Three Simple Rules for Christian Living
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Three Simple Rules for Christian Living by Jeanne Torrence Finley and Rueben P. Job This small-group study by Jeanne Torrence Finley is based on Rueben P. Job's book Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living . Six sessions provide extended reflection for adults on three principles of Christian life: do no harm, do good, and stay in love with God. Each rule has a session to help you understand the rule and a session to help you explore ways to practice the rule. Three Simple Rules for Christian Living includes a DVD that contains excerpts from an interview with Bishop Rueben Job and a CD ROM that contains a Leader Guide for the study sessions and other useful information for organizing, leading, and publicizing study groups. Your church can do a church-wide study of the three simple rules by using the youth resource, Three Simple Rules 24/7, and the children’s resource, Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus, along with this book. A leader guide and DVD for adult study groups are available. Parents who would like to discuss the three simple rules with their children can download a free list of suggested questions at Cokesbury.com (click below). Jeanne Torrence Finley is a clergy member of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, co-chair of the Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society, and director of Collegial Communications. She has worked as a campus minister, pastor, college English teacher, workshop leader, and communications consultant. Finley writes regularly for FaithLink . Her work has appeared in the Journal of Presbyterian History , Worship , The Mennonite , Christian Science Monitor , the Virginia Advocate , and Christian Social Action . For a free online copy of Three Simple Rules A Conversation Guide for Parents click here!
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Rueben P. Job. Three Simple Rules for Christian Living
Three. Simple Rules
Introduction
Do No Harm – Understanding the Rule. Focus Question:
A Prayer
WHAT DOES THE RULE SAY? Unintended Harm
Reflect on the Ride
Reflect
John Wesley's General Rules
Reflect
The Answers Depend on the Questions
Reflect
Reflect
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
Reflect on the Bible
Reflect
Ultimate Loyalty
Reflect
CLOSING–A GUIDE FOR DAILY PRAYER. Welcoming God's Presence
Scripture
Meditation
Prayer
Blessing
Do No Harm- Practicing the Rule. Focus Question:
A Prayer
WHAT DOES THE RULE SAY? What Would You Never Do?
Reflect on the Rule
Intentionally Doing No Harm
Reflect
Collective Harm
Reflect
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? Romans 14:14-23
Reflect on the Bible
Reflect
Matthew 5:38-48
Reflect on the Bible
Jesus' Third Way
Reflect
Retaliation or Not?
Reflect
CLOSING – A GUIDE FOR DAILY PRAYER. Welcoming God's Presence
Scripture
Meditation
Prayer
Blessing
Do Good – Understanding the Rule. Focus Question:
A Prayer
WHAT DOES THE RULE SAY? Bread or No Bread
Reflect on the Rule
Seeing the Need
Reflect
Your Deep Gladness and the World's Deep Hunger
Reflect
Reflect
Doing Good and God's Grace
Reflect
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
Reflect on the Bible
Reflect
CLOSING – A GUIDE FOR DAILY PRAYER. Welcoming God's Presence
Scripture
Meditation
Prayer
Blessing
Do Good – Practicing the Rule. Focus Question:
A Prayer
WHAT DOES THE RULE SAY?
Reflect on the Rule
Anathoth Community Garden
Reflect
The Fear of Doing Good
Reflect
Reflect
Reflect
Reflect on the Bible
1 John 3:17-18
Reflect
Romans 12
Reflect
Galatians 5:22–6:2
Reflect
CLOSING – A GUIDE FOR DAILY PRAYER. Welcoming God's Presence
Scripture
Meditation
Prayer
Blessing
Stay in Love With God – Understanding the Rule. Focus Question:
A Prayer
WHAT DOES THE RULE SAY?
Reflect on the Rule
Life Disciplines
Reflect
Spiritual Disciplines as Means of Grace
Reflect
Prayer
Reflect
Worship and the Lord's Supper
Reflect
Bible Reading and Study
Reflect
Fasting
Reflect
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
Reflect on the Bible
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Reflect
Matthew 22:34-40
Reflect
1 Kings 8
Reflect
John 4
Reflect
CLOSING – A GUIDE FOR DAILY PRAYER. Welcoming God's Presence
Scripture
Meditation
Prayer
Blessing
Stay in Love With God – Practicing the Rule. Focus Question:
A Prayer
WHAT DOES THE RULE SAY?
Reflect on the Rule
The Upper Decks
Reflect
Prayer
Reflect
Worship and the Lord's Supper
Reflect
Reading and Studying Scripture
Reflect
Fasting
Reflect
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
Reflect on the Bible
Daniel 1 and 6
Reflect
Luke 11:1-13
Reflect
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Reflect
Conclusion
Reflect
CLOSING – A GUIDE FOR DAILY PRAYER. Welcoming God's Presence
Scripture
Meditation
Prayer
Blessing
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for Christian Living
Jeanne Torrence Finley
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Which of the commandments concern doing no harm? In each, what kind of harm is prohibited? Who is being protected from harm? Do any of these commandments also protect the one who might do harm? If so, how?
Central to understanding all of the Ten Commandments are the first two—which paradoxically seem to be the ones that do not directly say "do no harm." The first one, with preface, is key to all the others: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me" (Exodus 20:2-3). This is the declaration that God has acted out of love to give life and freedom to God's people. Their ultimate loyalty is to God alone. If they give their ultimate loyalty to someone or something else, they will do harm—to themselves and to others. The second commandment against idolatry flows from the first and basically reiterates it. We are to worship God and God alone, not things, not other people, not institutions, not governments, not our own power, and not our talents and ambitions. In other words, God comes first. Although in our time, we don't routinely see statues of gods in our towns, we do have the tendency to make gods of many things. The things we value most may function as our "gods." Sometimes it's been said that if we follow the first two commandments we're not as likely to break the other ones. If our highest loyalty is to God, then we will love what God loves, and that is the foundation of living so as to do no harm.
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