Who Am I?

You're someone's child, someone's friend, and someone's student. You're receiving an education, participating in activities, and enjoying your favorite sports. Anyone can look at you and describe your physical characteristics. Your interests, style, and tendencies are observable and describable.

But is that who you really are? Who are you apart from all the outward things? It's a question we all have to ask ourselves. All your life, you've been told that it's who you are on the inside that counts. If that's true, then who is the real you? Who God says you are is what shapes your true identity.

Discover (Identity + Theology): Who is God? Who am I in light of who God is? These are two of the most important questions students can grapple with because in discovering who God is, they learn who He has meant for them to be. Studies within the Discover category will help students align their lives under God's rule which will give them confidence in who they were created to be.

Delight (Spiritual Disciplines): What does it mean to delight in God? What leads to delight in God? Helping students see God in every detail teaches them to delight in Him. When students find their delight in God, they will learn what it means and how to be in relationship with Him.

Display (Leadership, Mission, + Disciple Making): How do students display the glory of God? How do they help others grow in their relationship with Him? How can they lead others to display the truth of God? Through students learning to lead, live on mission, and make disciples, God's glory is on display and His kingdom is expanded.

Each book includes 30 daily devotions, applicable Scripture, prayer prompts, and practical application.

Perhaps no other book of the Bible feels as inaccessible and as intimidating to us as the very last one. The book of Revelation overflows with images and ideas that confound our modern ears. But if all Scripture is God-breathed and profitable, we should assume Revelation is as accessible and helpful as any other book of the Bible. Why don't we see it that way?

Two thousand years ago, John's Revelation was circulated and read aloud among seven churches in Asia Minor. Those who heard the letter understood it and drew encouragement from its message. The same can be true for you today. Over 10 sessions of verse-by-verse Bible study, Jen Wilkin helps you discover how the last book of the Bible--the culmination of God's great story--speaks both a steadying word of assurance and a strong call to endure to the church in every age.

Features

• Verse-by-verse study of the book of Revelation
• 10 video teaching sessions unpacking truths found throughout the study and offering additional insights, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
• 9 weeks of personal study featuring illuminating questions to help you focus on and understand Scripture
• Includes the full text of Revelation
• Appendix with helps for interpretation and further study
• Leader helps for group discussion

Benefits

• Learn how to read and understand the language and symbols of apocalyptic writing
• Move from confused to confident, anxious to assured, and intimidated to inspired as you study the end times
• Understand Revelation as the culmination of God's great story
• Walk through the book verse-by-verse, from start to finish

• Introduction: Before You Begin (04:56)--In this introductory video, Jen describes her Bible study methodology and what to expect from her study approach to the book of Revelation. Watch this video with your group or on your own before you begin your study.
• Bonus Video: A Word for Group Leaders (03:53)--If you're leading a Bible study group or facilitating discussion through Revelation, don't miss this leader video with a word from Jen just for you.
• Week One: Unveiling (59:57)--In this introduction to the study, Jen gives an overview and background information to the book of Revelation and walks through Revelation 1:1-3. She also explains the genre of apocalyptic literature and the important role the Old Testament plays in understanding John's vision.
• Week Two: Seven Churches (51:18)--Jen walks through Revelation 1:4-3:22, John's vision of the Son of Man and the letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor. These verses hold encouragement for us and the church today to stand strong in our faith because Jesus is ruling and reigning from His throne.
• Week Three: The Heavenly Throne Room (45:25)--In this video, Jen teaches Revelation 4-5, John's vision of the heavenly throne room. Using passages from throughout Scripture, Jen helps make sense of the scene John views and the heavenly reality we can hold onto with assurance and hope.
• Week Four: Seven Seal (41:20)--As we continue through the book of Revelation, Jen teaches on Revelation 6:1-8:1, the seven seal judgments that are poured out on the earth. We will consider how this scene of God's wrath being poured out on the earth can grow our faith in the Lord and our endurance unto the end.
• Week Five: Seven Trumpets (49:44)--This video features Jen's teaching on Revelation 8:2-11:19, which covers the seven trumpet judgments. As Jen explains, these chapters encourage us that God is long-suffering, just, and faithful to all generations.
• Week Six: Seven Histories (50:04)--Revelation 12:1-15:5, which Jen teaches through in this video, covers seven snapshots from John's vision. These chapters give a glimpse at the interplay between heavenly and earthly realities, offering an anchor of encouragement to the children of God in every age.
• Week Seven: Seven Bowls (40:10)--In this teaching, Jen covers Revelation 15:1-16:21, the seven bowl judgments. These scenes serve as a reminder that God's love for the saints necessitates His justice against His enemies.
• Week Eight: Seven Words of Woe (49:56)--As Jen teaches through Revelation 17:1-19:10, seven messages that describe the downfall of the kingdom of earth, we are reminded that we await a better city--the eternal kingdom of God.
• Week Nine: Seven Last Sights (56:00)--With this teaching, Jen nears the end of Revelation and God's grand story. Revelation 19:11-21:8 describe the final demise of the enemy and the celebration of the bride of Christ in all her glory.
• Week Ten: On Earth as in Heaven (39:19)--Jen closes her study on Revelation with Revelation 21:9-22:21. This final picture from John's vision is an encouragement for us toward steadfastness and hope.

Heaven. Who goes there? Where is it? What will we do there? Questions like these arise when we consider an eternal future beyond this physical life. How can we know the truth about what comes next?

In this 7-session video-based study, Jennifer Rothschild explores the subject of Heaven from a biblical perspective. She will separate what's true about Heaven from what's based on legend, media depictions, and hopeful guesses. As you walk through the study, you'll not only gain a deeper understanding of what God has prepared for His children, but also learn how to live with confidence today as you look forward to the glorious unending that awaits. Don't just wonder about Heaven--embrace it with a faith that turns anticipation into excitement and peace.

