You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting the M’Cheyne readings over the past few months. The original purpose in posting these was to encourage conversation among the members of the church who are also using M’Cheyne as their Bible reading schedule. Since I’ve received very little feedback and it takes time for me to transfer my written notes to the blog, I’ve decided to hold off on posting the daily reflections. If anyone is particularly interested in the summaries, you can contact me and I’d be happy to send them to you personally.
I wanted to post this past week’s Sunday school study guide as well so that you might be thinking through our recent lesson on J.C. Ryle’s “A Call to Prayer.” We will be working through Ryle’s book throughout the next few weeks, using the Chapel Library study guide to help spur questions and get to the major points Ryle is making. Here is the study guide for lessons 1 and 2. We’ll be reading the text together during the class but it might be helpful to read the second chapter. Since our edition of the book does not include the chapter headings, chapter 2 begins with: “I ask again whether you pray, because a habit of prayer is one of the surest marks of a true Christian,” and ends with “Do you wish to find out whether you are a true Christian? Then rest assured that my question is of the very first importance—Do you pray?” The link provided gives you the study guide for lessons 1 and 2. Try to work on the study guide for lesson 2 since we’ll be going over it in class! Here it is: Ryle Study Guide
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