This 13-session course was designed to help you think about art and literature from a Christian perspective.
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, ...
Discover God's plan of redemption, from creation, to Christ and finally to our role in the story.
More Bibles are sold than any other book, yet few understand this bestseller. Why do we need both an Old and New Testament? Who are the main characters in the Bible and what significance do they have? Can anybody who isn't a Bible scholar really understand this complex book? The good news is we can. Use this six-session course to help unlock the Bible.
A creative exploration into the role of creation and the creative arts in the Christian faith.
The following 3-week course will help you and your group think creatively by discussing what role creation and the creative arts have in the faith. You'll be challenged with questions like: What place does beauty have in the life of the Christian? Can literature play that important a role in the Christian's experience? Why should all Christians read poetry and what affect can poetry have?
This six-session course offers Biblical advice on how to pass on our faith.
Passing our faith onto our children is vital. How can we help them want to know Christ? This six-session course will discuss how to make God real to your children by teaching them how to pray, making church a positive experience, helping children make their faith their own, and using stories to make the Bible come alive.
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Make God Real to Your ChildrenUse everyday examples to teach your child ...
Deepen your relationship with God by focusing on him and discovering what he is like.
This ten-session course will help you get through the summer victoriously. Deepen your relationship with God by focusing on him and discovering what he is like. This course will also teach you how to repent, find forgiveness, and get rid of guilt. Finally, it will help you fill your prayer life with joy and beauty.
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Spirituality for Today
Modern spirituality begins and ends with the self; Christian ...
Receive encouragement from these eight studies on living single.
Do you feel forgotten by God in your singleness? This eight-session course will help you wrestle with the struggles, challenges, and joys of being single. It discusses how to enjoy being single in a couples' world, reviews the benefits of being single, and considers how singles can embrace and overcome the challenges they face while waiting for marriage. It also looks at how long singles should keep ...
Encouragement for men to live a life of integrity.
The men of the Bible were mostly a courageous bunch. Consider Adam, who was less than perfect but still sought God, or Caleb, who stood against popular opinion to believe God's promise to Israel. And who could be more courageous than Daniel, who trusted his sovereign God even as he was thrown to the lions? In the New Testament, we see Thomas courageously turn his doubt into a vital faith, Barnabas ...
Think about the difference between right and wrong with these six movies.
Small GroupsMovie Discussion Course: Ethics ExaminedThink about the difference between right and wrong with these six movies.
Think about the difference between right and wrong with these movies. What place is there in our lives for revenge? Control? Crime? Discrimination?
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Changing Lanes What are the consequences of acting out of retaliation rather than patience? How does our integrity, or lack thereof, reap consequences for us and those around us?
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Hotel Rwanda This film tells the real-life story of one man's struggle to survive and save others during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. What does the movie convey about the worth of each human life? What does it say about the nature of evil?
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Godsend Could the option of resurrecting a lost loved one become an actual temptation? How do these issues play out for Christians who believe God created us in his image? Why are bio-future thrillers so compelling?
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Ladykillers How does this dark comedy about character, justice, and the good life portray Christianity? What does it say about the way God intervenes in our lives?
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Crash This Best Picture Oscar winner takes us into modern-day Los Angeles, dramatizing the intersections of several characters' lives over three days. It reminds us of how racism, anger, and the struggle to achieve security in life can taint our interactions with one another.
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The Village Discuss the themes in this especially poignant film for the church community. What is the role of authority, and is pragmatism justified? How do people of principle interact with a corrupt world? Can we regain innocence in a sinful world? Can love conquer all?
Discuss differences between Christianity and other world religions and see clearer what makes the Christian faith unique.
The following 5-week course will help you and your group explore the nature of God's character. Examine questions like: How well do you know Him? How well does He know you? Is God fair?
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Does God Know Your Next Move? God's freedom, our freedom, and spiritual confidence in a changing world
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Has God Played Fair?Why did an omniscient God create humankind knowing that people, in every generation, ...
This 9-week course will help you and your group think about the ways in which you reach the surrounding community.
The following 9-week course will help you and your group think about the ways in which you reach the surrounding community. The course presents questions like: How is the church called to be different from the local social club? How can we reach the unbeliever as a whole person, not just his mind? In what ways do technology and entertainment shape the cultural climate? How can we best serve the community ...
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