Features:  

• 7 video teaching sessions, approximately 25-30 minutes, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
• 6 weeks of personal study to be completed between the 7 group sessions 
• Leader helps to guide questions and discussions within small groups

Benefits:  

• Dispel the myths and media-influenced images of heaven to gain a biblical understanding of this essential truth.
• Unveils the truth about heaven.
• Discover answers to some of your deepest and most pressing questions about heaven. 
• Refine your eternal perspective so you can see beyond this day, this problem, and this situation. 
• Realize how your hope for tomorrow should shape how you live today.

• Session 1: Introduction: Getting the Scoop on Heaven (20:47)--From the opening illustration, Jennifer piques our interest and welcomes us to this Bible study of Heaven. In this first teaching video, she provides an overview of the study and a working definition of Heaven as she sets the stage for all that's to come.
• Session 2: Living an 8:18 Life (28:48)--In Session 2, Jennifer reviews the Neapolitan ice cream illustration that gives us a fun framework for how Heaven is understood throughout Scripture. She then unpacks Romans 8:18 to discuss how we should view our suffering in this life in light of the glory we will experience in Heaven.
• Session 3: Numbering Our Days (30:41)--Jennifer starts off the Session 3 video teaching reminding us of the truth that we are made for more than longevity, we are made for eternity. She then walks us through Psalm 90 giving us three principles and a prayer that define how to live with that truth in mind.
• Session 4: Getting Ready to Rise (26:51)--Session 4 video teaching centers on 1 Corinthians 15:51-53. Jennifer will share three Listen Willis! points that focus our attention on the victorious truth that when Christ returns, all believers will rise to meet Him with new, glorious, resurrected bodies.
• Session 5: Making Jesus the Treasure of Heaven (24:02)--In Session 5, Jennifer shares that what most of us long for about Heaven is the fulfillment of what we're missing here on earth, like seeing our loved ones or having new bodies. She emphasizes that while those are good, legitimate desires, those aren't the main point. Jesus is the true treasure of Heaven.
• Session 6: Celebrating at the Table (28:59)--Jennifer figuratively has us pull up seats at four biblical tables in the Session 6 teaching. She starts with the table of showbread in Exodus 25. Then we join David at the Shepherd's table in Psalm 23. Our third stop is around the table in the upper room with Jesus and His disciples as He breaks the bread and lifts the cup. Jennifer states that those three tables all point to our glorious final feast as we gather around the table for the marriage supper of the Lamb.
• Session 7: Walking by Faith Until Faith Becomes Sight (33:10)--We are reminded in the final teaching video that though we have a great, glorious forever awaiting us, we're not there yet. So, what do we do while we wait for that day? Jennifer points out we are to wait well by waiting with anticipation, walking by faith, being eager to do good things. And most of all, we don't quit. We continue to persevere, being faithful to the One who is preparing us a place to be with Him forever.

In our Bibles, we have four Gospels describing Jesus's time on earth: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The land of Israel--the place Jesus walked and taught during His earthly ministry--is often referred to as the fifth Gospel.
Follow Kristi McLelland through Israel as we study snapshots from the Gospel of Luke to see where the stories of the Bible took place. Over 7 sessions, challenge the way you read the accounts of Jesus through teaching videos that take you to locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus. Along the way, you'll see how Jesus, the Messiah, brought His kingdom to earth for everybody.

Features:

• 7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
• Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered
• 6 weeks of personal study

Benefits:  

• Travel through Israel in teaching sessions filmed in Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, and more to behold the gospel story in a whole new way
• Gain a deeper understanding of stories of Jesus's life from a first-century point of view
• Explore cultural and historical concepts that will give new perspective on well-known biblical stories

• Session 1: Introduction (25:45)--From the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Kristi McLelland invites women to join her in a journey through the very places Jesus walked. In this introductory session, Kristi demonstrates the snapshot-like structure of the Gospel of Luke and tells of one day in the life of Jesus in the wilderness area along the road to Jericho.
• Session 2: Incarnation (28:42)--In this session, filmed in Bethlehem, Kristi dispels common myths as she teaches the Christmas story from Luke 2.
• Session 3: Inauguration (20:03)--At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River and then went into the desert for forty days and nights. From those locations, Kristi shows us how this inaugurated Jesus's ministry on earth.
• Session 4: Invitation (29:39)--Jesus spent most of His time on earth in the region of Galilee. Join Kristi in that region as she describes Jesus calling His disciples and challenges us to follow Him still today.
• Session 5: Partnership (25:51)--In this session, Kristi walks us through snapshots of Jesus's ministry and teaching in locations around and on the Sea of Galilee.
• Session 6: Crucifixion (30:52)--Beginning in the Garden of Gethsemane, Kristi walks us through Jesus's last moments before His death in locations like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Southern Steps of the temple.
• Session 7: Resurrection (31:04)--After Jesus's resurrection, He spent time teaching, eating, and walking with His disciples. From the road to Emmaus, Kristi sends forth the same challenge Jesus does--go and advance the kingdom.
• Bonus Session: The Making of Luke in the Land (19:41)--In this bonus video, filmed months after the Luke in the Land taping in Israel, Kristi shares her heart behind the study and how God used bringing the lights, camera, action to Israel in her own life.

Change Is Inevitable

At this stage in your life, you're probably keenly aware of change. Things are either changing too fast or not fast enough. Learning to navigate change is a skill that we all need to learn, whether we're excited about it or not. Thankfully, God is with us through every season of change. Best of all, He never changes--He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. As you go through these seasons of change, if you follow where God leads, you will find a joy you cannot describe and a peace that passes all understanding.

Discover (Identity + Theology): Who is God? Who am I in light of who God is? These are two of the most important questions students can grapple with because in discovering who God is, they learn who He has meant for them to be. Studies within the Discover category will help students align their lives under God's rule which will give them confidence in who they were created to be.

Delight (Spiritual Disciplines): What does it mean to delight in God? What leads to delight in God? Helping students see God in every detail teaches them to delight in Him. When students find their delight in God, they will learn what it means and how to be in relationship with Him.

Display (Leadership, Mission, + Disciple Making): How do students display the glory of God? How do they help others grow in their relationship with Him? How can they lead others to display the truth of God? Through students learning to lead, live on mission, and make disciples, God's glory is on display and His kingdom is expanded.

