Online Course
First Principles (Women)
$24
Instructors
Abi Byrd
Ministry Associate, McLean Bible Church
Abi serves on staff as a Ministry Associate at McLean Bible Church, Loudoun Campus. She works in women’s ministry, discipleship, and coaching for Church Groups. Abi has a BEd Honors degree in music and education from Cambridge University. She has been a teacher in elementary school and served with the children’s ministry on staff at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. She and her family have also served as missionaries in the UK and Kosovo with Radstock Ministries.
Alyssa Walker
Bible Teacher, Holy Trinity
Alyssa serves her church, Holy Trinity, as a Lead Teacher and curriculum writer for the Holy Trinity Institute for Discipleship and Mission, as a member of the women’s ministry leadership team, and as KidCity teacher. She also teaches the Bible at women’s events, conferences, and retreats. She earned a BA from Moody Bible Institute in Biblical Languages and an MA in Biblical Exegesis at Wheaton College. Prior to becoming a member at Holy Trinity, Alyssa served as a ministry leader and Bible teacher in various roles in local churches in Iowa, Massachusetts, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Illinois, and Indiana. She also spent three years teaching Old Testament and Hermeneutics at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia. Additionally, Alyssa has training in fundraising management and experience fundraising for churches, ministries, and seminaries. She currently serves as Director of Advancement for the Charles Simeon Trust.
Colleen McFadden
Director of Women's Workshops
Colleen serves as the Director of Women’s Workshops for the Charles Simeon Trust where she is responsible for all activities related to the Workshops for women Bible teachers. She helps teach in the women’s ministry at Windsor Baptist Church where she and her husband are members. Colleen was previously in the corporate world for several years in sales and marketing. She earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She also serves on the board of Matthias Media Ministries.
Nancy Guthrie
Bible Teacher, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
Nancy Guthrie teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including her Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. She is the author of numerous books and is the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast at The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband host Respite Retreats for couples who have faced the death of a child and are co-hosts of the GriefShare video series.
Susan Jahns
Bible Teacher, College Church
Susan has taught in the College Church Women’s Bible Study in Wheaton, Illinois since 2003. A longtime member of College Church, she served on staff for six years as a Children’s Ministry Associate. She earned her BA in Christian Education at Wheaton College.
Adrienne Lawrence
Bible Teacher, Hinson Baptist Church
Adrienne Lawrence serves on the women’s Bible study teaching and writing team at Hinson Baptist Church in Portland. She has been involved in ministry since she started leading Bible studies for her Inter-Varsity college group at Duke University. She later earned her MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Since then, she has spoken at conferences and retreats, discipled women, and taught Sunday school.
Lesson 1
Free Lesson: Staying on the Line
Nancy Guthrie In this first lesson of First Principles, Nancy Guthrie tackles the sufficiency of the Scriptures and what happens when we add or subtract from them. Go To LessonLesson 2
Pathway for Preparation
Colleen McFadden In this lesson of First Principles, Colleen McFadden shares an overview of how an expositor might begin to approach the Word of God, a pathway for working through a text.Lesson 3
Structure
Abi Byrd In this lesson of First Principles, Abi Byrd works through strategies for uncovering the structure of a particular text of Scripture, so that the emphasis of the text might be discovered.Lesson 4
Context
Susan Jahns In this lesson of First Principles, Susan Jahns explores how understanding both the literary and historical context can help you better understand and apply the text.Lesson 5
Melodic Line
Alyssa Walker In this lesson of First Principles, Alyssa Walker shows that one key to understanding a text is understanding the big idea of the whole book and how it relates to a particular text.Lesson 6
Text and Framework
Adrienne Lawrence In this lesson of First Principles, Adrienne Lawrence argues that we need to be aware of what cultural and theological frameworks we bring the study of the Scriptures, and then introduces some strategies to help us grow our discipline of submitting our frameworks to the text.Lesson 7
Connecting to the Gospel
Colleen McFadden In this lesson of First Principles, Colleen McFadden makes the case that the Scriptures revolve around the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and, given that, that exposition should always relate the text to the gospel.Lesson 8
Application
Colleen McFadden In this final lesson of First Principles, Colleen McFadden provides guidelines for making faithful applications from our text to our audience.Downloads