Go Eat Pop Corn

For the better part of a year our men’s Sunday school class has done a verse-by-verse study of the book of Genesis. On average we cover about a chapter per week. Our Sunday school teacher is a fire fighter so he has to work every third Sunday. It has been a blessing for me because I get to teach on the Sunday that he works. It has been interesting to see all of the types and pictures of Christ in Genesis. Since we are up to chapter 46, we have been studying the life of Joseph. In his life alone their have been many types of Christ, probably more than a hundred. It is awesome to me to see how the bible all fits together. What some would see a coincidence, Christian’s have been given the blessing to see the revelation of the wonderful tapestry woven into God’s word. We are used to studying the minute details of the construction of that tapestry, but when you stand back and look at it as a whole, you see Christ.

When we complete the study of Genesis, we will begin a new study; we will do a verse-by-verse study of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. We use the acrostic Go Eat Pop Corn as a tool to memorize the order of the books. I am excited to begin the new study, as with all new studies. For the first class we are going to make popcorn. We typically have 8-10 men attend class each Sunday, which to me, is at the upper limit of what a Sunday school class should be. There are some classes that have as many as twenty people, which is too large to have good interaction. Hopefully when we get in our new building we will be able to break up into smaller classes. I do have a question, however. Does anyone know of any grace-based commentaries or study guides for the books we will be studying? They can be in print or on the Internet.