Each book includes 30 daily devotions, applicable Scripture, prayer prompts, and practical application.

Who am I? The question of identity is always in the back of our minds, and it's currently at the forefront of social conversations. But the first question we need to ask is: Who is God? Then we can begin to consider, And who am I in light of who He is? In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul describes God as a merciful and forgiving Father who unites us in Christ and empowers us to live by the Spirit. We're adopted children and fellow citizens with the saints because of God's loving pursuit on our behalf.

In this 7-session study, Bible teachers, authors, and friends Jackie Hill Perry, Jasmine Holmes, and Melissa Kruger walk through the book of Ephesians, examining the invaluable truths Paul's letter holds for us today. Along the way, they'll help us understand the riches of our inheritance as daughters of our heavenly Father, as well as what it means to walk in a manner worthy of our calling.

Features:

• 6 weeks of personal study segments to be completed between the 7 group sessions.
• 7 conversation-based videos, inspired by Jackie, Jasmine, and Melissa's popular Let's Talk podcast; approximately 30-40 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book.
• Leader helps to guide discussions within small groups.

Benefits:  

• Engage with discussion-based video content that will inspire conversation in your own life.
• Dive into themes of unity with Christ and unity with one another.
• Comprehend the depths of God's love and discover the blessings of obedience to Christ.

• Session 1: Introduction (11:14)--Authors Jackie Hill Perry, Jasmine Holmes, and Melissa Kruger welcome you to the Ephesians Bible study, provide an overview for this book of the Bible, and explain what you can expect from their conversation-based videos.
• Session 2: Ephesians 1: Praise & Prayer (41:50)--In this video, the authors discuss Ephesians 1 together. Their conversation includes Paul's detailed list of spiritual blessings for those who are in Christ, as well as Paul's personal prayer for the Ephesian Christians.
• Session 3: Ephesians 2: Alive & Unified (33:17)--Belonging to Christ transforms every aspect of our lives. This is one of the key takeaways from this video session as the authors unpack Paul's words in Ephesians 2. They also discuss how God's grace means we aren't left dead in our sins, but we're given new life and invited into relationship with God and His people.
• Session 4: Ephesians 3: Mystery & Power (34:41)--In this video session, the authors spend time discussing the beautiful mystery Paul describes in Ephesians 3--the expansive reach of God's love--and they consider how Paul's example of prayer for others can inspire our own prayers.
• Session 5: Ephesians 4: Unity & Maturity (33:53)--Paul's letter takes a noticeable shift in Ephesians 4. He moves from teaching about who God is to teaching about how to live for Him. Among the topics discussed in this video are the unity and diversity of the body of Christ and distinguishing characteristics of the life of a child of God.
• Session 6: Ephesians 5: Light & Love (35:12)--In this video, the authors discuss some of the most memorable topics from Ephesians chapter 5, including the call to imitate God, how to be a light in the Lord, walking in wisdom, and the implications of godly submission within the marriage relationship.
• Session 7: Ephesians 6: Empowered & Equipped (32:01)--For this final video, Jackie, Jasmine and Melissa conclude their Ephesians study by talking through Ephesians 6, which includes challenging instructions for imitating God in the household codes and Paul's reminder of the spiritual battle in which all Christians--then and now--find themselves.

Over the years, God has used the truths of Experiencing God to awaken believers to a radically God-centered way of life. As a result, millions have come to know God intimately, to recognize His voice, and to understand His will for their lives. This new edition is revised, updated, and ready to help you again--or for the very first time--experience your Creator.

God is inviting you into an intimate love relationship through which He reveals to you His will, His ways, and His work. When you recognize where God is working, you can join Him in what He is doing. Carefully listening to His voice will anchor you in His plan and set you free to live it with boldness and freedom. Then you will experience God doing through you what only He can do.

Session Topics:

1. God's Will for Your Life
2. Looking to God
3. God Pursues a Love Relationship
4. Love and God's Invitation
5. God Speaks, Part 1
6. God Speaks, Part 2
7. The Crisis of Belief
8. Adjusting Your Life to God
9. Experiencing God Through Obedience
10. God's Will and the Church
11. Kingdom People
12. Experiencing God in Your Daily Life

• 12 sessions of Bible study content
• New illustrations, fresh stories, and updated language
• New video teaching featuring Richard and Mike Blackaby
• Assignments for personal and spiritual growth between small group sessions

• Learn to discern when God is speaking to you.
• Recognize God's activity around you.
• Adjust your life to God and His ways.
• Identify what God wants to do through you.
• Respond to God's activity in your life.
• Find where God is working and join Him.
• Be conformed into the image of God.
• Look to God, listen to Him, and watch for what his directives are.
• Obey God in every area of your life.
• Gain an understanding of what Scripture teaches about interacting with God.
• Adjust your life to be more fully used by God.

All day, every day, an invisible war rages around you -- unseen, unheard, yet felt throughout every aspect of your life. A devoted, devilish enemy seeks to wreak havoc on everything that matters to you: your heart, your mind, your marriage, your children, your relationships, your resilience, your dreams, your destiny.

But his battle plan depends on catching you unaware and unarmed. If you're tired of being pushed around and caught with your guard down, this study is for you.

The enemy always fails miserably when he meets a woman dressed for the occasion. The Armor of God, more than merely a biblical description of the believer's inventory, is an action plan for putting it on and developing a personalized strategy to secure victory.

Features:

• 6 weeks of personal study to be completed between 7 group sessions

• Includes perforated prayer cards that can be used to develop a prayer strategy

• Leader material (guides to questions and discussion with small group)

• 7 teaching videos, approximately 18-45 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in Bible study book for individual streaming access

Benefits:

• Equip women to get serious, specific, and strategic in their discipline of prayer.

• Turn challenges and discouragement into opportunities for prayer.

• Grow spiritually as you dig deeper into Scripture and expand your understanding of prayer.

• Develop and implement practical, purposeful prayer strategies.

