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Designed to help you 'connect' with Christ and other believers

Bible - New Testament Studies

	John's Letters: Ron Blankley Length: 12 sessions: Format: Bible & Workbook When we strip away what is superficial, cultural or traditional, what is the essence of genuine Christianity? What qualities and beliefs must be present in a living and life-changing faith? John's letters focus on the three most important aspects of the Christian life. With power and simplicity, he helps us focus our attention on what really matters--both now and for eternity.
	Luke: New Hope, New Joy: Ada Lum Length: 26 sessions: Format: Bible & Workbook Scripture tells us that hope does not have to be an illusion. It is God's pure intent that we should be secure and happy. The problem is that we work for it in our limited ways instead of living and working with God in His liberating ways. Good news. It was good news not only of Jesus' birth but of what He offered to everyone throughout his ministry. To the sick He offered healing. To the hurting, comfort. To the outcast, acceptance. In this study guide you will discover that this message of hope and joy is for you as well.
	John, NLT Life Application Bible Study Guide Length: 13 sessions, Format: Book 13 lessons to deepen our faith in Jesus, the Song of God.
	Acts, NLT Life Application Bible Study Thirteen lessons through the book of Acts brings you through the birth and growth of the Christian church. The events following the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, His ascension, what happened to the apostles and how they handled it, along with a detailed account of Paul—the apostle to the Gentiles—and his missionary journeys completes the historical information which began in the gospel accounts. Life Application Bible Studies include: The complete text of the book being studied from the New Living Translation Easy-to-understand study notes covering background, history, geography, and culture Application notes to help you apply God's word to your life Charts, maps and profiles of Bible people that present biblical truths in unique and helpful ways Study questions thoughtfully arranged and suitable for individual or group use Special application questions at the end of each lesson to help you map out your personal action plan

Bible - Old Testament Studies

Genesis: God's Creative Call: Charles & Anne Hummel
Length: 26 sessions: Format: Bible & Workbook

Genesis tells us that even the giants of faith--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph--struggled to obey their Creator. But Genesis also reveals the amazing truth that the God who called a world and a nation into being also calls each of us to serve Him. The Creator and Controller of the universe reveals Himself as the Lord and Judge of history, which has a purpose and a goal.

Liquid: The Ten Commandments (Part I, 1-5) (Part II, 6-10)

God's way or the highway? The Ten Commandments were literally written in stone. Now they come to life in The Ten 1-5. Freeway 10 runs through the center of Los Angeles-ten lanes wide and packed with cars. And behind each set of brake lights is a story. In < Ten:>we follow the lives of five different freeway drivers, each one living out one of God's commandments on the streets of the city of Angels. Even today, the Ten Commandments are more than a list of restrictions...they're a road to a better life.

Community/Fellowship Studies

ReGroup: Training Groups to be Groups

Length: 4 sessions: Format: DVD

How's your small group doing? Discover how to foster healthy interaction and facilitate effective communicatino and friendship with counselors Henry Cloud, John Townsend, and Bill Donahue as your guides!

Doing Life Together: Connecting With God's Family

Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD

The "Doing Life Together" series is a comprehensive study based on the best-selling book, Purpose Driven Life. This study provides small group members with basic training on how to live healthy and balanced lives. Each session includes a teaching for the small group leader; and interview, a personal story, or a music video provoking thought about the theme; core biblical lesson and theme; and praise and worship music and images.

Come Thirsty: Max Lucado
Length: 17 sessions: Format: Book, Leader's Guide & Participant's Guide

Just as we require water, we need spiritual sustenance. In a refreshingly uncomplicated book, Max Lucado leads us to the four essential nutrients needed by every soul.

Family/Marriage Studies

	I love you more: Les and Leslie Parrott Length: 6 sessions: Format: Leaders Guide, Workbooks for Men and Women, & DVD A great series on building strong marriages and families. In this six-session small group edition DVD curriculum, authors Les and Leslie Parrott show you how the same forces that can chip away at a marriage can become the catalyst for new relational depth and richness-provided you make wise choices. Whether the problem is major or mild, you'll learn how to transform nettlesome issues into loving opportunities. After learning the invaluable principles the Parrotts reveal in this small group kit, you never look at everyday problems in your marriage the same way again! Six sessions.
	Love Talk: Les and Leslie Parrott Length: 6 sessions: Format: Books, Workbooks for Men and Women, Leaders Guide & DVD An excellent study on strengthening the marital love relationship. Fun and easy to facilitate. As essential as eggs to an omelet, communication is a necessary ingredient to lasting and healthy love relationships. The Parrotts can help you identify your interaction style, what to do and not do. Discover how to take your conversations to a deeper level and begin talking your way to a happier and stronger marriage.
	Your Time-Starved Marriage: How to Stay Connected at the Speed of Life: Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott Feeling overscheduled and underconnected? Les and Leslie Parrott help couples make every moment together count. Practical, accessible, and easy to use, Your Time-Starved Marriage shows you how to create a more vibrant and intimate relationship by identifying and maximizing the combination of your two unique time styles.
	Fireproof Your Marriage Based on the movie Fireproof, this curriculum was created to help build and strengthen marriages using biblical principles. It is designed with an easy format that integrates movie clips, key Scriptures and group discussion. Intended for couples' small groups, the kit includes an easy to follow DVD, one leader's guide, and one participant's guide. Designed for use with the Fireproof Your Marriage couple's kits and participant's guides.
	Just the Two of Us: Love Talk Meditations for Couples Les and Leslie Parrott share communication insights and wisdom for couples that are newly married or have been married for forty years. The Parrotts write in a very compelling and transparent way using their personal experiences with communication challenges in their own marriage. A wonderful companion to Love Talk that released Fall 2004 from Zondervan. Some of the titles of the meditations include: What Were You Thinking?, You’re Reading My Mind, the Talks That Tie Us Together.
	Your Child: Essentials of Discipline, DVD Parenting Seminar Essentials of Discipline tackles the subject of discipline in a way that only Dr. James Dobson can. Based on his time-tested best sellers, you know the content has substance, but this video seminar also includes animation and man-on-the-street interviews. Lessons from Dr. Dobson have never been this fun!Experience Essentials of Discipline at your own pace with the Home Edition DVD set, featuring a convenient guide that helps you focus on key concepts while watching the DVDs. Licensed for home use only. 3 DVDs. 230 minutes. Sessions: Session 1: Why Your Child Needs Discipline Session 2: Irresponsibility vs. Defiance Session 3: Anger vs. Action Session 4: Finding Balance in Discipline Session 5: To Spank or Not to Spank Session 6: Compliant vs. Defiant Session 7: Changing Discipline as Your Child Grows, Part 1 Session 8: Changing Discipline as Your Child Grows, Part 2 Session 9: Protecting the Spirit Session 10: The Strong-Willed Adolescent, Part 1 Session 11: The Strong-Willed Adolescent, Part 2 Session 12: The Ultimate Priority

