1. Receiving the Word--2. Power and Preaching--3. Joy in Suffering.

1. Character of our witness--2. Content of our witness--3. Challenge of our witness--4. Contribution of our witness.

1. Receiving the Word;2. Power and Preaching;3. Joy in Suffering.

1. Character of our election--2. Cause of our election--3. Continuity of our election--4. Consequence of our election--5. Consciousness of our election.

1. Living relationship--2. Loving relationship--3. Lasting relationship.

1. Commonality of our identity--2 Nature of our identity--3. Product of our identity--4. Order of our identity--5. Recognition of our identity-

1. Pastoral dimension of our local church--2. Historical dimension of our local church--3. Geographical dimension of our local church--4. Spiritual dimension of our local church--5. Ecumenical dimension of our local church.

1. Focus on God's majesty--2. Submission to life's mysteries--3. Avoid empty materialism--4. Remember our mortality.

1. Othniel--2. Ehud--3. Shamgar.

1. Claims of the famous--2. Clues in nature--3. Conclusions of scripture.