Study Resources
Small Group Resources
Your Community Group has just ended their bible study and the question becomes "What's Next?". Or, your class has ended and you would like to continue to study either on your own or with a group. We have a variety of recommended small group bible studies that your group may borrow from our EUM library. When your group is finished, just return to the library.
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As always, if there is something you can’t find here or if you have any questions, email sodell(at)eumchurch.org.
Resources are available on these topics:
- Loving Others as Yourself
- Loving God Fully
- Influence with Others
- Marriage/Parenting
- Men
- Women
Courageous Living Bible Study
by Michael Catt
In the new film Courageous (from the makers of Fireproof), four law officers are confident and focused when standing up to the worst the streets have to offer. But leading their families at home in a God-honoring way? That takes courage.
Based on the highly anticipated movie, the Courageous Living Bible Study Leader Kit will help facilitate leading men toward living more courageously in four key areas:
- Responsibility: serving, protecting, and casting a vision for their family
- Priorities: focusing on eternal things rather than what is temporary
- Legacy: recognizing a father’s potential impact as a godly role model
- Faith: strengthening a father’s identity in Christ, increasing in wisdom
This dynamic four-week study kit includes one 64-page member book and a DVD-ROM featuring Courageous film clips to support each lesson. In addition there are a number of printable leader helps to assist in preparation for teaching each lesson.
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
by Francis Chan
God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. Have you ever wondered if we're missing it? It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
Crossing
Life is a journey.
Crossing features 5 stand-alone episodes based on stories from the book of Joshua. Each story illustrates a situation that could either be controlled by fear and insecurity, or where God can reach out and help His people cross to a better place. Crossing always calls for uncommon courage, faith, and obedience, just like Joshua exhibited when leading nearly two million people across the Jordan River. But the results are always beyond what was imagined before crossing.
Fearless
By: Max Lucado
Imagine your life, wholly untouched by angst. What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? If you could hover a fear magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, or doubt, what would remain? Envision a day, just one day, where you could trust more and fear less.
Can you imagine your life without fear?
Fireproof Your Marriage
Available to checkout from EUM Church
(Contact Susan O'Dell for more information)
Relationships are wonderful gifts given to us by God. As we read in the Bible, the most intimate relationship is marriage between a husband and a wife. Unfortunately, relationships today are under more cultural and interpersonal pressure and stress than ever before in our history.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Together, we can make a long-term difference for healthy relationships and marriages starting with yours! The Fireproof Your Marriage small group curriculum is founded on Biblical principles for strong, God-centered, lifelong marriages. This 6-week study uses exclusive video clips from Fireproof along with thought-provoking discussion questions, and individual and couples' devotionals to challenge members to grow deeper spiritually and in their relationship. Leader's Kit includes: 6-session DVD, Leader's Guide and Participant's Guide. Can be used with or without the movie.
If You Want To Walk on Water, You've Got To Get Out of the Boat
by John Orberg Available to checkout from EUM Church |
The Life You've Always Wanted
by John Ortberg
You Can Live a Deeper, More Spiritual Life Right Where You Are. An expanded edition with a new chapter on prayer and discussion questions The heart of Christianity is transformation---a relationship with God that impacts not just our 'spiritual lives,' but every aspect of living. John Ortberg calls readers back to the dynamic heartbeat of Christianity---God's power to bring change and growth---and reveals both the how and why of transformation. With a new chapter on prayer and added discussion questions, this expanded edition of The Life You've Always Wanted offers modern perspectives on the ancient path of the spiritual disciplines. But this is more than just a book about things to do to be a good Christian. It's a road map toward true transformation that starts not with the individual but with the object of the journey---Jesus Christ. As with a marathon runner, the secret to winning the race lies not in trying harder, but in training consistently---training with the spiritual disciplines. The disciplines are neither taskmasters nor an end in themselves. Rather they are exercises that build strength and endurance for the road of growth. The fruit of the Spirit---joy, peace, kindness, etc.---are the signposts along the way. Paved with humor and sparkling anecdotes, The Life You've Always Wanted is an encouraging and challenging approach to a Christian life that's worth living---a life on the edge that fills an ordinary world with new meaning, hope, change, and joy.