Video Sessions:

• Session 1: Sizing Up the Enemy (43:26)--Everything that occurs in the visible, physical world is directly connected to the wrestling match being waged in the invisible, spiritual world. We often give the enemy too much credit for being impossible to defend or defeat. Prayer is the divinely authorized method that activates our spiritual armor and makes it effective.

• Session 2: The Belt of Truth (41:22)--The belt of truth is your core support. It provides the essential backing you need when you're in the midst of spiritual war. When you're standing firm on the truth of God as revealed in His Word--when His truth is at the core of your existence--strength flows into every other area of your life.

• Session 3: The Breastplate of Righteousness (38:23)--Roman soldiers wore the breastplate to protect the upper body and especially the heart. Wearing the breastplate could mean the difference between life and death. What the breastplate did for the Roman soldier's physical heart, righteousness does for your spiritual heart.

• Session 4: The Shoes of Peace (41:06)--Of all the things the enemy seeks to steal, kill, and destroy in your life, peace is almost always at or near the top of his list. Anywhere peace is lacking, the enemy is at work. We can't always control the kind of ground we're forced to march across. But we can still move forward when our feet are fitted with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

• Session 5: The Shield of Faith (35:50)--Faith is one of the most overused and yet underutilized expressions in Christian circles. However, talking about faith is not the same as having it. Faith is an action. By definition, faith is not talking about or thinking about or even celebrating God's truth. It is the process of adapting your behavior, your decisions, and ultimately your whole lifestyle so it accords with what He has asked you to do--without needing to see the evidence that it will all work out in the end.

• Session 6: The Helmet of Salvation (40:54)--The salvation experience is often reduced to something that only affects a person's eternal destiny. However, salvation is meant to come with more than future benefits. Salvation is not just a past event; it is also a present reality. The fact that Jesus lives means our salvation flows into the every day experiences where we live.

• Session 7: The Sword of the Spirit (18:19)--Ephesians 6:17 is clear: The sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. As the believer puts on the full armor of God it includes this weapon that may be used for defense or offense against the schemes and lies of the enemy. God's Word is an indispensable weapon for life.

Bethlehem. Galilee. Jerusalem.
Follow Jesus in the places He walked.

Through snapshots from the Gospel of Luke, join Kristi McLelland as she explores the places Jesus walked and talked during His earthly ministry. Challenge the way you read the accounts of Jesus's life and ministry in this 7-session Bible study with video teachings filmed in Israel. See how Jesus brought true hope to the world by following His footsteps in the Gospel of Luke.

Features:

• 7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study workbook
• Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered
• 6 weeks of personal study
• Leader guide in the back of the book to guide questions and discussion with small groups
• Personal study segments in the Bible study book to complete between group sessions
• Biblically rooted and gospel-centered
• 7 group sessions, 7 weeks of personal study
• Promotional video and other free leader resources available at lifeway.com/goodnews

Benefits:

• Travel through Israel in teaching sessions filmed in Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, and more to behold the gospel story in a whole new way
• Gain a deeper understanding of common stories retold from a first-century point of view.
• Explore cultural and historical concepts that will give new perspective on well-known Biblical stories
• Grow in the discipline of daily Bible study.
• Experience personal spiritual growth through individual time spent in Bible study.

A beautiful queen, her courageous cousin, a foreign land, and a murderous adversary--the book of Esther has all the elements of an epic drama. The story unfolds at a time when the people of God are split between nations with an uncertain future. While the name of God may not be mentioned in the book of Esther, its pages highlight His work among His people and foreshadow Jesus's very ministry to us--darkness to light, mourning to celebration, death to life.

In this 7-session study, Kelly Minter invites you into the daring faith modeled by Esther and her cousin Mordecai--a faith developed over time, rooted in the goodness of God, lived out through extraordinary circumstances, and used to change the world. Although our time looks different from Esther's, our God is just as active and faithful today, and He has called you for such a time as this.

Features:  

• Verse-by-verse Bible study of the book of Esther
• Content that explores the historical context of Esther's day
• 7 teaching videos from Kelly Minter, approximately 30-40 minutes each, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
• 7 group sessions and 6 weeks of personal Bible study
• Beautiful full color interior to enhance your experience

Benefits:  

• Discover how Esther's story inspires us to live faithfully and courageously in our own time.
• Understand how the book of Esther fits into God's redemptive story.
• Be reminded that God is always at work in every place and at all times, and is faithful to His promises.
• See how God uses faithful men and women working together to accomplish His redemptive purposes in the world.

• Session One: Introduction (22:47)--In this opening video, Kelly teaches on the historical and cultural context of the book of Esther. The book of Esther tells the history of God's people after the exile, specifically those who stayed in Persia. Through the accounts of this book, we see God's faithfulness to His people everywhere and at all times.
• Session Two: Welcome to the Empire (35:03)--Teaching through Esther 1, Kelly describes the oppressive life in the Persian empire and draws modern parallels to the spirit of empire in our world today. The realities of life in our broken world stir in us a longing for God's kingdom, for the humble and kind nature of King Jesus.
• Session Three: God's People in Faraway Places (39:20)--Kelly's teaching through Esther 2-3 highlights the profound truth that God does not forget His people. He will bless His people wherever they are and use them to accomplish His will.
• Session Four: For Such a Time as This (32:52)--The events in Esther 4 highlight how God can use us in big ways to impact His kingdom. Kelly challenges us to open our eyes to what He wants to do in and through us for His glory and for the good of others.
• Session Five: In Between Two Banquets (38:49)--In this video session, Kelly reflects on the remarkable truth that God is the only One truly in control, as we see through His work in Esther 5-6. We're challenged to rest in His sovereign care, and to cast our care on Him.
• Session Six: A Great Reversal (36:18)--In Esther 7-8, we see Esther put her life on the line and make great sacrifices for God's people. As a result, she transforms; she goes from being someone living for the temporary pleasures of the palace to living for God and His kingdom. Kelly reminds us that through Jesus, this reversal is true in each of our lives.
• Session Seven: A Great Celebration (29:44)--Through the close of the book of Esther, we see that God was just as faithful to the Jews who stayed in Persia as to those who returned home. Kelly closes her study with the reminder that we, too, can have confidence in God's faithfulness to us, and this is cause for great celebration.

