Our Bible study concluded C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, exploring how our present-day choices regarding forgiveness, attachments, and community shape our eternal reality, contrasting the misery of Hell (a self-imposed prison locked from the inside) with the joyful, solid reality of Heaven.

We explored Episode 5 of The Chosen (“The Wedding at Cana”), examining themes of calling, community, faith, and Jesus’s patient leadership through the cultural and scriptural lens of the Gospel of John.

On June 18, 2026, our class explored sin’s inward curve, creation’s praise, and the redemptive power of Christ through C. S. Lewis’s imagery in The Great Divorce, discussing how unresolved grief and lust can become idolatry and how surrendering our deepest attachments leads to glorious transformation.

Scenes from The Chosen to explore Jesus’ compassionate mission to outcasts, the meaning of the Sabbath, the power of personal transformation and testimony, childlike discipleship, and the tension between comforting mercy and costly allegiance to Christ.

Scenes from The Chosen to explore Jesus’ compassionate mission to outcasts, the meaning of the Sabbath, the power of personal transformation and testimony, childlike discipleship, and the tension between comforting mercy and costly allegiance to Christ.

On June 18, 2026, our class explored sin’s inward curve, creation’s praise, and the redemptive power of Christ through C. S. Lewis’s imagery in The Great Divorce, discussing how unresolved grief and lust can become idolatry and how surrendering our deepest attachments leads to glorious transformation.

On June 4, 2026, our church Bible study used C. S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce and the Lord’s Prayer to confront self-will, grumbling, and identity—asking how heaven’s life breaks into our daily choices, relationships, and walk with Christ.

A lively Bible study on June 10, 2026, explored The Chosen’s portrayals of Mary Magdalene, Matthew the tax collector, Peter, and Nicodemus, and how these narratives illuminate Scripture, discipleship, grace, and the humanity of Jesus.

On June 4, 2026, our church Bible study used C. S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce and the Lord’s Prayer to confront self-will, grumbling, and identity—asking how heaven’s life breaks into our daily choices, relationships, and walk with Christ.

During our Bible study on May 27, 2026, we explored Mark 4:1–34, focusing on Jesus's parables—especially the Sower—and how they reveal a deeper, hopeful message about the kingdom of God, spiritual growth, and the critical theme of truly hearing and seeing God's word to bear fruit.

During our Bible study on May 27, 2026, we explored Mark 4:1–34, focusing on Jesus's parables—especially the Sower—and how they reveal a deeper, hopeful message about the kingdom of God, spiritual growth, and the critical theme of truly hearing and seeing God's word to bear fruit.

During our Bible study on May 27, 2026, we explored Mark 4:1–34, focusing on Jesus's parables—especially the Sower—and how they reveal a deeper, hopeful message about the kingdom of God, spiritual growth, and the critical theme of truly hearing and seeing God's word to bear fruit.

On May 20, 2026, our class walked through Mark 2:27–28 and Mark 3:1–35—Jesus’ authority over Sabbath, surging crowds and the boat, the naming and mission of the Twelve, accusations and the “house divided” teaching, binding the strong man, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, and redefining true family—while reflecting on discernment, the Church’s mission, practical wisdom in Old Testament laws, and previewing the Parable of the Sower.

On May 14, 2026, our church Bible study used C. S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce to explore repentance, forgiveness, heaven’s “solid” reality versus hell’s insubstantial self-absorption, the dangers of intellectual pride (the “bishop”), and a Christ-centered faith shaped by the cross, resurrection, and ascension.

This week, our study of Mark chapters 2 and 3 explored Jesus's authority to forgive, heal, and redefine righteousness as he calls a controversial tax collector and challenges the Pharisees' traditions about the Sabbath.

A lively Bible study on May 7, 2026 explored C. S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce (Chs. 1–3), tracing the contrast between ghostly insubstantiality and heavenly solidity, the challenge of pride versus grace, and the costly journey of repentance and becoming “solid” in Christ in light of Scripture.

In our study on May 6, 2026, we explored Mark 1:14-2:12, focusing on Jesus's escalating authority over spirits, sickness, and sin, and why He often commanded silence from those He healed.

In our Bible study on April 29, 2026, we began our journey into C.S. Lewis's "The Great Divorce," exploring the book's themes of Hell as self-imposed isolation, the choice between Heaven and Hell, and how the story serves as a mirror for our own spiritual lives.

On April 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM, our class explored how reading the Gospel of Mark by recognizing patterns and echoes—especially in Mark 1:1–20—deepens understanding, highlighting John the Baptist, Jesus’ baptism and wilderness testing, the “at hand” kingdom, the call of fishermen, and the upside‑down kingship of Jesus.