The pastor says, "You need to be in God's Word," but your eyes glaze over every time you open a book-any book-and you do not understand the Bible. "Yeah right," you think. "It doesn't make sense to me." It does not have to be that way. You can read the Bible AND understand what it says. It takes a format that works for you. That is what this book is all about. BIBS (Big Idea Bible Study) is a format designed for every Christian. It is a Bible study method that takes you into the depths of Scripture but also keeps sight of the bigger picture. BIBS is a simple step-by-step course to help you...

Are you planning on interning this summer? If so, read this book first. It is the culmination of several years' worth of intern staff meetings where all the mistakes, issues and teachable moments came to life. Each intern staff meeting included a training time, which was then followed up with an article that the interns read and replied to. This book is the collection of those articles. Each chapter includes some sort of philosophical or practical nugget intended to help church interns grow as Christians and as Christian workers. Although the tone is somewhat harsh, rough, or trite at times,...