In 7 sessions, Seamless covers the people, places, and promises of the Bible, tying them together into the greater story of Scripture. You'll gain an overarching understanding of the fundamental layout and meaning of God's Word.

Seamless will help replace the insecurity that holds you back with clarity and helping you move forward with confidence in their understanding of Scripture. Each week of study features key information that ties all of Scripture together into the seamless truth of the gospel message and is accompanied by maps, general Bible facts, and word studies.

Features:

• 6 weeks of personal study with additional helps such as maps, timelines, and word studies

• Leader helps to guide questions and discussions within small groups

• 7 teaching videos, approximately 12-15 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in Bible study book for individual streaming access
  

Benefits:

• Explore the interwoven and overarching themes of Scripture.

• See how the Scripture of both Old and New Testaments weave together and connect.

Video Sessions:

• Session 1: Introduction (14:54)--Why study the Bible? Discover the vision for the Bible study Seamless: Understanding the Bible as One Complete Story as Angie Smith shares some of her story and how God birthed the ideas of this study from Angie's own journey as a new believer in Christ.

• Session 2: The Beginning (15:33)--There's a seamless thread woven through every story in the Bible--a thread that connects the people, places, and promises in Scripture and it starts in the beginning. This session will review segments of week 1 homework on creation, man and woman, the results of the fall, the flood, and the tower of Babel.

• Session 3: The Patriarchs (15:51)--The Patriarchs prove that God loves the broken and weak things (and people) of this world. This session reviews the Patriarchs, the call of Abram, how the 12 tribes of Israel were formed, and how God renames us.

• Session 4: The Exodus and the Promised Land (16:51)--Like a beautiful tapestry, the Bible uses patterns of repeated events to signal really big moments in history. Learn more about the Hebrew people, their struggles and wanderings, and how the Lord went before them through it all.

• Session 5: The Kingdoms and the Prophets (12:17)--Kingdoms unite and divide. The same thing happened among God's people the Israelites with their prophets, priests, and kings. This session reviews homework reminding us of the reign of King David, the building of the temple, and more on the background of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

• Session 6: The Messiah (11:41)--Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice. His birth, life, death, and resurrection show us the Way, the Truth, and the Life as He fulfills all of the prophecies about the Messiah. Discover how the New Covenant was established through Jesus and how the temple curtain was torn from top to bottom.

• Session 7: The Letters (11:21)--Christ came to save us and to set us free. The heart of Paul's message and others who wrote the books fo the New Testament is that we are made right by faith in Jesus Christ through grace. It is a new day as God's people preach the Word, endure suffering, and fulfill the ministry God has given them.

If hearing God has seemed challenging, Priscilla Shirer invites you to explore a more intimate relationship with Him, one that can make hearing Him--His will, His heart, and His voice--your ongoing experience. Discover how you can listen with greater confidence, clarity, and discernment. This revised study now includes substantially expanded content plus weekly insights from author and pastor (and Priscilla's father), Dr. Tony Evans.

Features:

• Teaching videos approximately 40-50 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
• Leader tips in the back of the Bible study book
• In-depth stories and illustrations
• Personal study to be completed among the 7 group sessions
• Articles and insights from Dr. Tony Evans

Benefits:  

• Challenge yourself in the discipline of daily Bible study.
• Gain practical advice for knowing and understanding God's voice through His Word.
• Learn to recognize the Holy Spirit's character, language, and tone of voice.
• Experience a deeper relationship with God and strengthen your daily walk with Him.

• Session 1: A Proactive Stance of Obedience (48:05)--Though trends come and go, some things never change. God is eternal and timeless. We need to stay grounded and rooted in the truth of God and His Word. Jesus is still the only Mediator between God and man. Obedience to God still matters and is the only appropriate response to Him.
• Session 2: The Holy Spirit (55:10)--Have you placed faith in Jesus Christ? God has sealed you with His Holy Spirit when you are in Christ. All authority, power, and grandure of God the Father is in His Holy Spirit and is in you when you place faith in Jesus. Walking in the Spirit is abundant living.
• Session 3: The Holy Spirit's Voice (44:35)--Will we respond in obedience to God? The Holy Spirit is the Guide that will never leave you but often He guides you progressively. Keep doing what He has assigned for you today. Stay the path and listen for how He speaks to you personally.
• Session 4: Reflective of His Heart (36:50)--Do we really want God? Sometimes when life is difficult we stop yearning for God. We lose the desire to just be with God. This session reminds us that God alone is the prize and we need to refocus our attention on our God and being in His presence.
• Session 5: Revealing of His Plans (42:20)--When seasons of life are hard and challenging we need to trust God even more for His goodness, plans, and purposes to be fulfilled. But God can reach you in the dry place. Sometimes the most intimate time with God is when we are in the midst of difficulties. Expect God to move and that He will reveal Himself.
• Session 6: A Continual State of Readiness (41:00)--Hearing the voice of God is the one thing that can change the course of your whole life. Relationship with Jesus Christ changes everything. John 10 reminds women of the relationship, the result, the reason, and the response of knowing and hearing God.
• Session 7: Speak, Lord. (16:10)--In God's grace and mercy know that our mistakes often become the best teachers in our relationship with Him. Dare to ask God to speak to you through the power and authority of the Bible.

Imagine walking the dusty roads of Galilee with Jesus of Nazareth--braving jostling crowds just to touch the edge of His cloak and hear Him say, Take heart, daughter, your faith has healed you.

Those words, once meant to comfort a hurting woman's soul thousands of years ago, were also meant for you.

Join biblical culturalist Kristi McLelland on those dusty roads as she transports you back to Jesus' world, following in the footsteps of the women who came face-to-face with the Living God. Over 7 sessions, examine the historical and cultural climate of first-century Middle Eastern society to not only understand Jesus more deeply but to fuel your worship of Him today.