God and Culture Studies

The Jesus I Never Knew (1995): Phillip Yancey
Length: 14 sessions: Format: VHS, Book, Leader's Guide and Study Guide

In The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey reveals the real Jesus beyond the stereotypes, offering a new and different perspective on the life of Christ and his work---his teaching, his miracles, his death and resurrection---and ultimately, who he was and why he came. Relating the gospel events to the world we live in today, The Jesus I Never Knew gives a moving and refreshing portrait of the central figure of history.

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus

The Case for Christ: Strobel/Poole

A Seasoned Journalist Chases Down the Biggest Story in History The Project: Determine if there’s credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God. The Reporter: Lee Strobel, educated at Yale Law School, award-winning former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune—with a background of atheism. The Experts: A dozen scholars, with doctorates from Cambridge, Princeton, Brandeis, and other top-flight institutions, who are recognized authorities on Jesus. The Story: Retracing his own spiritual journey, Strobel cross-examines the experts with tough, point-blank questions: How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence exist for Jesus outside the Bible? Is there any reason to believe the resurrection was an actual historical event? . . .

This remarkable book reads like a captivating, fast-paced novel. But it’s not fiction. It’s a riveting quest for the truth about history’s most compelling figure. What will your verdict be in The Case for Christ

Starting Point- is an exploration of God's grand story and where you fit into the narrative

This proven, small group experience is carefully designed to meet the needs of seekers that are curious about Christianity, starters that are new to a relationship with Jesus, and returners that have been away from church for a while.

Starting Point is an accepting, conversational environment where people learn about God's story and their places in it. Starting Point helps participants explore the Bible and begin to understand key truths of the Christian faith.

Carefully refined to enhance community, the ten interactive sessions in Starting Point encourage honest exploration. The Conversation Guide, which includes a five-disk audio series featuring Andy Stanley, helps each participant enjoy and engage fully with the small group experience.

