Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, president of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this

section of the Bible. So okay guys tremendous thrilled you're here, a love hearing the buzz in the air with the

fellowship and interaction as we meet and even after we meet so we got a great study in store.

See a lot of guys look like they're getting ready to go hunting.

We've gone casual here so So, as we get started, I do want to make one quick announcement,

especially for those watching on live stream,

that I'm going to be hosting two institutes for expository preaching

this year in August, one in the Washington DC area at Emanuel Bible Church,

August 28 to 30,

excuse me, 14 to 16, Washington, D.C. August 14 through 16 in Oklahoma City, August 28 to 30.

And for any of you also here have any interest

uh... i'm gonna be speaking on how to improve your preaching

and so uh... how to get to the next level of effectiveness

and in preaching.

Some of you may even be thinking about going into the ministry

or thinking about going to seminary.

And this would be a great conference for you. And if you're already preaching, you know, it's something that you can never stop learning

and improving.

You're just always wanting to get better.

I am. And so I would just encourage you

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