LIVE like you were DYING
Available to checkout from EUM Church |
Marriage On The Rock
Marriage On The Rock: God's Design For Your Dream Marriage - In an age of disposable marriages and information overload, where can couples turn for real answers that will make their relationships work? Only to God. Marriage on The Rock clearly details God's principles that will turn disillusions, divorce-bound marriages into dream relationships. Thia audio series will show you: - Why no human being can meet your deepest needs - only God can. - The secret of a solid marriage.
The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God. Having the Guts to Respond
by Bill Hybels
Learn how to direct your everyday steps according to "whispers" from God. You are invited to learn how to live with one ear perpetually tuned to heaven and how to meticulously obey every syllable of input received. You will learn how to discern the "voice" of God from the other voices that vie for your attention, how to invite his input into your daily routine, how to "practice" his presence and how to allow heaven-sent input to direct your life toward making a kingdom-oriented difference in this world.
Prodigal God
By 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! 6-session DVDs; hardcover book; participant's guide.
Twisting the Truth
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. They're deceptions powerful enough to ruin our relationships, our lives, even our eternities-but only if we let them. Including both a small group DVD and participant's 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.
Uprising
It seems like anyone you talk to these days desires change. They wish they looked different, had a different job, or were better at this thing or that thing. What you've probably discovered is that you can change your appearance, your habits, your friends, your job. but you can't change your character. At least, not on your own.
In this small group Bible study, Erwin McManus teaches us that there's one thing you can't change about yourself and that's your character. Only Christ can transform us from the inside. In each of the 6 video sessions, Erwin provides Biblical and practical teaching that will challenge your small group to allow God to transform their character to be more like His.
Other Women's Bible Studies
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl
by Lysa Terkeurst
Is talking to God just another thing to check off on your to-do list? In Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa Terkeurst helps you forge a deeper connection! Drawing from her own remarkable story, she encourages you to enjoy special time with God, discover the life-changing words of Scripture, learn how God uses disappointments for good, and embrace the joy of the Lord.
Discerning the Voice of God
Discerning the Voice of God - by Priscilla Shirer helps a leader facilitate this women's Bible study experience. Having a hard time knowing what God is saying versus what others are saying? This Bible study is designed to help participants know the voice of God: His language, character, and tone of voice. By growing closer to God through His Word, participants will be able to discern God's voice from the voice of strangers. The Leader Kit includes DVDs for 7 group sessions, and a member book with 6 weeks of in-depth, interactive daily assignments. Plus, Discerning the Voice of God includes personal thoughts from Max Lucado, Philip Yancy, Dr. Tony Evans, Kay Arthur, Henry Blackaby, Kathy Troccoli, and others.
Made to Crave; Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
by Lysa Terkeurst
Has food become your source of comfort? After a hard day at work, or a long day with the kids, don't you deserve that big piece of chocolate cake? Lysa Terkeurst used to think so, but that was before God showed her that what she really needed was more of Himself. In Made to Crave, Lysa won't tell you what to eat or how much to exercise; rather she explores why we make unhealthy food choices. She'll help you discover what it is you're really seeking, and how that need can only be met in our faithful Heavenly Father. And when your cravings are satisfied with His love, a healthy body will follow.
Me, Myself, and Lies
Me, Myself, and Lies: A Thought Closet Makeover - Leader Kit by Jennifer Rothschild helps a leader facilitate this video-driven women's Bible study that encourages them to clean out the junk in their minds and replace hidden negative thoughts with positive truths from God's word.
Words are powerful. Especially the words women speak to themselves. All too often, what they say to themselves when they lie in bed at night or look in the mirror in the morning is not even close to the words God wants them to speak to their souls. According to Rothschild, what we think about often has a ripple effect on nearly every area of our lives. (7 sessions)
Beth Moore Women’s Bible Studies:
- A Woman’s Heart
- Anointed, Transformed, Redeemed: A Study of David
- Believing God
- Beloved Disciple
- Breaking Free
- Daniel
- Esther: It’s Tough Being a Woman
- Here & Now, There & Then
- Jesus the One and Only
- Jonah
- Living Beyond Yourself
- Patriarchs
- Stepping Up
- To Live Is Christ
- When Godly People Do UnGodly Things