Download or read book The Next Christians Participant s Guide written by Gabe Lyons and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-01-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his six-session small group Bible study, The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons cites modern day examples and looks ahead over the next century to how Christians can adapt to a new way of living their faith. In the wake of the stunning findings that Unchristian, Gabe Lyon's and David Kinneman's book, shared with the world about younger generations' disenchantment with Christianity, Gabe Lyons became an active participant in many key discussions about the future of Christianity in the U.S. and the world. The Next Christians study takes into account recent efforts at Christian renewal, addressing the significant challenges that could undermine the viability of Christianity if the faithful do not employ a completely new outlook. In it, your small group will discuss the ideas presented in the book, The Next Christians. Lyons looks ahead at how Christianity can and must adapt over the next 100 years, as he optimistically paints a picture of how it's best days might lay ahead as a new generation rediscovers their faith in this unprecedented new era in the West. This Participant Guide features discussion questions, background information on each character, space to write down thoughts, a helpful Leader's Guide, and much more (95 pages). It is designed for use with The Next Christians DVD (sold separately) features interviews with notable thinkers and leader such as Tim Keller, Andy Crouch, Scot McKnight, Phyllis Tickle and Jon Tyson. Sessions include: 1. The End of Christian America 2. Restoration Thinking 3. Provoked to Engage 4. Creators Who Are Called 5. Grounded and In Community 6. Counterculture for the Common Good

Download or read book Freedom in Christ Course Participant s Guide written by Neil T Anderson and published by Monarch Books. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churches have made many converts but far too few real disciples. Many Christians struggle to take hold of basic biblical truth and live it out. We often take a painfully long time to mature. This is not because we lack resources or teaching, but because we struggle to connect with truth This is where the Freedom in Christ course comes in. It is specifically designed to help Christians take hold of who they are in Christ, resolve personal and spiritual conflicts through genuine repentance, and move on to maturity.

Download or read book The Case for Christ written by Lee Strobel and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book consists primarily of interviews between Strobel (a former legal editor at the Chicago Tribune) and biblical scholars such as Bruce Metzger. Each interview is based on a simple question, concerning historical evidence (for example, "Can the Biographies of Jesus Be Trusted?"), scientific evidence, ("Does Archaeology Confirm or Contradict Jesus' Biographies?"), and "psychiatric evidence" ("Was Jesus Crazy When He Claimed to Be the Son of God?"). Together, these interviews compose a case brief defending Jesus' divinity, and urging readers to reach a verdict of their own.

Download or read book So the Next Generation Will Know Participant s Guide written by Sean McDowell and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully-researched, eight-session guide takes participants through a variety of engaging materials that will enable youth leaders, Christian teachers, and parents to strategically teach truth to the next generation. These authors are both parent’s and have been youth leaders (and Sean has been a Christian school teacher), so they know how to equip youth influencers to discover fresh ways to reach students and help them be effective defenders of God’s truth. Written to work seamlessly with their all-new book and video series, this accessible guide includes questions for reflection, notes for discussion, and plenty of real-life ministry examples to aid readers as they seek to apply the most effective tools to their own youth ministries and classrooms. Participants will grow confident that they’re utilizing the best practices available as they send their youth out into a challenging culture. This interactive study guide includes a free QR code and URL to access all eight videos, plus additional content for engaging study as a group or on your own. To aid you in your planning, following are the session titles and video run times: 1 Love Responds 11:42 2 Love Understands 11:06 3 Love Relates 10:33 4 Love Equips 10:22 5 Love Ignites 10:53 6 Love Trains 11:10 7 Love Explores 11:31 8 Love Engages 11:35