Personal Growth Studies

	Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?: Philip Yancey Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD Yancey leads participants on an exploration of the heartbeat of our relationship with God - prayer. Groups will explore such questions as the following "Is God listening?", "Why should God care about me?", "If God knows everything what's the point of prayer?", and more. In his most powerful book since What's So Amazing about Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey probes the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect of your relationship with God: prayer. Prayer explores the mysterious intersection where you and God meet and relate. Yancey explores the questions surrounding prayer that you may wonder about but not know how to express. Above all, he shows you how to pray to a God who sees what lies ahead of you, knows what lies within you, and who invites you into an eternal partnership with Him---through prayer. *Esta selección también está disponible en Español.
	En su libro más impactante desde Gracia Divina vs. Condena Humana y El Jesús Que Nunca Conocí, Philip Yancey examina el aspecto más fundamental, retador, y profundamente gratificante de nuestra relación personal con Dios: la oración. La Oración explora la misteriosa intersección donde usted y Dios se encuentran y relacionan. Yancey explora las interrogantes que usted pudiera tener acerca de la oración, pero que no sabe como expresar. Sobre todo, el autor le muestra cómo orar a un Dios que ve su futuro, sabe lo que existe dentro de usted, y le invita a una relación eterna con El, a través de la oración.
	The Best Question Ever: Learning to Foolproof Your Life: Andy Stanley Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD We all have regrets---things we wish we'd never done or said. But life doesn't have to be that way! Discover the power to goof-proof your decision making with the simple question: "What's the wise thing to do?"
	Life Rules: Instructions for Life: Andy Stanley Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD Half the fun of being a kid is misbehaving without getting caught. But adults know that there's nothing amusing about breakng Life Rules. In this series, Andy outlines god's principles for improving your current relationships---and mending damaged ones. As you learn to forgive, accept, serve, encourage, and submit to others, you'll discover positive changes in everything you do.
	Taking Care of Business: Finding God at Work: Andy Stanley Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD Work. For most people, it's a necessity. For some, it's a passion. And for others, it's a four letter word to be avoided as much as possible. God ordained it and He laid out specific guidelines enabling workers to achieve maximum success and fulfillment. Andy offers insights on common, specific problem areas people have, from dealing with coworkers and superiors, to boldly living the cgristian faith, to balancing work and family.
	Experimenta el Corazon de Jesus: Max Lucado Format: Book La guía de estudio de Experimenta el corazón de Jesús está diseñado de una manera muy particular para traer a las personas más cerca del corazón y alma de Jesús, y para ayudarlas a tener un entendimiento más profundo sobre cómo su evangelio fluye a través de su relación con nosotros y nuestras relaciones con los demás.
	The Life You've Always Wanted: John Ortberg Length: 13 sessions: Format: Book, Workbook & DVD (or VHS) What does true spiritual life really look like? What keeps you from living such a life? How can you pursue it? Cultivate new intimacy and confidence in prayer: Discover the freedom of secrecy. Taste the benefits of slowing life's frenetic pace. Learn how to be guided by the Holy Spirit and more. The Life You've Always Wanted guides you down the path of the spiritual disciplines.
	Experiencing the Heart of Jesus: Max Lucado Length: 10 Sessions: Leader's Guide and Study Guide Do you have a basic understanding of Christ, but long for a deeper experience of Him? If so, you will love Experiencing the Heart of Jesus by Max Lucado. Through clear biblical teaching as well as his engaging stories Max will help you not only understand, but taste, touch and see the freedom, grace and joy that Christ provides. Take this opportunity to explore and experience the indescribable riches of Christ's love!
	Breakaway: Andy Stanley Length: 6 Sessions: Format: DVD and workbook. A great challenge to allow God’s truth to transform our minds and then to impact our decision-making so that we can live “breakaway” lives.
	The Purpose Driven Life: Rick Warren Length: 6 sessions: Format: Book, Workbook & DVD (or VHS) What on earth are you here for? By first understanding God's plan for our lives, we can then see the big picture of what life is all about and begin to live the life God has in mind for us. The book is divided into 40 chapters and you are encouraged to read one per day and then gather with your small group to discuss and complete the workbook.
	Good Sense: Willow Creek Length: 6 sessions: Format: Participant's Guide & DVD Good Sense seeks to offer solid, biblically-based teaching and practical, easy–to–use tools for developing healthy financial habits. Dick Towner teaches the entire course using DVD format.
	Inside Out : Larry Crabb Length: 12 sessions: Format: Workbook "Why do things go so wrong when I'm trying so hard to be right?" If you've ever asked yourself this question, Crabb has a few answers. "Far too many Christians do not deal honestly with their lives. The pathway to change is more often discussed and debated than displayed." In his warm, engaging style, Crabb helps you venture inside yourself where Christ is waiting to heal, restore, and fulfill. Real wholeness and real change are possible---if you're willing to start from the inside out. This updated edition of Crabb's classic and bestselling work includes a 12- week study guide.
	When Life Doesn’t Turn Out The Way You Expect: Moving Beyond Disappointment and Suffering No one expects to suffer heartaches such as divorce, losing a child, or the diagnosis of a debilitating disease while dreaming about the future and envisioning how life will turn out. No one prepares to face the disillusionment of the unexpected and when it hits, the trials can leave behind bewilderment and anger-causing many to question their faith. In When Life Doesn't Turn Out the Way You Expect, Jerry Brecheisen and Lawrence Wilson identify the negative effects of difficult life experiences and show you ways to begin healing the hurts and disappointments that have disrupted and embittered your life. In these inspiring video lessons, author Lawrence Wilson and his wife, Heather, share their stories of heartbreak, loss, rejection, and failure and describe how God has helped them overcome the suffering in their lives. Their honesty and insight will impact viewers and challenge them to allow God to bring redemption and heal their disappointments. This resource includes a copy of the book, When Life Doesn't Turn Out the Way You Expect, and a DVD containing six, 10 minute video lessons that correspond to the book's various chapters. This combo package, part of the In Sight Media Series, is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement.
	Why Me? Straight Talk About Suffering Suffering is a painful, lonely process. We want to escape it we try to escape it. But suffering is inevitable-even for Christians. It's easy to trust God when He answers our prayers the way we ask Him to or when our lives are happy and content. But when we experience or witness human suffering, it throw us off our guard. We consult experts, we cry out to God for answers, and often, we invent ideas and explanations when He fails to respond. In Why Me?, Lawrence Wilson explains that it is not always possible to find easy answers to life's most difficult questions, but it is possible to find good and God in every circumstance, to experience joy alongside pain, and to live a good life in spite of the nagging question, "Why Me?" In these engaging video lessons, Lawrence Wilson shares his powerful life story and how he has found joy in spite of a life of suffering. With honesty and insight he confronts the frustration that comes and questions that many ask, such as, "Why has God allowed this to happen?" "How can this be fair?" "Is God really good?" "Am I important to Him at all?" He inspires viewers to see through their suffering and pain to find the abundant life that Christ has given them. This resource includes a copy of the book, Why Me?: Straight Talk About Suffering, and a DVD containing six, 10 minute video lessons that correspond to the book's various chapters. This combo package, part of the In Sight Media Series, is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement.

Women's Studies

	A Woman's Heart: Beth Moore Length: 10 sessions: Format: DVD, Leader's and Participant's guide Beth Moore's new A Woman's Heart video teaching series is taken primarily from the Old Testament book of Exodus. It takes you on a journey into why God would choose to live in a wilderness tabernacle made by human hands and explores the parallels between the physical tabernacle and the tabernacle of the human heart.
	Living Beyond Yourself: Beth Moore Length: 11 Sessions: DVD, Leader's and Participant's guide The goal of this 11 week journey with Beth Moore through what the Bible calls the fruit of the Spirit is genuine freedom—the freedom that comes only through a life filled with the Holy Spirit. Personal daily assignments and weekly group sessions with video make up this study.
	Jesus the One and Only: Beth Moore Length: 11 Sessions: Format: DVD, Leader's and Participant's guide Jesus the One and Only is an in-depth study of the life of Christ based on the Book of Luke. The goal of the study is to get to know Jesus intimately—as though you had walked with Him during His days of earthly ministry. This in-depth, interactive study includes 11 weeks of personal, daily assignments (for 5 days), and weekly group sessions during which you will view Beth's lectures produced in Jerusalem in the places where Jesus walked.
	Stepping Up: Beth More Explore the major feasts of Israel and journey with Beth through Psalms 120-134 in this new 6-session study. Member Book includes personal study and viewer guide pages to complete each week.

