Welcome to EBS Ministries

"And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" - Ephesians 4:24

EBS Website Introduction

Announcement(s):
New Meeting Times: first and third Saturday of each month at 9:30 AM Eastern TZ.

Contact us for information on the study materials: Purchase The Bible in 52 Weeks for Men: A Yearlong Bible Study Companion by Daniel Sung Hyun on Amazon.

ISI Men's Equipping Conference 2024

Welcome to the EBS Ministries support page. We meet on Zoom on the first and third Saturday of each month at 9:30 AM Eastern TZ. Please inquire about our study materials. Here, you can find the Zoom meeting information, any announcements or news, and find the study materials. Each meeting will be about an hour. Please read the study prior to the meeting. Think about the Questions for Reflection at the end of the study as we will be discussing these during the meeting. Each study has complementary bible verses as well which are listed below. Simply click the link to redirect to BibleGateway.com where all verses have been queried and will be listed on a single page for convenient review.

Zoom Meeting Link

Weekly Study and Passages

Additional Readings

The Act Like Men 40 Studies

Section 1 - Act Like Men
Study 1: Acting Like Men
1 Corinthians 16:13-14, Hebrews 4:12, Genesis 2:18, Proverbs 20:3, and James 3:2
Study 2: A Quality Man
Proverbs 9:9, Romans 7:15, 2 Timothy 1:7, and James 1:20
Study 3: Not a Quality Man
Proverbs 22:1, Genesis 6:3, 1 Samuel 2: 16-17, 24-25, 29-30, and 1 Samuel 3:13
Study 4: And the Gold Goes to ...
1 Corinthians 9:24, Jeremiah 17:9, Ezekiel 18:30, Mark 1:15, 2 Corinthians 7:9-10, Philippians 3:4, 1 John 1:8, and 1 Timothy 1:15
Study 5: What Are You Looking At?
Proverbs 3:7, Matthew 4:1, Luke 11:19, Revelation 12:9-10, Luke 10:18, 2 John 7, John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:14, John 9:5, John 3:19, Romans 14:12, and 1 Peter 1:16
Study 6: Truly -- As Good as It Gets
Deuteronomy 32, and Genesis 1: 4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31
Study 7: Disneyland Quality
Colossians 1:19-20, Song of Solomon 2:15, James 1:8, Exodus 34:6-7, Matthew 16:26, Mark 1:35, James 1:20, Matthew 13:58, 1 Timothy 5:24, Matthew 15:8, and Isaiah 29:13
Study 8: Let Your Partner Take the Lead
Romans 8:14, and Romans 10:17
Section 2 - Be Watchful
Study 9: Keep Your Head Up
Matthew 24:43, Nehemiah 4:9, and Nehemiah 12:25
Study 10: Snap Out of It!
1 Timothy 5:8, Luke 10:27, Mark 8:36, and Ecclesiastes 9:10
Study 11: Man Do I Feel Stupid!
1 Timothy 4:16, Malachi 1:2-3, Hebrews 12:16-17, and Philippians 2:12
Study 12: You're Only Lying to Yourself
Philippians 2:3, 1 John 4:20, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6, Proverbs 3:7, Philippians 2:3, and James 2:13
Study 13: Headed for the Ditch on a Sunny Day
John 10:10, 2 Corinthians 11:14, John 8:44, and Acts 20:28
Study 14: Never Give Up
Psalm 116:1-2, 2 Peter 3:9, Acts 16:31, Jeremiah 1:12, Luke 18:1, and James 4:2
Study 15: Jesus Was Fired Up
John 2:17, Matthew 6:10, Colossians 1:16, 20, John 1:14, John 2:13-17, John 8:1-11, Mark 6:45-52, Matthew 23:33-35, and John 18:3
Study 16: Watchful Home Improvement
Proverbs 9:10, and Proverbs 29:19
Section 3 - Stand Firm in the Faith
Study 17: Urgently Unclear
1 Corinthians 16:13, Proverbs 29:22, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 1:14, and Jude 3
Study 18: A Craving for Clarity
Jeremiah 15:16, 2 Corinthians 13:5, John 14:16-17, and Ephesians 4:1-7
Study 19: Clarity in Crisis
Ecclesiastes 12:13, Romans 6:11, Colossians 3:2, Ecclesiastes 1:2-4, 15, and Ecclesiastes 3:11
Study 20: Paul's Clarity
Philippians 3:13-14, 1 Timothy 1:20, Acts 14:19, 2 Corinthians 11:24-25, Acts 16:16-24, 2 Timothy 4:7, 10, 1 Corinthians 11:1, and Proverbs 29:25
Study 21: Clarity in Conflict
1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 13:8-14, 1 Samuel 14:24-46, 1 Samuel 15:1-9, 22, Matthew 8:13, and Philippians 2:13
Please read 1 Samuel 10-20 and 1 Samuel 21-30 which tells the tragic unraveling of a leader's life.
Study 22: Clarity -- The Father Personifies It
Isaiah 6:1, Revelation 20:11-12, 15, Ezekiel 1:28, 1 Timothy 6:16, Exodus 33:20, Isaiah 6:1, 3, Leviticus 11:44, 1 Peter 1:16, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Joshua 24:15, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Corinthians 16:13, and Ephesians 4:1
Study 23: The Clarity of Christ
John 6:38, John 2:4, Matthew 26:45, John 12:23, Mark 11:27-12:34, Matthew 9:36, Luke 2:49, John 10:10, John 8:32, Luke 14:26, Luke 9:62, Matthew 6:33, Luke 10:27, John 8:24, John 10:30, and John 14:9
Study 24: This Is Not a Test
Galatians 5:16, 1 Peter 5:8, and John 15:5
Section 4 - Be Strong
Study 25: The Battle to Be Strong
1 Corinthians 16:13, Ephesians 6:10, 2 Timothy 2:1, Matthew 5:29-30, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Matthew 7:22-23, and 2 Timothy 2:22
Study 26: The Strength of Authenticity
Mark 3:25, Matthew 7:27, Numbers 11:20, and Hebrews 13:4
Study 27: The Samson Syndrome
Judges 16:5, 20, Proverbs 9:10, Judges 14:1-3, 1 Timothy 1:19, and Judges 16:6
Study 28: The Thorny Way
2 Corinthians 12:9, 1 Corinthians 9:27, 2 Corinthians 11:28, 1 Corinthians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 20, Ephesians 6:19-20, and Romans 8:28
Study 29: Before the Fall
Numbers 32:23, 1 Samuel 13:14, and John 4:4
Study 30: Our Strong God
Psalm 51:6, and James 1:17
Study 31: Back to Repentance
2 Corinthians 7:10, Romans 11:33, Isaiah 40:28-29, John 10:18, 1 John 1:9, Matthew 3:2, and Matthew 4:17
Study 32: Letting Your Partner Lead
Romans 8:14
Section 5 - Do Everything in Love
Study 33: Doing It All in Love?
Romans 12:9, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Romans 13:10, Galatians 5:14, 2 Timothy 3:16, and 2 Peter 1:21
Study 34: Love Has a Lot to Do with It
John 15:13, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Ephesians 4:15, 25, 1 Corinthians 13:8, and 1 John 4:20
Study 35: Two or More Are More
Ecclesiastes 4:12, James 1:23-24, 1 Samuel 24:3, Jonah 4:3-4, 8-9, 19, Job 16:2, Judges 14:3, 11, 1 Kings 19:4, 8-9, Job 1:8, Job 2:9, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Daniel 3:17-18, Numbers 14:6-9, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 14:16, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 18:7, 24, 1 Samuel 18:1, and 1 Samuel 20:17
Please read Judges 14-16, 1 Kings 18-19, and 1 Samuel 31.
Study 36: The Man from Tarsus
1 Timothy 1:15, 2 Timothy 4:11, 16, Philemon 23-24, Philippians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:20, Acts 9:1-31, 1 Corinthians 15:9, and Galatians 1:23
Study 37: Together
Hebrews 10:25, Revelation 12:10, Matthew 4:4, James 4:7, 1 John 1:8, and Mark 10:45
Study 38: Trinity Expresses Community
Psalm 90:1, Mark 1:11, Mark 12:29, John 8:19, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Philippians 2:6, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3, 1 Corinthians 13:12, and Luke 12:48
Study 39: Under Orders to Love
John 13:34-35, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Philippians 2:3, Matthew 7:5, 1 Peter 1:22, James 3:2, and 1 Peter 2:23
Study 40: Strength to Love
Colossians 2:6-7, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, and Romans 6:13

