Preface: "Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue" (2 Peter 1:5) (see expanded version 2/2011)

Part I: Why study the virtues and vices? (see expanded version 2/2011)

• Need for character formation 
• Moral vision and education

• Place of gifts, gifts without character, and Godly character triumphing

• Vice and Virtue in scripture

1. Pride versus humility
2. Greed versus generosity
3. Lust versus chastity
4. Anger versus meekness
5. Gluttony versus self-control
6. Envy versus love of neighbor
7. Sloth versus courage

• Reading Scripture as the Living Word of God:  practical resources for scripture study and a selection of commentaries on some books of the bible
• Reading Scripture with the Early Church Fathers: we can learn much from the writings of the early church fathers on the scriptures -- an introduction and selection of readings on how to profit from the study and meditation on scripture 
• The Gospel of Mark: a commentary and meditation for daily reflection and study  
• The Gospel of Luke: a commentary and meditation for daily reflection and study
• The Gospel of John: a commentary and meditation for daily reflection and study  
• The Parables of Jesus: a prictical guide & meditation for persofnal reflection on Jesus' key teaching tool
• The Authority of Scripture by Stephen B. Chark 
• Modern Bypasses of the Authority of Scripture by Stephen B. Chark