I am Eric Glover, the creator of this site and the leader of the Doubtless Living Bible study group at ClearView Baptist Church in Franklin, Tennessee. I am married to Tina Glover and we have two grown children and one wonderful grandson. I have taught Bible study classes to adults of all ages for more than 25 years and teaching God’s Word is one of my greatest passions in life. I am an ordained Southern Baptist minister and I attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. I have served churches in many capacities over the years, but I am called by God to teach His Word and that is what I love doing most of all. Professionally, I serve as the Vice President of Retail Operations for LifeWay Christian Stores, one of the largest Christian retailers in the world with 160 stores across America. I have a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Missouri Southern State University. I am also a Certified Public Accountant, although I have not practiced public accounting for many years.
I am Eric Glover, the creator of this site and the leader of the Doubtless Living Bible study group at ClearView Baptist Church in Franklin, Tennessee. I am married to Tina Glover and we have two grown children and one wonderful grandson. I have taught Bible study classes to adults of all ages for more than 25 years and teaching God’s Word is one of my greatest passions in life. I am an ordained Southern Baptist minister and I attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. I have served churches in many capacities over the years, but I am called by God to teach His Word and that is what I love doing most of all. Professionally, I serve as the Vice President of Retail Operations for LifeWay Christian Stores, one of the largest Christian retailers in the world with 160 stores across America. I have a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Missouri Southern State University. I am also a Certified Public Accountant, although I have not practiced public accounting for many years.
We’ve all taken
tests of some form or another in our lifetime. Some voluntarily and some
involuntarily. We either subject our self to testing as is the case of academic
study, or we are the subject of testing as in medical analysis.
For the moment,
think back in time with me to your days of academic study. What kind of test
taker were you? Were you one to study weeks and days in advance, preparing for
any and all possible questions. A stack of index cards at the ready waiting for
an opportunity to run through the deck just once more before the test. Or were
you the type of test taker who crammed an hour before the test, hitting the
highlights in your study guide and relying upon your memory for the rest.
My wife Tina and I
have two children; one of each. A boy and a girl, yes, but I’m referring to
something other than their gender. We have one child who studied hard for every
test and was always well prepared, and one that rarely studied and often forgot
about tests until walking into class. Both were very good students, but their
methods could not have been more unalike.
In our study this
week, Jesus was given a test by an expert in the Law, a Lawyer in the truest
sense of the word. He asked Jesus a combination of serious and trick questions,
hoping to trip Him up and expose Him as a fraud to the public. But Jesus was
well prepared for the test. So well prepared that He inverted the process and
began to test the Lawyer himself.
How did that
happen? How well did the Lawyer do on the test? Why does it matter? What are
the implications for us today? All great test questions of their own. Come join
us tomorrow for the small group study and learn the answers. I promise, no Scantron
Score sheets will be needed…
If you’re unable to join us in person for this study, please feel free to download the Bible study materials for your personal use by following one of these links: PowerPoint Slides, PDF File. For more information on this Bible study series please see Doubtless Living: The Gospel of Luke.
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