Twenty times in the New Testament, Jesus Christ issued a compelling and challenging invitation: “Follow Me.” Jesus is not interested in mere fans. He doesn’t want enthusiastic admirers. He wants completely committed followers. This one of a kind small group study examines what it means to deny one’s self and truly follow Jesus

The Courageous Living Bible Study is a dynamic 4-week study that helps lead men toward living more courageously in four key areas: responsibility, priorities, legacy, and faith. 

Each week’s study has four components: READ – includes a story of a modern day hero; WATCH – review a clip from the film; STUDY – dig into passages of Joshua; & LIVE – put what you are studying into practice.

This is a biblically based, in depth study on how the Gospel is to be lived out in all areas of your life.  Each session contains an inductive Bible study on the theme, discussion questions based on the DVD, and home studies consisting of exercises, projects, readings, questions, and quotations to help you dig deeper into the topic at hand. A very helpful extensive section of notes is included for those who lead the small group through this study.

This book is a great tool for helping your small group understand discipleship in their own lives and how they can disciple others.  There are 24 sections under 3 parts: Growing up in Christ, Understanding the Message of Christ, and Becoming Like Christ.

Israel had strong leadership under Moses and Joshua during the exodus, and later under David and Solomon in the monarchy. In both eras there was a strong human leader who represented God and ruled society on the basis of divine law. But in these intervening years, the Israelites lived in a “spiritually pluralistic” society. Due to Israel’s various failures, the society of Canaan was a mixture of pagan and believing peoples. There are many parallels between that situation and ours today. Largely due to the failures of the church, believers in the West find themselves living in a religiously pluralistic society. Individual Christians work and live among a great variety of gods–not only those of other formal religions, but also the gods of wealth, celebrity, pleasure, ideology, achievement.

Christians reading Judges today must ask: how can we be sure to follow God rather than the idols of our society and neighbors? How can we renew ourselves when we fail or fall?

In Engaging Post-Christian Culture: Our Mission in a New Context, groups will explore the postmodern, post-Christian and post-American world, where the church no longer exists at the center of society.

There was a time when most people grew up attending church, Christians held influence in the public square and America was still thought of as a “Christian nation.” This is not so anymore. We live in a post-Christian context. And while Christians could bemoan this reality, it’s not all bad news. The end of the Christian America dream is the beginning of a new opportunity.

In this Q Society Room experience, groups will be challenged to explore the dynamics of a post-Christian society and re-imagine the opportunities that exist for our mission in a new context.

This is an excellent study for those who have questions about God’s timing and how to honor God during a period of “waiting.” 

Waiting on God Study

If you think about it, God’s love is a crazy love – would you love anyone unconditionally enough to be so radically self-sacrificial? In Francis Chan’s Crazy Love, he shares from his own personal experiences and calls for Christians to live a selfless, Christ-like life. This book and workbook set can be used individually or in a small group setting.

This study takes an in-depth look at the lives of those mentioned in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11.  There are 5 days of work each week, but it is not an overwhelming amount of work.