Features:

• Leader guide to lead discussions within small groups

• Personal study segments to complete between 7 weeks of group sessions

• Glossary of Hebrew and biblical terms

• Photographs of Israel with commentary of cultural and historical significance

• 7 teaching videos, approximately 60 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in Bible study book for individual streaming access

Benefits:

• Explore how Jesus generously restores dignity and honor to women in the first century and now.

• Gain deeper insight into the biblical world, including fresh perspective on familiar Bible stories.

• Discover the Bible through the lens of Middle Eastern culture.

Video Sessions:

• Session 1 (61:03)--In this introductory session, Kristi explains the Middle Eastern concept of understanding the Bible in contrast to the Western way we view it and unpacks the story of Jesus and the woman with the issue of blood, encouraging women to take heart because of God's care for them.

• Session 2 (62:46)--Kristi traces God's intention for women from the beginning, highlighting notable women mentioned in the Bible. She then explains the loss of cultural honor and significance for women in Jesus' first century world. Jesus came on the scene in the first century and began setting women back in their proper place, restoring their dignity and honor by providing justice and righteousness for each of them.

• Session 3 (62:31)--Kristi unpacks the John 4 story of the woman at the well, detailing the contentious history between the Jews and the Samaritans along with other social politics of the day.

• Session 4 (62:04)--Walking through the importance of table fellowship and hospitality in Jesus' first century world, Kristi then explains the Luke 7 story of the woman who anoints Jesus' feet with her tears and wipes them with her hair.

• Session 5 (59:14)--Kristi expounds on the oral teaching tradition that was so prominent in Jesus' day and explores many of the parables in Luke, showing how Jesus' use of women in His teaching was a revolutionary way of showing the world that women have a part in the kingdom of God.

• Session 6 (60:46)--Diving into the story of the woman caught in adultery shared in John 7, Kristi details some of the gospel parallels therein and shows Jesus' care for women in this situation.

• Session 7 (60:17)--In this final session, Kristi explores the stories of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the story of Mary and Martha, both kingdom adventures that God invited women to be a part of.

Old Testament heroes are best known for their most celebrated moments: Moses dividing the Red Sea; David slaying Goliath; Gideon routing an insurmountable army; Joshua marching around the defiant walls of Jericho.

And Elijah--calling down fire on Mount Carmel.

Blinded by the remarkable narratives of our biblical heroes, we can forget they each had a backstory--months and years of development, even difficulty, which fortified their spiritual muscle and prepared them for the tasks that made their lives unforgettable.

Every serious believer longs to summon up the kind of boldness and faith that can stand firm on Mount Carmel and pray down heaven into impossible situations. Yet few are willing to go through the process required to get them there. Strength of faith, character, and boldness can only be shaped in the hidden fires of silence, sameness, solitude, and adversity. Those who patiently wait on God in the darkness emerge with their holy loyalty cemented, their courage emblazoned, and their confident belief in Him set afire.

Join Priscilla Shirer on this 7-session journey through the life and times of the prophet Elijah to discover how the fire on Mount Carmel was forged in the valley of famine. And how the emboldened, fiery faith you desire is being fashioned by God in your life right now.

Features:

• Leader guide to help with questions and discussions within small groups
• Personal study segments to complete between 7 weeks of group sessions
• Seven enriching teaching videos, approximately 30-40 minutes per session, available for purchase or rent
• Articles to enhance your study and application of the content

• Understand the value of seasons of growth and testing in your spiritual maturity.
• Be encouraged to wait on God's good work in your heart and mind, even in seasons when you feel like no one sees.
• Learn to trust in the goodness and faithfulness of God and His purposes for your life.

How can we hold onto assurance of our faith? How can we discern the truth from a lie? How can we know God loves us?

In three short letters, the apostle John reminds an early church facing division, deception, and doubt to hold fast to what they know and to live like they believe it. And he reminds us, as well. In this 10-session Bible study on the letters of 1, 2, and 3, John, Jen Wilkin helps you see how two thousand years later, his words call to Christians in similar challenges to recall a great salvation and to abide in the truth.

Features:

• Leader helps for group discussion
• Personal study to be completed between the 10 group sessions
• Teaching videos, approximately 35-45 minutes, via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
  

Benefits:

• Study 1, 2, and 3 John verse by verse.
• Find encouragement in the truth that God loves you.
• Learn to discern the truth of God from a lie.
• Be challenged to remain steadfast in your faith.

Video Sessions:

• Week One: Introduction You've Got Mail (46:06)--In this introduction to the study, Jen gives background information for John and the original recipients of his letter. She also highlights some of the main themes that will come up time and again in the letters of 1, 2, and 3 John--the call to walk in righteousness, show love to each other, and guard the truth revealed in God's Word.
• Week Two: A Credible Witness (45:50)--Jen's teaching on 1 John 1:1-2:2 walks us through how John establishes himself as a credible witness to Jesus and gives us practical ways we can be the same for others, as people who know Him. We are challenged to be women who are lights in the darkness, who live in a way that promotes the growth of righteousness in others, and to advocate or intercede on behalf of others.
• Week Three: The Tests of Righteousness and Love (44:06)--As Jen walks through 1 John 2:3-17, she explains John's first two tests that help bring assurance to the sincerity of one's faith--the tests of righteousness and love. She helps us understand what it means to walk as Jesus walked and to love as Jesus loved.
• Week Four: The Test of Truth, The Call to Abide (37:55)--For week four, Jen covers 1 John 2:18-29, which includes John's third test for assessing one's faith, the test of truth, which we do by holding everything we are taught by others up against the teachings of God's Word. This portion of John's letter also introduces the call to abide in Christ, to make your home in Him.
• Week Five: Practice Righteousness, Pursue Love, Possess Assurance (47:53)--With this week's teaching of 1 John 2:29-3:24, Jen examines what it means to be a part of God's family, to be called children of God. In response to John's teaching, Jen challenges us to make confession a regular practice, love others actively, and rest assured in our identity as children of God.
• Week Six: Truth and Error; God Is Love (46:02)--In this video, Jen walks viewers verse-by-verse through 1 John 4, which includes John's encouragement to test what you hear others teach against the truths revealed in God's Word. Jen goes on to explain what it means that God is love and that He challenges us to love because He first loved us.
• Week Seven: Overcoming the World (34:32)--The final chapter of 1 John begins with John revisiting the themes that have been central to his letter--the tests of righteousness, love, and truth. Jen walks through 1 John 5:1-12, highlighting John's challenge to believe the testimony that God establishes about Himself, and to show that you love God by obeying His commandments.
• Week Eight: That You May Know (40:30)--Jen brings her teaching of 1 John to a close with the remaining nine verses of John's letter, which wrap up with a strong emphasis on knowing that you have eternal life and the encouragement to pray according to the will of God. John wants his readers to believe with confidence that they are secure in Christ and that God hears their prayers.
• Week Nine: Walk in Truth and Love (49:04)--Jen transitions her teaching to the letter of 2 John, a letter with similar themes to 1 John but originally written for a narrower audience, an individual church. Jen unpacks how this memo from John continues his encouragement to walk with God in truth and love, and what it teaches readers today about dealing with conflict and difficulty in the body of Christ.
• Week Ten: Imitate Good (44:47)--In this final week, Jen walks through the epistle of 3 John, a letter John wrote to an individual named Gaius. Jen addresses how this letter is similar to 1 and 2 John in language and themes, and looks for new themes it introduces. This letter reminds us that the problems of the early church are our problems, and the assurances of the early church are ours as well. Jesus abides in you. Abide in Him.