	Romans: Life Application Series Length: 13 sessions: Format: Bible, Participant's Guide This Life Application Bible Study contains the complete Bible text with study notes, covering background, history, geography, and culture that are easy to understand. It also contains helps from the Life Application Study Bible. These lessons are designed to deepen our understanding of the Christian Faith.
	Sermon on the Mount: John Stott Length: 12 sessions: Format: Bible, Participant's Guide What does it mean to first seek the Kingdom in our relationships, values, ambitions, finances and commitment to God? Jesus' answers to those questions amazed those who first heard the Sermon on the Mount. It is probably the best-known part of the teaching of Jesus, though arguably it is the least understood, and certainly the least obeyed. It describes what human life and human community look like when they come under the gracious rule of God.
	Matthew NLT Life Application Study Guide Length: 13 sessions: Format: Book Matthew: 13 lessons to help us get to know Jesus the King.
	1 & 2 Peter and Jude NLT Life Application Bible Guide Length: 13 sessions: Format: Book 13 lessons on living as a Christian in a non-Christian world.
	Galatians & Ephesians NLT Life Application Study Guide Length: 13 sessions: Format: Book Galatians & Ephesians: 13 lessons to help us experience freedom in Christ.
	Ephesians: Wholeness for a Broken World Broken marriages, shattered friendships, racial divisions, war between nations-we live in a fractured world. How can the pieces be put back together? In Ephesians Paul lifts the veil from the future to allow us to see God's plan to unite everyone and everything in Christ. Studying this book will renew your hope. This revised LifeGuide Bible Study features additional questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with expanded leader's notes and an extra "Now or Later" section in each study. 11 studies for individuals or groups.

	NOOMA: Rob Bell Length: Variable-Many available. Format: DVD and then discussion
	Epic: John Eldridge Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD and Leader’s Guide Great study on the “big picture” of what God is doing in the world and how we can be part of it.
	The Prodigal God: Timothy Keller Using his characteristic intellectual approach to faith issues, Timothy Keller uncovers an unexpected message in the familiar---and often misunderstood---New Testament parable of the prodigal son. Seekers and believers will see Christianity in a whole new way when they learn how Christ's followers are supposed to love! Kit includes a 6-session DVD-ROM; hardcover book; participant's guide; preaching resources; and promotional tools.
	The Covenant: A Study of God’s Extraordinary Love for You One of the most powerful rituals in the ancient Hebrew culture was that of the blood covenant. This agreement united two individuals for a lifetime and meant that the most intense forms of friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice had been exchanged. God chose to make this kind of covenant with Abraham in order to demonstrate His intense love for humanity and His deep desire to fellowship with His creation. By asking Abraham to perform the covenant ritual, God the Father and humanity were bonded for eternity. This powerful Bible study will dramatically enrich your understanding of God's nature and love for His people and reveal a whole new appreciation for God's amazing story and the beautiful, incredible, breathtaking sacrifice that Christ made so God's covenant with us would not be broken. In the video lessons, well-known author and speaker Jim Garlow explains, with passion and excitement, the importance and meaning of the Covenant ritual and shows how this ceremony provides the foundation for everything we believe. The powerful revelations he offers will impact and transform your life and forever change your understanding and appreciation of the Christian faith. This resource includes a copy of the book, The Covenant: A Study of God's Extraordinary Love for You, and a DVD containing six, 10 minute video lessons that correspond to the book's various chapters. This combo package, part of the In Sight Media Series, is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement.
	The Purpose of Christmas: Rick Warren Come back to the heart of Christmas. We know the story. It started in a manger in Palestine, but since that night the history of the world, and your life will never be the same. In The Purpose of Christmas, Rick Warren explains how Christmas is a time of celebration, salvation and reconciliation, and how you can accept the Gift of Christmas today!With presentation page and space for your personal greeting; full color photo illustrations, Scripture and focus on the Christ of Christmas; hardcover, 132 pages. DVD & Study Guide available.

	God is Closer Than You Think: John Ortberg Intimacy with God can happen right now if you want it. A closeness you can feel, a goodness you can taste, a reality you can experience for yourself. That's what the Bible promises, so why settle for less? God is closer than you think, and connecting with him isn't for monks and ascetics. It's for business people, high school students, busy moms, single men, single women ... and most important, it's for YOU. Now with a new cover design, God Is Closer Than You Think shows how you can enjoy a vibrant, moment-by-moment relationship with your heavenly Father. Bestselling author John Ortberg reveals the face of God waiting to be discovered in the complex mosaic of your life. He shows you God's hand stretching toward you. And, with his gift for storytelling, Ortberg illustrates the ways you can reach toward God and complete the connection---to your joy and his.
	Just Walk Across the Room: Bill Hybels Length: 4 sessions: Format: DVD Hybels urges us to stay attuned to and cooperate with the prompptings of the Holy Spirit by learning to "live in 3D"---developing friendships, discovering stories, and discerning the appropriate next steps.
	Take it to the Limit: Andy Stanley Length: 6 sessions: Format: DVD and workbook Great challenge to all of us to allow more margin in our lives so we can experience the life that God wants us to have…because…”God operates in the margins.”

	Celebration of Discipline: Richard J. Foster Length: 13 sessions: Format: Book, Participant's Guide Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting and study offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission and service help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance and celebration bring us nearer to one another and to God.

	The Quest: Frank Moore Length: 10 sessions: Format: Book (The Power to Be Free), Leader's Guide, Participant's Guide, DVD Based in Isaiah 43:10, Believing God: Exploring a Fresh Explosion of Faith explores what it means to believe God. Through studying the lives of Abraham, Moses and others from Hebrews 11 as examples of persons who believed God, Beth encourages women to deepen their own trust in God and receive a fresh word from Him. This is an interactive study that includes personal, daily assignments and weekly, video centered group sessions.
	Ordinary day with Jesus: John Ortberg Length: 8 Sessions: Leader's Guide, Participant's Guide, PowerPoint CD-Rom & 45 minute Videocassette. What do you get when you invite Jesus to walk beside you on an ordinary day? An extraordinary soul-nourishing adventure! says John Ortberg. Learn to experience "abundant life" as you recognize the Holy Spirit's voice, simplify your routine, spend time alone with God, and dedicate every relationship and activity to Christ.
	When God Takes Too Long: Learning to Thrive During Life’s Delays When God Takes Too Long examines the mysteries of God's timing and shows Christians how to thrive in the midst of one of life's greatest frustrations—waiting. He offers those who have been discouraged by a life of waiting a chance to alter not only their perspective on waiting, but also their actions in response to it, transforming this frustration into a positive force that will enrich and change their lives. When God Takes Too Long addresses: How not to wish (or wait) our lives away How to better understand the nature of time How to master the discipline of waiting How to cast off the boundaries of time to view our lives from an eternal perspective This resource includes a copy of the book, When God Takes Too Long and a DVD containing six video lessons, that correspond to the book's various chapters, as well as a printable leaders guide on the DVD. This unique packaging is part of the In Sight Media Series, which combines insightful book content with stimulating visual instruction. This is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement.
	The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond: Bill Hybels Using real-life experiences, Hybels reveals the attitudes and actions that helped him hear directly from God when facing challenges. You'll learn how to listen for whispers that determine choices, nudges that rescue us from despair, promptings that spur growth, urgings that come from others, and inspiration that reveals the terrible plight of people around the globe.

