Book Study with the Pastor

Fall 2026 – 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

9-week Book Study on James Martin’s, Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle. 

Session 1 – Aug 20
1 – Al Eizariya – Introduction
2 – A Certain Man – Did Lazarus Exist?

Session 2 – Sep 3
3 – He Whom You Love – Jesus, Friendship, and the Beloved Disciple
4 – Jesus Loved Martha and Her Sister – What can we know about Mary and Martha?

Session 3 – Sep 10
5 – Two Days Longer – Why Does Jesus Wait?
6 – Let Us Go to Judea Again – John’s Gospel and “the Jews”

Session 4 – Oct 1
7 – So That You May Believe – Understanding and Misunderstanding Jesus
8 – If You Had Been Here – Disappointment in God

Session 5 – Oct 15
9 – You Are the Messiah, the Son of God – Who is Jesus?
10 – When She Heard It – Waiting, Patience, and Growth

Session 6 – Nov 5
11 – She Knelt at His Feet – Is Everyone Wrong about Mary?
12 – See How He Loved Him – Why does Jesus weep?

Session 7 – Nov 19
13 – Take Away the Stone – Turning Away from the Negative
14 – Father, I Thank You – Jesus’ prayer and Ours

Session 8 – Dec 3
15 – Lazarus, Come Out! – Dying to Self and Finding New Life
16 – Unbind Him – Believing in the Promise of New Life

Session 9 – Dec 17
17 – Come Forth! – A Conclusion