What is a good group Bible study book for...?
Where there are group discussion questions for weekly reading.
The book should be aimed at this age group, possibly about Christian growth.
I will check out reviews on the books you give and the one closest to what I'm looking for will win. Thanks!
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Books (these were written to be read as books, but are also good as studies – all of these have sections with questions and/or additional study guides “For Small Groups”):
- Crazy Love (Francis Chan) – I think this is a great book for that age range. The topic is very impacting (and I think really appropriate for this age) and the book has a corresponding web video piece to it as well. The chapters are a nice size for weekly small groups.
- Doctrine (Mark Driscoll) – This would probably be a bit “deeper”, but I think it would really be great for people who are really trying to hash out what it is exactly that the Bible teaches on different things. Driscoll is solid and the end of this book has questions that could easily be used in individual or small group study.
Studies
- Experiencing God (Henry Blackaby) – To me, this is a foundational study and really good for small groups. There are workbooks and leader guides that can really help in a small group setting.
- How to Study the Bible (Kay Arthur) – One of the best things I think you can study with a group (especially this age) is how to study the Bible. Kay Arthur’s study is a great overview of how to study and get more out of your time in the Word.
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It is a book about discovering the Jesus that the original disciples knew and it is about a person's search for faith as a young adult. If we are church people, we know all the stories in the Gospels. This familiarity blunts the impact of the Gospel message. Borg is a biblical scholar with the gift of placing these amazing stories about Jesus into the context of those first followers. He lets us in on the humor and irony of the parables. Jesus was anything but a meek and mild preacher. He challenged those who followed him to think about the society they lived in and the Kingdom he sought to usher in.
It is also a personal story of a man who questioned as a young adult and whose faith became stronger as he discovered the Jesus who walked the Galilean hills, was murdered by a fearful political system and who rose on the third day.
The material will definitely stretch high schoolers, but I don't think this is a drawback.. It will provide a solid transition from the Jesus of Sunday-school songs to the Jesus of a maturer adult faith.
There is a downloadable study guide that can be used in a bible study situation.
http://www.pdfsebook.com/dir-ebooks/meeting-jesus-again-for-the-first-time-pdf.html
This book is based upon modern biblical scholarship and may be "unacceptable" to those who are conservative Christians.
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Blessings!
Mahalopinion (as guided by my love of the Lord) :D
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M$Many people look at the Bible as a guide for our lives. They pick out certain rules from Leviticus, and ignor the rest. By paying attention to the rules that are being ignored, we can learn something about our ancestors. We can trace the groth of religion in civilization to the modern day.
You can also point out how civiziation would be different if Levicitus was still followed. You could point out the fact that there would not be the game of football (can't touch pig's skin). You could show how styles would be different since clothing would not be able to be made with two types of material. For almost every rule, it could be pointed out that our world would be a lot different.
You could leave your class wondering if we are currently at the pinnacle to religious growth. They could leave class wondering if there are rules in the church today that will be gone in a few hundred years as we continue to grow in our understanding of religion.
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