	David: Seeking a Heart Like His Member Book: Beth Moore Beth Moore guides participants through a compelling 11-week DVD group Bible study of David for women. Each day of the week you'll find Bible reading related to the previous week's video topic, fill-in-the-blank statements, and reflective questions. Explore David's life. Some days you'll want to be just like him; other days you won't want to be anything like him. Discover the truth that God will never give up on you.
	Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Joanna Weaver Length: 12 sessions: Format: Book with study and discussion questions The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord's feet...but the daily demands of a busy world just won't leave you alone. Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve him...yet you struggle with weariness, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy. Then comes Jesus, right into the midst of your busy Mary/Martha life -- tenderly he invites you to choose "the better part"---a joyful life of "living-room" intimacy with him that flows naturally into "kitchen service" for him.
	The Patriarchs: Beth Moore Length: 11 sessions: Format:DVD and Study Guide Great study of Genesis: Encountering the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Includes an in-depth study of the Tabernacle.
	Daniel: Lives of Integrity: Beth Moore Length: 7 sessions: Format:DVD and Study Guide Great study looking at the character of the Prophet Daniel.
	A Woman and Her Relationships: Transforming the Way We Connect Relationships are an important part of a woman's life. It's through their relationships to others that most women find definition and purpose for their lives. But no matter how healthy the relationship is, there's always room for improvement. In A Woman and Her Relationships, Rosemary Flaaten explores the connection between a woman's spiritual relationship with God and her relationships with others. She examines the attitudes and actions that women use to interact with the people in their lives and shares ways to improve these behaviors. From communicating with their husbands to relating to their children to caring for their friends, Flaaten shows women how to transform their relationships by first transforming their relationship with God. She'll help them discover ways to enrich and deepen their relationship with God, which in turn will directly impact and stregthen thenir relationships with their husbands, children, parents, friends, and most importantly themselves. This resource includes a copy of the book, A Woman and Her Relationships and a DVD containing six video lessons and a printable leaders guide, that correspond to the book's various chapters. This unique package is part of the In Sight Media Series, which combines insightful book content with stimulating visual instruction. This is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement.
	Breaking Free: Beth Moore Do you want to know God and really believe Him? Do you want to find satisfaction in God, experience His peace, and enjoy His presence? Do you want to make the freedom Christ promised a reality in your daily life? In Breaking Free, best-selling author and popular Bible teacher Beth Moore takes you on a journey to discovering true spiritual freedom - the abundant life God intends for every believer - by identifying spiritual strongholds and removing all obstacles that hinder you from enjoying the benefits of a relationship with God. Learn to make the freedom in Christ a daily reality through the truth of God's Word - truth that will set you free.