Download or read book The Next Christians written by Gabe Lyons and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I recommend The Next Christians, which will give you great insight into the hopes and aspirations of the next generation…." —Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship “Provocative, yet massively optimistic!” —Louie Giglio, pastor and founder of the Passion Movement Gabe Lyons is optimistic that Christianity’s best days are yet to come. His best-selling book, UnChristian, revealed the pervasiveness of culture’s growing disregard for Christians. Now, in The Next Christians, Lyons shows how a new wave of believers are turning the tide by bringing the truth of the Gospel to bear on our changing, secular society. “Restorers,” as Lyons calls them, approach culture with a different mentality than generations past. Informed by truth, yet seasoned with grace and love, these believers engage the world by drawing it to the sensibility and authenticity of the Christian life. You can be one of these “next” Christians and change the negative perception of Christianity by living a life that is faithful to the Gospel, yet credible and coherent to your friends and neighbors.

Download or read book So the Next Generation Will Know written by Sean McDowell and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re a Christian parent, youth leader, or educator who works with Generation Z, this book was written for you. As powerful ideas in our increasingly secular culture shape more of this generation, trusted leaders must share what they know about Jesus in ways that will reach them. But how? Backed by the latest research and first hand experience, this powerful book shows how to share biblical truth with a generation that desperately needs to hear it in a way that draws them in instead of pushing them away. Written by two youth influencers and experts on Generation Z, Sean McDowell, Ph.D., and J. Warner Wallace, So the Next Generation Will Know is an extraordinarily practical and relatable guide for anyone concerned with ensuring the next generation understands and embraces a biblical worldview.

Download or read book Cold Case Christianity Participant s Guide written by J. Warner Wallace and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully-illustrated, eight-session guide takes participants through ten important principles employed by detectives, applying these techniques to the New Testament Gospel accounts. Designed to work seamlessly with the original book and DVD, this guide is accessible and engaging for participants and leaders alike. It includes questions for reflection, notes for discussion, and examples to help users investigate the claims of Christianity using the skills of a cold-case detective. Participants will grow in certainty and unite in confidence as they learn how to defend the truth through this unique investigative experience. This interactive study guide includes a free QR code and URL to access all eight videos, plus additional content for engaging study as a group or on your own. To aid you in your planning, following are the session titles and video run times: 1 Session 1 10:20 2 Session 2 10:10 3 Session 3 13:36 4 Session 4 11:06 5 Session 5 9:21 6 Session 6 10:19 7 Session 7 10:08 8 Session 8 10:01

Download or read book Christianity Cults and Religions written by Paul Carden and published by Rose Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is Mormonism different from Christianity? When Jehovah's Witnesses say they believe in Jesus, what do they actually believe about him? What is the difference between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims? What do I say to a friend, neighbor or co-worker of another faith? This study explains the history, background, and beliefs of the largest world religions and cultic groups, including Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and more. This Study Will Help You: Learn about the most common world religions and cults and how they compare to Christianity Know what you believe and why Learn how to share the Gospel with those of other faiths You don't have to be an expert to lead this six-session study. Perfect for small groups, Bible studies, adult Sunday school, or for individual use. Book jacket.

Download or read book The Grace Course Participant s Guide written by Steve Goss and published by . This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience God's Powerful Grace for Yourself God's grace is all around us, but often we fall back into well-worn paths of discouragement, trying harder, or thinking that we've failed as Christians. The key to a fruitful Christian life lies in the life-changing, heart-changing power of God's grace. It's time to experience it at a deeper level-and bear more fruit than you thought possible! The Grace Course is an 8 session video-based course designed for small group or individual study. This Participant's Guide will accompany you on the journey. It is a powerful 8-week study from internationally respected ministry Freedom In Christ that will equip you to - deal with the false motivators of guilt, shame, fear, and pride - overcome striving and performing - remain secure in God's love - become an agent of reconciliation and healing in the world. You'll also go through The Steps to Experiencing God's Grace and learn how to use Stronghold-Busting, a powerful tool to renew your mind and bring genuine, lasting transformation. The Grace Course is part of The Grace & Freedom Project, a collaboration between Freedom In Christ Ministries, Bethany House, RightNow Media, and YouVersion. It features a range of top-quality resources to help you experience God's grace and freedom at such a deep level that you are forever changed and equipped to take the love and healing of Jesus to a broken world.

