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Ask, "What is your favorite kind of 'How to' book?" (cooking, computer, i.e)

After everyone has shared, ask them what kind of, because of their own life experiences, 'How to' book they could write. (teaching, how to grieve, i.e.)

Topics:	Books, Discussion starters, Icebreakers, Questions
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Host, Lead
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Exodus 24:12, 1 Timothy 5:7
Date Added:	April 12, 2004

Ask your group members to bring one of their favorite quotes from a book or movie. Have them share their quotes the following week. Ask them to tell where the quote came from, who said it, and why it impacted them. (You may want to call or send a postcard to remind them.)

Topics:	Books, Discussion starters, Icebreakers, Movies
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Host, Lead
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Matthew 5:21-48, Matthew 22:37-40
Date Added:	August 12, 2003

Ask, "If you were to spend three months alone in a cabin what one video and one book (besides the Bible) who would you bring with you?"

Topics:	Books, Discussion starters, Icebreakers, Movies, Questions
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Host, Lead
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Matthew 14:23, Acts 28:16
Date Added:	July 12, 2000

The past 10 years have seen an influx of big-name authors writing books specifically for small-groups ministry. Some examples include The Connecting Church, Walking the Small-Groups Tightrope, Activate, The 7 Deadly Sins of Small-Group Ministry, Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders, and more.

While most of these books contain very useful information and are genuinely helpful for churches running ...

Welcome to your hub for the "Sticky Church" blog tour! We've got 18 blogs lined up to tackle the different chapters of the book, with each blog author writing about a different chapter. So read to your heart's content, and be sure to use the comments feature on each blog to join the conversation.

Below you'll find each of the chapters covered in this tour, as well as the authors and blogs that will ...

This 13-session course was designed to help you think about art and literature from a Christian perspective, and how they do, or do not, illustrate biblical principles. In this quarterly pack, we look at how art and literature can reveal truth. These handouts can be used for personal study, but can also be used in a Sunday school class or small group to consider how God reveals himself through film, ...

Topics:	Art, Books, Culture, Disciple, Hollywood, Literature, Movies, Poetry, Secularism, Television, Worship
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Lead, Teacher
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Genesis 1:26-28, Exodus 35:30-35, 2 Samuel 6:1-8, Proverbs 8:1-12, Ecclesiastes 1:12-18, Isaiah 55:1, Matthew 5:13-16, John 3:16-21, 1 Corinthians 10:23-33, Colossians 2:16-3:2, 1 Timothy 6:11-12, Hebrews 12:2, Revelation 21:1-5
Date Added:	July 04, 2007

The following 3-week course will help you and your group study the life and work of C.S. Lewis, one of Christianity's modern heroes, by looking at some of the following questions: How has C.S. Lewis impacted the Christian faith? What did he have to say that still is relevant for us today?

Finding Peace in a Time of WarWhat we can learn from Oswald Chambers and C. S. Lewis about the long battle ...

Topics:	Authors, Books, Conversion, Paul, Salvation, Skepticism
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Lead, Teacher
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Acts 9:1-30, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Date Added:	January 31, 2006

When people engage you with spiritual questions raised by the top-selling book and the upcoming blockbuster, you can use this three-session course as your armor. Equip yourself and your group with the knowledge to answer important questions raised like how Christians should respond to pop culture that contradicts biblical teaching, the difference between biblical fact and Dan Brown's fiction, and ...

Topics:	Authors, Books, Culture, Heresy, Inerrancy, Jesus Christ
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Lead, Teacher
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Matthew 5:13-16, John 1:3, Acts 2:42, 1 Corinthians 14:29, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Ephesians 2:8, Philippians 4:8, Colossians 1:15-2:4, 1 Timothy 1:3-5, 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Date Added:	June 06, 2007

The following 5-week course will help you and your group think about questions regarding faith and the arts such as: Can reading literature, any type, lead you to Christ? What's the best approach to television? Why do we need poetry?

How Literature Leads Us to God
When the road to faith is paved with great literature.

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The Television DilemmaWith hundreds of channels screaming ...

Topics:	Books, Culture, Evangelism, Hollywood, Movies, Television
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Lead, Teacher
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Proverbs 8:1-12, Matthew 5:13-16, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 12:2
Date Added:	March 22, 2006

These seven beloved stories by C. S. Lewis bring warm thoughts to those of us who read them as children or adults. Many of us have been greatly affected by the view Aslan has given us of Christ. Great scriptural truths worm their way into our lives through the power of these creative stories. In light of that, we've created a Bible Study Course which covers all of these books separately, so when you ...

Topics:	Authors, Books, C.S. Lewis, Eschatology, Joy, Literature, Resurrection, Second Coming, Sin, Sovereignty of God, Suffering
Filters:	Facilitator, Group Leader, Lead, Teacher
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	Genesis 1, Genesis 3, Exodus 1:22-2:10, Leviticus 4:1-7, Isaiah 35:5-6, Acts 13:45-46, Romans 7:15-25, Revelation 6:12-17
Date Added:	May 02, 2007