	Acts: Life Application Series Length: 13 sessions: Format: Bible, Participant's Guide This Life Application Bible Study contains the complete Bible text with study notes, covering background, history, geography, and culture that are easy to understand. It also contains helps from the Life Application Study Bible. These lessons are designed to help take the message of Christ to our world.
	Answers for Chicken Little: A No-Nonsense Look at the Book of Revelation Many Christians shrink from the last book of the Bible because of all the gloom and doom surrounding it. Beasts, blood, and pestilence color its pages, but what does it all mean? Is this the end of the world, or is it a new beginning? In Answers for Chicken Little, Dan Boone clears away the speculative clutter and clarifies the message of Revelation in a plain and friendly way that anyone can understand.This intriguing Bible study and these engaging video lessons offer a responsible interpretation of Revelation that replace cataclysmic predictions with-a vision of Jesus and the abundant hope-filled life He wants for all His people.This resource includes a copy of the book, Answers for Chicken Little: A No-Nonsense Look at the Book of Revelation, and a DVD containing six, 10 minute video lessons that correspond to the book’s various chapters. This combo package, part of the In Sight Media Series, is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement.
	Faith Lessons on the Life & Ministry of the Messiah What would it be like to haul in a miraculous draft of fish at the command of the Master . . . or hear the ram's horn sound from Herod's temple at the very moment when Jesus is breathing his last breath? What would you think? How would you think? What meanings would the places and events in the life of Jesus hold for you as a person of a different time and culture? Thanks to Ray Vander Laan and That the World May Know Ministries, you can understand their significance in a way that transforms your faith today. Filmed in Israel by Focus on the Family, Faith Lessons on the Life and Ministry of the Messiah helps small groups understand Jesus from the mindset of a citizen of those times. Using the new, proven ZondervanGroupware approach, this powerful curriculum provides a dynamic way for participants to engage with biblical truths in a life-changing, group-interactive format. Faith Lessons on the Life and Ministry of the Messiah includes an all-new Leader's Guide and Participant's Guide designed for maximum clarity, relevance, and ease of use. Drawing on Ray Vander Laan's video presentations, participants will enjoy spirited discussions and find practical applications that turn faith lessons learned from past millennia into faith lessons lived today. 8 sessions; 2 videos, 150 minutes.
	Faith Lessons on the Early Church Filmed on location in Israel and Turkey, this video series, led by Bible teacher Ray VanderLaan, explores the Bible in depth and helps the viewer understand the Hebrew culture in which Scripture was first written. Each segment shows the Bible's significance to believers through life-changing "faith lessons." This set focuses on the early church. Discover how the early Christian church, on fire with the message of Jesus, literally changed the world! The Faith Lessons Groupware takes your small group on a round trip to ancient times, places, and customs, and back again. This lively, interactive journey is more than fascinating--it’s faith-inspiring and life-changing. This valuable Participant’s Guide carefully and plainly helps you turn the lessons you learn from the past into real-life applications that impact the way you live your faith. You’ll find space for note-taking, topics for discussion, and questions for reflection, as well as maps, photos, sidebars, and other study tools to help you better grasp each faith lesson. You’ll also find Action Points for translating each lesson into practical ways to make a unique, important difference in the world around you. The carefully organized format makes it easy for you to gain tremendous benefits from the following sessions: 1. Caesarea Philippi--Everything to Lose, Nothing to Gain 2. Sardis--The Salt of the Earth 3. Pergamum--Where Satan Lives 4. Ephesus--The Mark of the Beast 5. Laodicea--Hot or Cold
	Faith Lessons on the Death & Resurrection of the Messiah Filmed on location in Israel by Focus on the Family Films, Faith Lessons is a unique video series that brings God's Word to life with astounding relevance. By weaving together the Bible's fascinating historical, cultural, religious, and geographical contexts, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan reveals keen insights into the Scripture's significance for modern believers. These illuminating 'faith lessons' afford a new understanding of the Bible that will ground your convictions and transform your life. -- Church Volume Four Contents -- Part of a series previously published as That the World May Know, Faith Lessons on the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah focuses on the last week of Jesus' life, his death and resurrection, and the Holy Spirit's visit on Pentecost. 1. When Storms Come (Sea of Galilee) Just as Jesus stilled the storm, demonstrating his power over the natural world, so he also takes charge of our raging struggles. 2. Piercing the Darkness (Kursi) Kursi was believed to be the home of demons. There, in a deliberate choice to aggressively confront evil, Jesus healed the demon-possessed man. 3. Gates of Hell (Caesarea Philippi) In the center of this pagan city, Jesus declared, 'Upon this rock I will build my church,' challenging believers to boldly wage war on evil. 4. City of the Great King (I) (Jerusalem) 5. City of the Great King (II) (Jerusalem) When seen in the urban setting of Herod's first century Jerusalem, Jesus' actions and teachings come alive, sparking a deeper understanding of our faith's Jewish roots. Video Two 6. The Lamb of God (Mount of Olives) The significance of Passover celebrations and Passover Week events intertwine with Jesus' choice of time, place, and message. 7. The Weight of the World (Capernum/ Gethsemane) Manufacturing olive oil involves intense pressure. This process exposes a fresh perspective from which we can fully appreciate Jesus' sacrifice, which is our anointing. 8. Roll Away the Stone (Garden Tomb) Understanding the significance of Jesus' burial in a Jewish-style tomb and his resurrection during the Feast of First Fruits reveals the magnitude of his love and the new life he brings. 9. Power to the People (Southern Stairs) The day of Pentecost marks the day when God's presence left the temple structure to dwell in his followers -- empowering us today, as then, to change the world. 10. Total Commitment (Caesarea) David built fame out of simplicity; Herod's palace fortresses were elaborate. But as with David, who lived for God, what matters most is not what we build, but for whom we build. The completely new Faith Lessons resource takes your small group on a round trip to ancient times, places, and customs, and back again. This lively, interactive journey is more than fascinating -- it's faith-inspiring and life-changing. If you're a group leader, your job is simplified with the all new Leader's Guide: fresh, clear, and easy to follow, designed to minimize your preparation time and maximize your effectiveness. If you're a participant, you'll appreciate how the brand-new Participant's Guide carefully and plainly helps you turn the lessons you learn from the past into real-life applications that impact the way you live your faith. 10 sessions; 2 videos, 194 minutes.