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THE FORGE Movie Bible Study Book with Video Access includes printed content for five sessions, a leader guide, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, How to Use This Study, tips for leading a group, and more. Also, each Book contains unique codes that enable you to access videos for each session.

Jesus focused His time and attention on walking with God and making disciples. Shouldn't we?

In His wisdom, He chose to invest deeply in the lives of twelve men. He saw them, called them, taught them, saved them, then sent them into the world to bear witness to what He had done for them.

This five-week small group study uses featured clips from the new Kendrick brothers' movie, THE FORGE, to ignite a passion for knowing Christ personally, following Him sacrificially, obeying Him willingly, and helping others become disciples of Christ.

The world doesn't need another strategy, it needs men and women who are devoted to Jesus and committed to helping others know and follow Him through lifelong discipleship.

Session Topics:

1. Seeing Like Jesus
2. Giving Like Jesus
3. Leading Like Jesus
4. Investing Like Jesus
5. Sending Like Jesus

Features:

• Five small group video sessions featuring clips from the movie THE FORGE
• Personal study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth

Benefits:

• Learn the simple, reproducible approach to discipleship that can be embraced by all Christians.
• Move believers to become active and growing disciples.
• See what it looks like to begin and invest in discipleship relationships for the first time.
• Hear a clear gospel presentation and see how the gospel is central to the process of discipleship.
• Recognize the cost of following Jesus and be inspired to give up all that hinders you from fully surrendering to Christ.
• Pursue Jesus with other believers in community.
• Find grace, forgiveness, prayer, and accountability in the community of other believers.
• Seek to be a disciple who makes disciples by inviting others into the same kind of discipleship relationship that you'll discover through this study.

Hello, God . . .

Prayer is pounding on the door and pleading with God to bring heaven to earth. Our world is stained with sin, and our enemy is venomous, but our all-powerful and loving God listens to our prayers. There is nothing greater in the universe than God--so invite His will to be done in your life. Through these thirty devotions, you will discover truths mined directly from God's Word. Let the Bible illuminate why we need prayer each and every day. Learn how to pray directly from Jesus's very words. Experience the power of prayer unleashed on your family, your church, your city, and the world.

Discover (Identity + Theology): Who is God? Who am I in light of who God is? These are two of the most important questions students can grapple with because in discovering who God is, they learn who He has meant for them to be. Studies within the Discover category will help students align their lives under God's rule which will give them confidence in who they were created to be.

Delight (Spiritual Disciplines): What does it mean to delight in God? What leads to delight in God? Helping students see God in every detail teaches them to delight in Him. When students find their delight in God, they will learn what it means and how to be in relationship with Him.

Display (Leadership, Mission, + Disciple Making): How do students display the glory of God? How do they help others grow in their relationship with Him? How can they lead others to display the truth of God? Through students learning to lead, live on mission, and make disciples, God's glory is on display and His kingdom is expanded.

Each book includes 30 daily devotions, applicable Scripture, prayer prompts, and practical application.

Joy to the world, the Lord is come. The opening line of this classic Christmas carol captures the delight and awe that surrounded Jesus's birth. But how often does the Christmas season feel stressful rather than joyful? Why do we trade all is calm for all is chaos?

In this 4-session Bible study, you'll spend the weeks of Advent learning to celebrate the good news of great joy found in the Christmas story. Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth to save us from our sins and sorrow and to make right our relationship with God. And He will return to finish setting everything right. With daily personal study, suggestions for family devotions, and engaging activities to transform your study experience, this beautiful resource will help you delight in Jesus's birth and joyfully anticipate His return this Christmas season and all year long.

Features:  

• 4 weeks of personal study and guided reflection for the busy Christmas season
• 4 Advent-themed videos that will help individuals, families, and groups experience the joy of Advent. Videos feature music from Ellie Holcomb and devotional teachings
• Leader guide to facilitate engaging small or large group conversation
• Family devotion suggestions to help integrate your study experience with your family's Advent season
• Beautiful full-color interior to enhance your experience
• Creative Advent activities to strengthen community and put into practice what you're learning

Benefits:  

• Delight in the Christmas story as you prepare your heart for Advent.
• Trace the theme of joy throughout the Christmas story.
• Learn how to live joyfully while you wait for Jesus to return.
• Be inspired to share the good news of great joy with others.
• Worship the Lord through study, song, prayer, and creativity.