Download or read book After Evangelicalism written by David P. Gushee and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the Top 10 Books of the Year in 2020 by the Academy of Parish Clergy "Drawing on his own spiritual journey, David Gushee provides an incisive critique of American evangelicalism [and] offers a succinct yet deeply informed guide for post-evangelicals seeking to pursue Christ-honoring lives." —Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Calvin University Millions are getting lost in the evangelical maze: inerrancy, indifference to the environment, deterministic Calvinism, purity culture, racism, LGBTQ discrimination, male dominance, and Christian nationalism. They are now conscientious objectors, deconstructionists, perhaps even "none and done." As one of America's leading academics speaking to the issues of religion today, David Gushee offers a clear assessment and a new way forward for disillusioned post-evangelicals. Gushee starts by analyzing what went wrong with U.S. white evangelicalism in areas such as evangelical history and identity, biblicism, uncredible theologies, and the fundamentalist understandings of race, politics, and sexuality. Along the way, he proposes new ways of Christian believing and of listening to God and Jesus today. He helps post-evangelicals know how to belong and behave, going from where they are to a living relationship with Christ and an intellectually cogent and morally robust post-evangelical faith. He shows that they can have a principled way of understanding Scripture, a community of Christ's people, a healthy politics, and can repent and learn to listen to people on the margins. With a foreword from Brian McLaren, who says, “David Gushee is right: there is indeed life after evangelicalism,” this book offers an essential handbook for those looking for answers and affirmation of their journey into a future that is post-evangelical but still centered on Jesus. If you, too, are struggling, After Evangelicalism shows that it is possible to cut loose from evangelical Christianity and, more than that, it is necessary.

Download or read book Another Gospel Participant s Guide written by Alisa Childers and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another Gospel? Participant’s Guide is a six-session workbook designed for use with the companion DVD experience (sold separately). Based on the book Another Gospel? by popular author, blogger, speaker, and worship leader Alisa Childers, this is a great resource for anyone wanting to explore the nuanced topic of progressive Christianity. Designed to be used with groups or individually, Another Gospel? Participant’s Guide will Help you challenge the persuasive message of progressive Christianity by examining popular messages found in progressive books, blogs, social media platforms, and scholarship Teach you how to use discernment, think logically, and make biblically based observations Lead you to discover how deep, thrilling, and humbling the true gospel is In a culture of endless questions, you need solid answers. If you or someone you love has encountered the ideas of progressive Christianity and isn’t sure how to respond, Alisa will show you how to determine—and rest in—what’s unmistakably true. (Don't miss the companion Another Gospel? DVD Experience!)

Download or read book What Happens After You Die written by Randy Frazee and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular pastor Randy Frazee answers perennial questions about life after death with an accessible exploration of what the Bible has to say on the subject. In both Christian and pop culture, there is a certain fascination with the afterlife. What happens after you die? What happens if you die with Christ or without Christ? What happens when Jesus returns if you have or haven’t accepted Christ? What exactly comes next? Randy Frazee, popular pastor of Oak Hills Church and general editor of the wildly successful Believe and The Story programs, answers these questions and more. Born out of a deeply personal search for truth after the death of his mother, What Happens After You Die is a straightforward exploration of what the Bible says about life after death. From heaven and hell to the Lake of Fire and the actual presence of God, Frazee uncovers what is simply cultural tradition and what is truly biblical. He shows readers not only the death Jesus came to save us from but the life he came to save us for. Based on a teaching series that has had more online views than any other series Frazee has done to date, What Happens After You Die is a guide to the perennial questions about life and death, what comes next, and how we should live until then.