Small Group Material

Level 1

Designed to help you 'connect' with Christ and other believers

Bible - New Testament Studies

Bible - Old Testament Studies

Community/Fellowship Studies

Family/Marriage Studies

God and Culture Studies

Personal Growth Studies

Women's Studies

Level 2

Designed to help you 'mature' in your faith

Bible - New Testament Studies

Bible - Old Testament Studies

Community/Fellowship Studies

Family/Marriage Studies

God and Culture Studies

Personal Growth Studies

Prayer Studies

Women's Studies

Level 3

Designed to help you 'reproduce' yourself

Bible - New Testament Studies

Bible - Old Testament Studies

Community/Fellowship Studies

Family/Marriage Studies

The Second Half of Marriage

God and Culture Studies

Personal Growth Studies

Prayer Studies

Women's Studies

	Homebuilders Couple's Series: Family Life Length: 6 to 7 sessions: Format: Participant's Guide Deepen the relationship that matters the most--your marriage! These small group bible studies can assist you and your spouse in viewing and receiving each other as a wonderful gift from God, while reaching out to other couples as well. Your choices include: Building Your Marriage, Building Teamwork in You Marriage, Growing Together in Christ, Resolving Conflict in Your Marriage, Mastering Money in You Marriage, Improving Communication in You Marriage, Building Your Mate's Self Esteem, Overcoming Stress in Your Marriage, Making Your Remarriage Last.
	Marriage, From Surviving To Thriving, Chuck Swindoll Length: 8 Sessions; Format: Participant’s Guide/Book This study does a great job of applying Scripture to marriage in classic Swindoll “whit.” Happily married for over half a century, with even more years of successful pastoral counseling, Swindoll is committed to helping couples not just get by in their relationship but to flourish and grow! Featuring eight engaging lessons, this helpful guide equips newlyweds and longtime-weds with tools for a victorious life together in Christ.
	The Second Half of Marriage By: David Arp, Claudia Arp Empty-Nesters: The Next Step Can Be The Best Yet!You've spent years focused on the kids, and now they're gone. Are you looking at each other and wondering what to do now? Practical help is on its way for "second-half" couples. David and Claudia Arp reveal the eight marital challenges every long-term marriage faces and offer solid solutions that will not only allow you to create a vision, but will also show you how you can make the upcoming years the happiest times of your life.
	Wide Angle: Framing Your World View: Video Series by Chuck Colson and Rick Warren Christian leaders Chuck Colson and Rick Warren have joined together to produce a stimulating study called *Wide Angle: Framing Your Worldview. Our worldview—the way we look at life—impacts everything we do. The moral choices we make; the way we spend our money; the kind of relationships we have; the priorities we set. The question is: Is our worldview fully* shaped by Christian truth? And do we know the best way to detect and counter the false values of our culture? In this DVD study series, Colson and Warren tackle some of the key issues of our day: truth vs. relativism, creationism vs. Darwinism, tolerance, terrorism, and so much more. You will learn about competing worldviews, the biblical basis for a Christian worldview, and its application to every facet of life.

	The Present Future: Reggie McNeal Length: 7 Sessions: Format: DVD with Leader Guide and Student Guide. In the Present Future Reggie McNeal debunks outdated assumptions concerning church leadership and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in a more effective way. McNeal challenges us to ask new questions about the difficult realities facing the church, identifies six new realities that church leaders must address and encourages us to embrace the early church's overwhelming commitment to mission. If you read only one volume on church leadership this year, Present Future should be it! This is a DVD series and a book is available as well.
	Go Fish: Andy Stanley Length: 6 Sessions: Format: DVD and workbook. Fishing stories. We've all heard them. "It was this big." "You should have seen the one that got away." People love to tell stories of their fishing adventures. When it comes to faith, however, most people clam up. Why is it we can't talk about what God has done in our lives as naturally as we can spin fishing tales? Includes 6 sessions, entitled: We Were All Fish Once, Why Fish? Fish Guts, Fishing Buddies, Muddy Water, and The One That Got Away. Each session includes fifteen to twenty minutes of teaching followed by several discussion questions.
	The Grace Walk Experience: Enjoying Life the Way God Intends by Steve McVey There must be more to the Christian life than a list of dos and don'ts. Are you frustrated with trying to perform up to other people's expectations? Start living in grace and learn to let it go! Based on Steve McVey's bestselling book, Grace Walk, What You've Always Wanted in the Christian Life this eight-week interactive study will help you rediscover the freedom you have in Christ. Ideal for church, individual, or small-group use.
	Sharing Your Life Mission Every Day: Life Together Length: 6 sessions: Format: Participant's Guide, DVD Sharing Your Life Mission Every Day isn't that hard. You need a few skills, a few friends for support, and a glimpse of God's Heart for those who don't know Him. This study will equip you to extend love to seekers around you and talk about your experience with God in ways that people will understand. God doesn't ask you to do it alone--discover the power that comes from teaming up. This is a small group study built completely on the purpose-driven paradigm.
	Faith Lessons On The Life & Ministry of the Messiah: Ray Vander Laan Length: 8 sessions: Format: DVD, Leaders Guide and Study Guide Filmed on location in Israel and Turkey, Faith Lessons is an in-depth video tour of the buried, distant, or otherwise forgotten places where the stories ofthe Bible actually happened. From this cultural perspective, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan challenge the long-held Western assumptions about even the most well-known Scripture passages. Contents: Herodian - In the Shadow of Herod Masada - My Rock and My Fortress Qumran - The Time Had Fully Come - Korazin/Mount of Beatitudes - No Greater Love Gamla - The Rabbi Sepphoris - Language of Culture Belvoir - Misguided Faith En Gedi - Living Water
	Thinking Like a Christian: David Noebel Length: 12 sessions: Format: Study Guide and CD Designed to build a person's assurance that a Bible-based worldview makes sense. Explains the Christian's worldview of subjects as diverse as law, biology, theology, psychology, politics, philosophy, sociology, economics, history, and ethics.
	Twisting the Truth: Learning to Discern in a Culture of Deception by Andy Stanley Unraveling the Lies That Twist Our Lives In six insight-packed sessions, Andy Stanley exposes four destructive and all-too-prevalent lies about authority, pain, sex, and sin. Theyre deceptions powerful enough to ruin our relationships, our lives, even our eternitiesbut only if we let them. Including both a small group DVD and participants guide that work together, Twisting the Truth untwists the lies that can drag us down. With his gift for straight, to-the-heart communication, Andy Stanley helps us exchange falsehoods for truths that can turn our lives completely around.
	Countercultural Christians: Exploring a Christian Worldview with Book(s) and Video and CD (Audio): Charles Colson This engaging adult ministry Bible study helps Christians understand how their faith influences daily life and their views of contemporary culture. Participants will dig into Scripture to guide them in their conclusions. Video and audio presentations set the stage for each session’s dynamic group interaction. And participants will grasp the underlying belief systems that impact how people view the world around them. Plus, group members will have a better understanding of how to share their faith. Designed to be relational and interactive, this study will help participants gain deep insights in a fun-to-learn format.

