Papers

Most of these papers were written for use at Riverview Church, with many of them being transcripts of messages or responses to questions I receive. Feel free to use these at your church or other group. All of the content on my site is under a Creative Commons license. That means I don’t mind you using it as long as you give me credit and don’t charge anyone for it.

Taming the Tongue - A manuscript of a message I gave on our tongue (gossip, swearing, slander, etc)

Why I teach from the New Living Translation - A short paper on the differences between Word for Word translations and Thought for Thought translations of the Bible and why I use both for study and one for teaching

Interpreting the New Testament Normally - Quick summaries of all the books in the New Testament

Riverview’s Leadership Structure - A paper about Riverview’s “Team Pastoring” model

A Long Road - How did we get the Bible in the form we have it now?

DaVinci Code - A few thoughts on the book and movie

Fasting - Should a Christian fast and if so how?

Judging Others - Should a Christian judge other people?

Olders and Youngers - Thoughts on relating to those younger and older than you in the church

Things we can know about Jesus - A list of many of the things we can know about Christ

Jude - A quick study based on the book of Jude

2 Peter 1 - A quick study based on the first chapter of 2 Peter

2 Peter 2 - A quick study based on the second chapter of 2 Peter

2 Peter 3 - A quick study based on the third chapter of 2 Peter

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