EP 210 Congregational Theological Education

Well Bootcampers, the Battle of the Boot is over, Jimbo and his LSU Tigers win again. Bob will wear the pajama top in Oklahoma. In this week's EP the guys get down to the important business of discussion facilitating theological education for the church.  Here are the highlights Introduction Spiritual maturity does not always correlate to age - the young can be spiritually mature, the seasoned immature. We are often theologically educated beyond our level of obedience. STUDYING God’s Word makes a major impact - more so than just reading it - but we need to teach our people how to STUDY God’s Word Strategies for providing theological education (it is not a one size fits all scenario and there are multiple ways to layer this into the culture of your congregation): Sermon series Sunday School or small group series Sunday night seminars Guest speakers and workshops Online resources like right now media, replant hub etc. Utilize denominational confessions and creeds What stood out to you?  We'd love to hear from you. Drop us a line and let us know what you think Resources: No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im 99 Essential Doctrines Get equipped to connect with your community, our great sponsor, One Eighty Digital, can get you headed in the right direction. Call them today and let them know you are a bootcamper.   JimBo Stewart: Here we are, back at it again, back at the boot camp. Bob, I hope you're ready for the next episode. you know, we're on top of it, time management gurus that we are, and recording a week ahead of time. so, you know, we're not getting to respond yet to the Battle of the Boot, even though this will come out after that. You know, I guess we could record, like, two different versions of an intro. uh, one where, where you came out victorious, and one where I did, and then I just edit, didn't speak. Bob Bickford: Yeah, we could, since you're wearing your, uh, I just step away from the mic since you're wearing your Louisiana hat. I'm gonna, I'm gonna go ahead and put this on here Jimbo, just for grins. I got the hog hat on JimBo Stewart: There we Bob Bickford: I think this This is going to bring me some good, uh, juju. And I think we're, uh, I'm going to shine this up, knock the dust off of it. And I can't wait to take your picture. JimBo Stewart: Oh, man. Well, I can't wait to get to do 1 more trip with you in Oklahoma, as the official [00:01:00] replant associate director. We're as we co associate direct, for for this final month together, Bob Bickford: Yeah, I think you're, um, you might be co directing a little more than me right now, cause I think you're getting, uh, you're getting all the emails and the questions that I used to get and that you used to tell me this, I'm so glad those go to you. I think they're coming your way. JimBo Stewart: Yeah, yeah. Some have come my way. some have come my way, but that's all right. We, we've got such a great team. I'm so excited, man, just to get to continue to be a part of what God's doing for the replant team. Bob Bickford: Yeah, man, I'm excited. I'm excited to watch it. I feel like I've, uh, just had one of the best seats in the house to see where we've, where we came from, you know, 5678 years ago and where you guys a