Estimated Publication Date: End of April 2023
Current Level of Completion: 10%

NOTE: This book is the third in the Treasuring God, Experiencing Life study series. This book is still in the very early stages of development with a target publication timeframe of the end of April, 2023. If you'd like to be notified when this book is completed, please sign up for our newsletter updates.

This Book’s Place… in This Series

The primary focus of this website is to effectively teach that Treasuring God is the sole path for experiencing true life.

Now… how to “effectively teach” this concept… has occupied my thoughts for over three years. What I’ve come to realize is that this concept can most effectively be taught as a “orderly progression” of four basic steps for “Treasuring the One, True God”—with each successive step being enabled by the prior steps. And, that effectively addressing those four steps naturally leads to the result of “Experiencing the one True Life.”

This book explains the third “step” in the overall progression for Treasuring God and experiencing true life: intently beholding God’s glory. But, seeing God’s glory will not happen consistently… if we’re not actively looking for it as we study His Word.

Therefore, it’s critical that we approach God’s Word with the proper perspective, so that we’re able to skillfully study God’s Word… which enables us to know God Himself and to see His glory through His Word, to preeminently esteem His worth, and to fully experience true life in Him.

Questions Addressed By This Book

Here is an overview of some of the many questions this book addresses:

  • What is the definition—and the significance—of the word “glory?”
  • What is the single, most significant desire—or goal—that God has for His children?
  • What is required for people to be able to “intently behold” God’s glory?
  • What are benefits—or results—when people “intently behold” God’s glory?
  • What are the “things” that people can know about God which reveal His glory?
  • How can we measure the accuracy and the scope of our understanding of God and of His glory?
  • What are some examples of people from both the Old and New Testaments who intently beheld God’s glory?
  • What does someone’s ability to faithfully embrace God’s perspective and their ability to skillfully study and understand God’s Word… have to do with them being able to intently behold God’s glory?

Preliminary Outline

What follows is the content outline for the book, Intently Beholding God’s Glory. (As this book is still in the very early stages of development, this outline may change significantly. Still, it should provide a helpful description for the content that’s intented to be covered in this book.)

Outline - Intently Beholding God's Glory

Section 1 - Preface
Preface 1 – About Me

Why This Preface Is Important

How I Became A Christian

My Ordinary Christian Life

My Theological Perspective

My Foundational Beliefs

My TeachingMethodology

Preface 2 – Acknowledgements

Caveats

Contributors

Credits For The Ideas In This Book

Personal Disclaimers

Section 2 - Introduction
Chapter 1 – About This Study Series

Two Definitions

The Nature of This Study Series

The Background For This Study Series

The Main Goal of This Study Series

A Secondary Goal of This Study Series

Who This Series Was Written For

Clarification and Encouragement

Chapter 2 – Crucial Definitions

Definition of Glory

Definition of True Life

Chapter 3 – The Progression That Leads to True Life

Four Steps to Treasuring God

Why “Intently Beholding God’s Glory” is the Third Step

Five Proofs of True Life

Chapter 4 – About This Book

Questions Addressed By This Book

Section 3 - Intimately Knowing the One, True God
Chapter 03 – What Does God Ultimately Desire for People?
Chapter 04 – What Does it Mean to Literally Know God?
Chapter 05 – How is it That We Can Actually Know God?
Chapter 06 – What is the True Measure of Our Knowing God?
Section 4 - Beholding the Glory of the One, True God
Chapter 07 – Recognizing God’s Glory Through His Attributes
Chapter 08 – The Glory of God Revealed Through His Nature
Chapter 09 – The Glory of God Revealed Through His Character
Chapter 10 – The Glory of God Revealed Through His Purposes
Chapter 11 – The Glory of God Revealed Through His Plans
Chapter 12 – The Glory of God Revealed Through His Works
Section 5 - Workbook: Intently Beholding God’s Glory
Chapter 13 – Old Testament Examples
Chapter 14 – New Testament Examples
Section 6 - Appendices
Appendix A – Why and How to Become a Christian
Appendix B – Inductive Process Outline
Appendix C – Types of Bibles & Bible Studies
Appendix D – Helpful Resources for Learning God’s Word
Appendix E – Notes for Pastors and Disciple Makers