Additional Readings

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness

Matthew 4:1-11 - King James Version

Read Passage on BibleGateway.com
Read the Print Version
Listen to the Audio Version

Watch a short overview of the reading to gain some context: Overview: Matthew 1-13

4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
King James Version (KJV)
Public Domain

Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

Proverbs 3 - King James Version

Read Passage on BibleGateway.com
Read the Print Version
Listen to the Audio Version

Watch a short overview of the reading to gain some context: Overview: Proverbs

3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
King James Version (KJV)
Public Domain

Listen to the Audio Book on YouTube

Matthew 4 KJV Read Along Audio Bible with Scrolling Text

The Holy Bible - Proverbs Chapter 3 (KJV)

About

Electronic Bible Study (EBS) Ministries is dedicated to bringing men and families from across the nation together to study the bible on a weekly basis. More details to come.

Values

1. We are committed to ministering to other men in our walk with our Lord Christ Jesus. We aim to provide a foundation of accountability to help one another walk The Way of our Lord. Our mission is to grow as God-Fearing men with ambition to lead the home spiritually, "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness", Ephesians 4:24, KJV.

2. We challenge our initial interpretations of scripture by researching the matter extensively and digging deeper into the context and the message contained therein, exhausting all options through continuously seeking Him, meditating on His words, and praying to Him because we believe God can reveal His will for us through His word. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth", 2 Timothy 2:15, KJV.

3. We consider ourselves radical skeptics of extrabiblical teachings and heavily scrutinize mainstream secular wisdom. "the fashionable wisdom of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so" - 1 Corinthians 2:6, MSG.

News

ISI Men's Equipping Conference 2024

Purchase Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood by Pastor James MacDonald for $5.00 on his website.

While waiting for the book to arrive in the mail, there is access to the first sixteen chapters using this OneDrive link.

The Bible in 52 Weeks for Men: A Yearlong Bible Study Companion by Daniel Sung Hyun can be purchased on Amazon here

Choose Christ

Why?

Contact Us

Cruz Macias
cell: (815) 762-6567
email: cruz.musica@outlook.com
web-site: Cruz Macias - CV

Cruz and his wife Tahia.

Peter Cinko
cell: (773) 627-1453
email: peterc2654@gmail.com

Peter playing viola during the wedding ceremony for Cruz and Tahia

Andre Gonzalez
cell: (815) 901-2608
email: andrelgonzalez413@gmail.com
web-site: Andre Gonzalez - CV

Andre and his mother Katie

Join Us On Discord

Discord Server: EBS Ministries - Act Like Men Weekly