	The Good Life (Small Group Edition): Charles Colson Length: 6 sessions: Format: Book A big house, a fancy car, an expensive vacation---that's happiness! Or is it? Exploring the ways we seek pleasure and contentment, Colson shares real-life stories about people who define themselves by their positions and possessions vs. those who define themselves by their faith in god. You'll find new purpose and meaning for your own life.
	If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat: John Ortberg Length: 6 sessions: Format: Book, DVD (also VHS) This study helps your group answer Christ's call to greater faith, power-filled deeds, and a new way of knowing Him. Through these sessions that include video clips and group discussions, you will discover how to discern God's call, transcend fear, risk faith, manage failure, and trust God. Relating the story in Matthew 14 to life today, teacher and best-selling author John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zones.
	Experiencing God: Henry T. Blackaby, Claude V. King Length: 12 sessions: Format: Book, Participant's Guide Experiencing God reveals seven ways of relating to God, knowing, loving, hearing, joining, believing, obeying and experiencing. Blackaby and King's inspiring yet straightforward approach will teach you how to: Hear when God speaks, see what God is doing in your life, take God at His Word, know where God is taking you, know how to respond to God's work in your life, experiencing God more intimately than ever before.
	The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters By: Charles Colson, Harold Fickett The word "Christianity" conjures up many pictures, depending on who defines it. But Chuck Colson asserts that the faith "given once for all" is an invitation to a wonderful vision of life, open to all who will come. The Faith invites all who will - whether believers or skeptics - to explore the basic doctrines of Christianity and find out for themselves what it really means to be called a disciple of Christ - and how to live as a disciple.
	Crazy Love: Francis Chan The God of the universe is crazy about you! His love is the most powerful thing in the world and He wants to give it to you, so you can live for Him. If you have made a commitment to follow Christ, then read Crazy Love to be reminded and challenged in your walk. Sharing from his own life struggles and sacrifices, author Francis Chan issues a call for selfless, Christ-like living. Let the love you have received from God impact your life like never before.
	Making The Climb: Principles for Overcoming Life’s Challenges Our lives are filled with mountains to conquer. Regardless of age or experience, we all encounter obstacles and life challenges that we're forced to climb whether we re ready or not. Making the Climb is a riveting first-person account of one man's attempt to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and the life-changing lessons he learned along the way. John Bowling illustrates how his exhilarating adventure has helped him tackle other personal challenges and transformed his spiritual life. With wisdom and fortitude, he offers observations, principles, and insights to help others overcome and conquer the challenges of life—no matter how difficult they might seem. This resource includes a copy of the book, Making the Climb: What a Novice Climber Learned About Life on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and a DVD containing six short video lessons, which correspond to the book's various chapters This unique packing is part of the In Sight Media Series, which combines insightful book content with stimulating visual instruction. This is a great resource for adult Sunday School classes, small-group discussions, and sermon enhancement
	Seven Deadly Sins In Seven Deadly Sins, Dan Boone exposes the uncomfortable truth about the nature of sin. He examines its crafty characteristics and shows how sin can seep into the cracks of our lives when we least expect it. With a pastor's heart and a professor's wisdom, Boone discusses how the sins of pride, envy, anger, slothfulness, greed, gluttony, and lust have masked themselves in the "newness" of today's technology and culture and even in our own enlightened, postmodern Christian thinking. With compassion and concern, he reveals the truth about sin; but he also reveals the truth about grace. Instead of condemnation and guilt, he offers hope and reminds us of Christ's ability to resurrect and undo anything sin has damaged. With challenging revelation, Seven Deadly Sins brings readers to a loving Christ and shows them the life He's waiting to wrap them in—a grace-filled life that is mended by love and free from the death and destruction of sin.
	Perfectly Positioned: When perspective triumphs over circumstance by Francis Anfuso Our lives begin to be truly transformed when we stop asking God to change our circumstances and allow Him to change our perspective! Behind every challenging situation there is a loving God whose victorious perspective is far greater than the trials we face.
	Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul, Erwin McManus You were in God's imagination before you were ever born. All the talent, gifting, and creativity you possess was placed in you by God Himself. Can you imagine the things you could do, the impact you could have on the world, if you tapped into the dreams God has for your life? In Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul, McManus boldly invites you to join the revolution. He illuminates the desperate heart cry of every human being---"I want to live!"---and then serves as a guide on a quest to answer that cry. Find your true purpose and destiny in the pursuit of the passion and character of God. Be a part of the revolution that changes a life of limitation and mediocrity into one of passion and character...a radical revolt that will forever change the world!

	Apples of Gold : Betty Huizenga Length: 6 sessions: Format: Book Everything you need to start a women's mentoring ministry based on Titus 2:3-5! In Huizenga's warm-hearted guide, you'll find advice on how older women can nurture younger ones; Bible studies on topics like loving your husband, nurturing children, submission, kindness, homemaking, and hospitality; mouthwatering recipes and creative menu ideas for meetings; and more.
	Bad Girls of the Bible: Liz Curtis Higgs Length: 10 sessions: Format: DVD and Workbook Women everywhere marvel at those "good girls" in Scripture---Sarah, Mary, Esther---but on most days, that's not who they see when they look in the mirror. Most women (if they're honest) see the selfishness of Sapphira or the deception of Delilah. They catch of glimpse of Jezebel's take-charge pride or Eve's disastrous disobedience. Like Bathsheba, Herodias, and the rest, today's modern woman is surrounded by temptations, exhausted by the demands of daily living, and burdened by her own desires.
	Power of a Praying Wife: Stormie Omartian Length: 30 sessions: Format: Book, Participant's guide Today's challenges and pressures can make a difficult marriage seem like an impossible dream. Yet God delights in doing the impossible if we would ask. Every woman who desires a closer relationship with her husband will appreciate this refreshing look at the power of prayer in her marriage. Worrying about your marriage changes nothing. Praying about it changes everything!
	Beloved Disciple: the Life and Ministry of John: Beth Moore Length: 11 sessions: Format: DVD, Leader's Guide and Participant's guide John referred to himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Just as Christ took John on a lifelong journey into the depths of His love, He will do the same for you. The Bridegroom's love is unmatched and inexhaustible, and He is waiting to lavish it on you, His beloved. This 11 week interactive study includes personal, daily, assignments and weekly, video centered group sessions. The personal daily assignments are approximately 3 to 5 pages in length and have plenty of space to answer the questions.
	Believing God: Experiencing a Fresh Explosion of Faith: Beth Moore Length: 6 Sessions: Format: DVD and workbook. A great challenge to allow God’s truth to transform our minds and then to impact our decision-making so that we can live “breakaway” lives.
	Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman Dig deeper into the biblical and historical story of Queen Esther