Bull-session

I hope you are all doing well. I trust that each of you has had a good weekend, and are ready for another good week. I just wanted to share a little about what I have been thinking about lately. This past week was amazing for me. Many of you know that this week we started a new “Bible study.” We don’t really know where it will end up leading, but a couple of us were just convicted about starting it. For me, it is out of my real comfort zone. It is in Spanish, and it is not with a “Christian” group of people.

 

This is not a “Bible study” like we normally think of. It is more of a gateway “Bible study” for some people who don’t know the Lord. As I was sitting in the “Bible study”, I was thinking about some of the people that we have been praying for. We have a huge group of people that we have been asking that God would save. The reason that this “Bible study” started was that one of our brothers was just convicted about his family and friend’s lack of knowledge or concern about God. This brother knew that his family and friends would not come to the church building for a meeting, so he opened his own home. He told them that they were going to just spend some time each week learning about God. I learned a new word this week while reading a book about the early church. The writer called the Early Church’s method of evangelism a “bull-session.” I had no clue what a bull-session was so I googled it. It means an informal discussion group (topic is not important, in the early Christian case it was the Lord). That is exactly what we are doing on Thursday nights.

 

I think that many times we are just content with inviting people to “church”, but we don’t want to make the commitment of opening our own homes to these people. I just want to challenge you, the four of you who read this, to pray about what God would have you do to reach your friends and family. I think that if you started one of these “bull-sessions” you would not have a problem getting a commitment from these people. Just ask some of your closest not-yet-believing friends to commit for 5 weeks to hanging out in your home and learning some stuff about God. You don’t have to be a “certified” teacher, but you do need to be open to talking about the gospel with your friends and families.

 

Thursday and Wednesday nights are not good for me, but any other day is good for me. I am willing to help any of you if you need me too. I am praying that God will open our hearts and our homes to those who need to know the gospel.  

 

I love you all and I am praying for you,

BD