll - as well as the release of the revised and updated Words of Jesus Bible Study.  

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