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Description Walk through the Bible’s earliest source for the life of Jesus with scholar Amy-Jill Levine as she introduces such themes as the Son of Man, discipleship, miracles, and Mark’s use of the Old Testament. The Good News of the gospel message comes alive in this book as readers see Jesus as divine and human, powerful and weak, approachable yet mysterious.

Available Components Book, Leader Guide

We are hungry for a sense of purpose, direction, and calling in our lives. This study helps us see God’s purpose for our lives, open ourselves to God’s voice, and take the first or next step to follow God’s call. As you read this book and explore your life alongside others, you’ll learn how to channel your passions, hear God’s voice, and live the life you were meant to live.

Book, Leader Guide

Jen Cowart helps women develop the habits and attitudes necessary to thrive whatever their circumstances. Leading readers through the book of James, a letter written about enduring hardships, she lifts up six characteristics of mature Christians. From endurance and humility to the controlling the words we speak, Jen helps participants find the divine and the practical in living faithfully.

Book, Leader Guide

The loss of a spouse is a devastating experience, but pastor Ron Greer invites readers into his own grief journey with messages of hope and healing. Through personal reflections, he calls on the image of a home silenced by absence but also speaks about the possibility of moving forward together through the heartache of loss toward hope.

Book

Title Questions Jesus Asked: A Six-Week Study in the Gospels

Author(s) Magrey R. DeVega

# of Videos/ Sessions 6

Description Jesus was fond of asking questions, many of which cut right to the heart of what it means to be human. In this study, author Magrey deVega explores six of the most provocative questions Jesus posed to others and guides us in answering them for ourselves. Asking these questions takes courage. Not only do they reveal what Jesus really cares about, they open a window into our hearts and leads us to growth by bringing us a fuller appreciation for the wisdom, power, and presence of God in our lives.

Available Components Book, Leader Guide

Bible Stories for Grown-Ups: Reading Scripture with New Eyes

Josh Scott

6

This six-week Bible study will consider stories many read as children including Noah’s Ark, the binding of Isaac, Jonah and the big fish, Jesus and Zacchaeus, Jesus healing a blind man, and the parable of the talents. Scott reimagines these stories and opens new visions for readers to understand well known pieces of Scripture in our current cultural environment. Scott reimagines these stories and opens new visions for readers to understand well known pieces of Scripture in our current cultural environment.

Book, Leader Guide

Jesus Revealed: The I Am Statements in the Gospel of John

Matt Rawle

6 sessions plus 6 art videos

Light. Bread. Shepherd. Life. The Gospel of John uses these and other symbols to paint a picture of who Jesus is. Through the I Am statements Jesus describes himself with rich images, showing us that he is both fully human and fully divine and calling us as his followers. Author Matt Rawle explores the “I Am” statements in John as works of art that resonate throughout the Gospel and all of Scripture. He shows how these words point beyond themselves to the deep mystery of Jesus Christ.

Book, Leader Guide

Title Heaven and

Description

In the Advent season, heaven seems so close as we remember that a tiny baby in a manger is God in human form coming to show us the Way. God’s choice of incarnation allows us to reflect on the mystery that Christ is the full revelation of God instead of being one who talks about God or one who speaks for or acts as God. But, no, Christ is God. Will Willimon explores the idea of Jesus as both fully human and fully divine this Christmas.

Available Components Book, Leader Guide, Sermon & Worship Series Download

Find the divine signs of Christmas. Things just look, smell, and taste differently during the Advent and Christmas season, and these differences are a sign to us that God is about to do something radical and different. Christmas is when God surrounded the divine with senses of his own. What signs do you see during the Advent and Christmas season that point you to the divine?

Book, Leader Guide, Sermon & Worship Series Download

Advent Studies

Title The Heart That

Experience the unexpected this Christmas. During this Advent season, Rachel Billups guides readers through the themes of hope, love, joy, and peace by sharing the stories of Elizabeth and Zechariah, Herod, the Magi, and the shepherds. Each set of unexpected characters has something to teach about living faithfully on the journey to Christmas.

Book, Leader Guide

# of Videos/ Sessions 4 6 4

Description Explore the faith themes in the Christmas classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How did the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes Christmas morning? Could it be that the very thing we think we hate is the one thing that changes our lives?

Reexamine this familiar classic through the lens of faith and see how Christ speaks to us through our culture.

Available Components Book, Leader Guide, Worship Resources, Children’s Leader Guide

This rich and challenging fourweek Advent study shows how the Gospel narratives connect to the Old Testament; highlights the role of women in first-century Jewish culture; and emphasizes the importance of Mary’s visitation, the census, the stable, the star of Bethlehem, and the flight to Egypt.

Book, Leader Guide

In 1741, John Wesley preached his famous sermon “The Almost Christian” in which he encouraged people to follow Christ wholeheartedly rather than being an “almost Christian.” This book breaks down the barriers that prevent us from experiencing an “altogether” love, hope, joy, and peace in Christ in our lives and in the world.

Book, Leader Guide, Devotional, Youth Study Book

Prepare

For centuries, Christians have turned to the story and message of John the Baptist in the weeks leading up to Christmas. In Prepare the Way for the Lord: Advent and the Message of John the Baptist, best-selling author and pastor Adam Hamilton explores the Advent themes of John’s life and ministry, and how John calls all followers of Jesus to prepare our hearts for his coming.

Book, Leader Guide, Leader Kit, Worship Series Download, Worship & Media Download

Join Wesleyan scholars Jung and

Warner on an Advent journey guided by the practices in John Wesley’s means of grace. Each chapter guides participants covers an aspect of Wesleyan means of grace.

Book, Large Print Edition, Leader Guide, Youth study, Children’s Leader Guide

Description Read the Bible in a year— together or on your own. The Bible Year leads congregations, small groups, and individuals to grow closer to God, through daily reading from Genesis to Revelation. Amplify Media weekly videos and short daily devotions provide a common thread and framework to help along the way.