Download or read book Companions in Christ written by Stephen D. Bryant and published by Companions in Christ. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companions in Christ is designed to develop you as a leader in guiding the spiritual life of your congregation. This resource gives you an overview of the Christian spiritual life and the practices that help people enter into the formative pattern of Christ's life: a life of prayer, study and service. Help your small-group members move from information (knowledge about) to experience (knowledge of) in the means of grace--ways in which Christ meets people, renews their faith, and deepens their life together in love. This revised Leader's Guide provides detailed guidance for leading a small group through the 28 weekly sessions. The plans have been tested and refined by groups in churches across the country. This books contains all you need, including --the Getting Started Guide, which was formerly a separate piece --a revised plan for a Closing Retreat --Weekly Needs at a Glance --page references for both the comprehensive 1-volume Participant's Book and the new 5-volume series

Download or read book Becoming a Contagious Christian written by Bill Hybels and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not a book of theory or speculation, here is a proven action plan to impacting the spiritual lives of friends, family members, co-workers, and others. Powerful stories and teachings help readers to gain hope that their friends' lives can change, get free from the misconceptions of evangelism, discover a natural approach to communicating their faith, and more.

Download or read book The Way of Grace written by John Indermark and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace is a gift. Even before we recognize its need in our lives, God extends us favor. This 9-week study in the Companions in Christ series explores the Gospel of John and how divine grace is at work in our lives today, just as it was in the lives of biblical characters 2,000 years ago. "God's grace comes to us in the distinctive shape of our personal histories, needs, and possibilities," Indermark writes. "Yet divine grace also reveals the depths of what we share across all boundaries of time and place." Participants in this small-group study will explore the central stories of John, focusing on people who discovered God's grace through their encounters with Jesus. The Way of Grace is a transforming interaction with the events and the characters, a chance to identify with what God provided for these people a provision they could never achieve for themselves.

Download or read book Freedom in Christ Participant s Guide written by Neil T. Anderson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are You Ready For True And Lasting Freedom? The Freedom In Christ Course is designed to help every Christian become a fruitful disciple and make their life count. It has been an effective resource for Christians of all backgrounds, from those who have been believers for many years to those who are brand-new followers of Jesus. Over 350,000 people have gone through the curriculum in English, and it has been translated into over 25 languages. Some of the areas covered in the course include: · how we became brand-new people from the inside out when we became Christians · why we can go boldly into God's presence any time we like without fear · how nothing we do can make God love us any more or any less · how to resolve the effects of even the deepest issues from the past · how to deal with repeating patterns of sin · understanding what God's purpose for your life is (it may not be what you think!) This Participant's Guide is designed to accompany you through the course. You may also wish to download the Freedom In Christ app that will accompany you on your journey. Dr. Neil T. Anderson is the founder and president emeritus of Freedom In Christ Ministries. Dr. Anderson and his wife live in Franklin, Tennessee. For more information see www.ficm.org or www.ficminternational.org. Steve Goss is international director of Freedom in Christ Ministries. Under his leadership the ministry has gone from operating in 7 countries to operating in nearly 40 countries. He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife, Zoe, and two daughters.

Download or read book Living Out the Message of Christ The Journey Continues Participant s Guide 8 written by John Baker and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate Recovery introduces The Journey Continues—four new participant's guides designed as a revolutionary, new second step study curriculum. This step study is taken after completing The Journey Begins (Participant Guides 1-4). In the seven lessons in Guide 8: Living Out the Message of Christ, you will experience Christ-centered and biblically based studies filled with brand new acrostics, deeper questions, and more helpful Bible verses. The content in Guide 8 will focus on a deeper study of the final two principles on the road to recovery: Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination. Bible reading and prayer in order to know God and his will for my life and to gain the power to follow his will. Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. "Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires" (Matthew 5:10). By working through the lessons and exercises found in each of the four participant's guides of The Journey Continues, you will find a deeper sense of true peace and serenity, continue to restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God, and find deeper freedom from life's hurts, hang-ups, and habits.