Sometimes we expect our small group leaders to faithfully go about their ministry no matter what—always there, always ready to serve... essentially emotionless reliable small-group-leading AIs.
8 talks by Phillip Jensen on John 18-19 (on an MP3 format disc).
In this short course, we’ll think through the 'why' and 'how' of communicating God’s word clearly and meaningfully for the benefit of those to whom you are reading. We’ll see what it looks like, in other words, to be devoted to the public reading of Scripture in a practical and achievable way.
The risen Jesus proclaimed that all authority had been given to him. Of course all authority belonged to Jesus—he had just conquered death! But Matthew tells us that, while some worshipped, others doubted.
Last year my wife Fiona and I led a growth group together at church. It was a wonderful experience but also very challenging. My chemo cycles meant that I tended to be absent roughly one week in three, and sometimes I wouldn’t know how I’d be until that
Should every Christian aspire to be a bibliophile? Only if every Christian desires to be increasingly conformed to the image of Christ.
When we base our expectations on the friends in our favourite television show, we are left disappointed because real relationships are much messier than we’d like.
Pre-written studies have a place in growth group leading, but they work best when we use them to teach the Bible well rather than just to save time.
Knowing individual Bible verses is certainly valuable, but I’ve benefitted even more from memorizing larger chunks of Scripture.
This teacher's manual is designed to compliment John Dickson's A Sneaking Suspicion, allowing you to work through the book in a classroom setting.