• Week One: The Lord Is Come (10:07)--Join Ellie Holcomb and Janice Gaines for a time of worship and teaching on the theme of Jesus's birth. This video includes Ellie's rendition of Joy to the World and devotional thoughts on John 1:1-14.
• Week Two: The Savior Reigns (13:47)--Celebrate the good news of Jesus's first Advent, which made a way for salvation from sin and the hope of eternal life in God's presence. Ellie Holcomb sings O Come All Ye Faithful and Alecia Bryant teaches on Jesus's purpose and power.
• Week Three: No More Let Sins & Sorrows Grow (16:08)--Ellie Holcomb's beautiful version of O Holy Night and Ashley Marviittori Gorman's teaching on the presence of sin and promise of restoration remind us to anticipate Jesus's certain return.
• Week Four: Wonders of His Love (11:10)--This video session wraps up the Joy to the World study with a focus on anticipating Jesus's return. Heidi Lee Anderson teaches how to wait with joy and purpose, and Ellie Holcomb's acapella Silent Night ushers in the joy of Christmas day.

Breathing Life into Sunday School speaks to the most important ministry that churches have, their Bible teaching ministry. Although Sunday school goes by many names today, it is still a time-honored and effective ministry for teaching the Bible, reaching people for Christ, assimilating them into the church, and growing them as disciples. The majority of churches inside and outside the SBC utilize Sunday school and need to know ways to grow it and improve its health.

Although Sunday school is an important ministry, many churches have not experienced its full potential. Sunday school is in decline in most denominations, and there is a lack of health and vitality that it once had. In many churches, the leadership of the Sunday school is in the hands of untrained laymen (Sunday school directors), or is led by the pastor who has no paid staff members, and who might even be bi-vocational. This limits the pastor's time to address the needs of the church's Sunday school.

This book details twelve ways that a church can experience new life and vibrancy in its Sunday school ministry. The twelve essentials are replicable by churches of any size. Based on the author's extensive history and training in Christian education and Sunday school, he helps the reader focus on key practices that are needed in order for a Sunday school to grow.

The 128 page book is designed to help church leaders train Sunday school directors, teachers, and group members of a Sunday school class or Bible study group.

In His sweeping depiction of kingdom citizenship, Jesus utters some of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture. Most of us have only encountered the Sermon on the Mount in fragments, considering its subdivisions as complete teachings in their own right--a study on blessedness; a reflection on the Lord's Prayer; a discussion of religious devotion, money, ambition, and relationships.

What if we navigated these three chapters in Matthew as they were originally heard? What if we read them as one cohesive, well-ordered message, intended to challenge us to think differently about what it means to be a follower of Jesus?

This 9-session study will give you the opportunity to do just that. Come and learn from Jesus, just as His disciples did. First released in 2014, this study is now updated with new teaching videos from Jen Wilkin.

Features:

• Verse-by-verse study of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount for group or individual study
• 8 weeks of personal study featuring illuminating questions to help you focus on and understand Scripture
• 9 teaching videos, approximately 35-45 minutes, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book  
• Tips for leading a Bible study group and weekly discussion guides

Benefits:  

• Gain a thorough understanding of Jesus's longest recorded message
• Study the Sermon on the Mount as a complete unit rather than in fragments
• Learn how a disciple of Jesus thinks, speaks, and acts

• Week One: The Kingdom of Heaven (43:40)--In this video session Jen introduces you to the Sermon on the Mount - some of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture. Most of us have only encountered the Sermon on the Mount in fragments, instead of as one cohesive, well-ordered message, intended to challenge us to think differently about what it means to be a follower of Jesus.
• Week Two: Who is Blessed? (51:08)--Jen dissects the eight short statements that form the opening to Jesus's longest recorded message--the Beatitudes. You will look at them with fresh eyes, asking yourself why, of all the ways Jesus could have begun His inaugural address to His disciples, He begins with a list of blesseds.
• Week Three: A People of Influence (42:22)--This session focuses on Matthew 5:13-20 where Jesus talks about the influence believers are to have on the world around them. He does so with two simple illustrations drawn from everyday life: salt and light. As spiritual salt, we prevent moral decay. And as spiritual light, we promote the growth of righteousness.
• Week Four: You Have Heard That It Was Said . . . Part 1 (38:49)--Jesus turns His attention to the Law itself, beginning with murder and adultery and answering the question, What does the righteousness of a follower of Christ look like? You will be challenged to a deeper obedience to the Law, one in which both your actions and your motives are pure.
• Week Five: You Have Heard That It Was Said . . . Part 2 (42:15)--Having examined the root sins behind murder and adultery, Jesus now turns His attention to three further areas of the Law that had been taught in harmful ways: divorce, oaths, and restitution. Is a divorced woman who remarries an adulteress? Is it a sin to swear an oath in a court of law or to say the Pledge of Allegiance? Should we allow our enemies to take advantage of us to our harm?
• Week Six: Secret Righteousness (50:52)--In previous verses from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus has focused on teaching a deeper obedience to the don'ts - don't murder, don't commit adultery, and so on. This week He begins teaching a deeper obedience to the do's. The focus will shift from considering what it truly means to do the wrong thing to what it truly means to do the right thing.
• Week Seven: Where Your Treasure Is (37:24)--Jesus turns His attention earthward, challenging us to think differently about how we relate to the money, possessions, and other earthly treasures that consume our time and energy. Jesus intends to free us from the misconception that worry and anxiety are normal in the life of a disciple, and to gently direct us to a better way: trusting Him to supply perfectly the needs of His children.
• Week Eight: Do Unto Others (36:40)--You will consider the way you view the sin of others, as well as your own sin. While worldly judgment seeks to condemn and reject, godly judgment seeks to heal and restore. You will learn that your Heavenly Father is a much more Father who does not deny His children their earnest requests for spiritual daily bread. And you will learn that the Golden Rule asks us to show love to others not merely as they deserve, but beyond what they deserve. It is a call to love preferentially as Christ loves us.
• Week Nine: A Foundation That Endures (41:02)--In this session Jen focuses on the end of the Sermon on the Mount and how Jesus masterfully draws His sermon to its conclusion in Matthew 7:13-29. Jesus poses a series of contrasts that will challenge them to consider whether they resemble a citizen of heaven or a citizen of earth: two kinds of gate, two kinds of teachers, two kinds of servants, and two kinds of foundations.