How Do You Lead a Bible Study at Home? | Otis Fowler on Straight Bible

How do you lead a Bible study at home? Otis Fowler IV explains Tending Eden, his home church discipleship curriculum, written so an ordinary believer can facilitate a study.
Straight Bible Interview Sessions, session one, with Matt Hepner and TopLobsta: Otis's testimony, beach baptisms, and how each session of his book works.

Otis grew up in church, walked away at 17, and spent years chasing money, partying, steroids and drugs while his sister struggled with addiction. A blank check prayer, Isaiah 6 on a Bible app and Romans 8:16 turned him around, followed by losing nearly everything, five years free of addictions, student ministry, the Asbury Revival and seminary. He talks about why men forgot how to be men, beach outreach with a prayer tent, ocean baptisms with more than 15 local churches, and the ministry called Eden. Then his book, Tending Eden: His Garden, People, and Glory: each session moves from highs and lows through a theme, reflection, foundational scripture, key insights, group discussion, a kingdom perspective and closing prayer points to a commission. Along the way: soul and spirit (Hebrews 4:12), the greatest commandment (Mark 12:30) and Deuteronomy 6.

Passages in this episode: Isaiah 6:8 · Romans 8:16 · Matthew 16:24-26 · John 12:24 · Matthew 28:19-20 · Mark 12:30 · Hebrews 4:12 · Ephesians 5:21-26 · Deuteronomy 6:5-9

Questions answered
• How did Otis Fowler come to Christ? (21:31)
• Why did men forget how to be men? (52:38)
• How do you lead a Bible study at home? (1:22:47)
• What did the early church look like? (1:25:07)
• What is the difference between soul and spirit? (1:40:06)
• What if vs. even if? (2:07:06)

Chapters
0:00 Straight Bible Interview Sessions, Session One (Intro)
1:03 Meet Otis Fowler IV
2:09 Raised in Church
3:46 Leaving Church at 17
5:11 Teaching Boats and Crab Island
9:02 Partying Across the Country
12:56 Money, Business and Yachts
16:49 Steroids, Depression and Drugs
19:18 His Sister's Addiction
21:31 A Blank Check Prayer
23:28 Isaiah 6 on a Bible App
26:38 The Spirit Beareth Witness (Romans 8, Verse 16)
28:45 Losing Everything
31:46 Chastisement and Five Years Free
37:50 Student Ministry
40:22 Take Up His Cross (Matthew 16, Verses 24-26)
42:23 The Asbury Revival
43:33 Seminary and the Fire Department
48:14 When God Says No
52:38 Men Forgot How to Be Men
56:13 Beach Outreach and a Prayer Tent
58:08 Ocean Baptisms
1:01:13 More Than 15 Local Churches
1:03:27 When a Church Refused a Tithe
1:05:54 Encounters on the Beach
1:12:26 The Eden Ministry
1:16:10 Except a Corn of Wheat Die (John 12, Verse 24)
1:20:44 Writing Tending Eden
1:22:47 How Do You Lead a Bible Study at Home?
1:25:07 The Early Church Model
1:28:49 How Each Session Works
1:31:50 Highs and Lows
1:34:20 The Greatest Commandment (Mark 12, Verse 30)
1:40:06 What Is the Soul?
1:42:53 Soul and Spirit (Hebrews 4, Verse 12)
1:49:16 Foundational Scripture and Key Insights
1:51:18 "How Is Your Soul?"
1:52:28 Kingdom Perspective
1:55:46 Why He Self-Published
1:59:04 Husbands, Love Your Wives (Ephesians 5, Verses 21-26)
2:01:09 Closing Prayer Points
2:02:41 Teach Them Diligently (Deuteronomy 6, Verses 5-9)
2:05:12 It's OK to Say "I Don't Know"
2:07:06 The Commission: What If vs. Even If
2:16:10 Wrap-Up

Related
• Get the book, Tending Eden: His Garden, People, and Glory (Otis Fowler IV): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2...
• Hebrews with Otis Fowler, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Ch6apZiTpVg
• Straight Bible Interview Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/playli...

Watch, listen and read
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/By81lImBHMg
Episodes: https://straightbible.org/epis...
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere podcasts are available.

Have you ever led a Bible study in your home? What made it work? Tell us in the comments.

Support Straight Bible on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Str...
Read Straight Bible on Substack: https://straightbible.substack...

Matt Hepner – The Standard Coffee:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StraightBibleFL
Instagram: @straight_bible
Website: https://www.thestandardclcl.co...
Email: [email protected]

TopLobsta:
X: https://twitter.com/TopLobsta
Instagram: https://instagram.com/TopLobst...
Merch: https://www.toplobsta.com/coll...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NephilimDeathSquad
X: https://twitter.com/NephilimDS...
Instagram: https://instagram.com/nephilim...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share...

Otis Fowler: https://linktr.ee/TendingEden

Sponsors/Affiliates:
Weld Protein Energy Drink: https://drinkweld.com/discount...
Little Palm Coconut Water: https://drinklittlepalm.com
Milk & Honey Coffee Co: https://milkhoney.coffee/?sca_...
Ella's Popcorn: https://ellaspopcorn.com

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/straight-bible--6948781/support.

Straight Bible is verse-by-verse Bible teaching from the King James Bible with Matt Hepner.
It's a TopLobsta Productions show and part of the Nephilim Death Squad network.

🌐 Show notes and every episode: https://straightbible.org

▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@straightbiblefl

🙏 Support the show and get bonus content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/straightbible

✍️ Read the teaching notes on Substack: https://straightbible.substack.com

👕 Straight Bible merch: https://www.toplobsta.com/collections/straight-bible

📧 Questions or prayer requests: [email protected]

If this episode helped you, follow the show and leave a rating, and share it with someone who's reading along.