options… April 9, 2009

Here’s one option… due to the fact that I’ve recently begun serving on our outreach team as a personal outreach coordinator, my mind has been on personal outreach lately.  This study is very practical as it calls us to take advantage of everyday opportunities to point people to faith.  I think there is a DVD series that we could watch as we go through it (or maybe instead of reading it, not sure).

This recent book, “Surprised by Hope” is about our Christian hope:  the resurrection (ours!), Heaven, the new earth, and eternity with God – and how that shapes the mission of the Church today.  I think it talks some about the book of Revelation.  I’ve mentioned it a little in our small group about how he challenges the idea that our primary destination is Heaven when the biblical picture doesn’t really match that idea.

This book “Four Views on the Book of Revelation” might be interesting too…

I’m also looking into some of the DVD series’ our church has and some other options… so keep checking in here for updates.  Also, let me know if you have ideas!!!

Some study options…. May 6, 2008

Okay everyone… here are some ideas… JUST IDEAS about books we could study at small group. I would love it if we would actually each couple buy the book and read it chapter by chapter (come on, you can read a chapter every two weeks). This way we all have our impressions of the material. I am hoping to check out some actual group bible studies in the bookstore, but here are some ideas for actual books that might be interesting:

This book is basically a general overview on Christian faith and life… it would be mostly helpful for us to understand and share our faith with others.

“Sex God” is by Rob Bell (the dude in the Nooma videos). It would be a good book for us as couples to think about …. you know….

The next four books would be more along the lines of what we’ve been talking about. They will be more “provocative” and push us as Christians to seek out what living as disciples of Jesus truly means.

Feel free to post a comment if you have any ideas or if you hate all these books or if you just want to follow up on Brent’s sermons or if you just want to have BBQ’s at Matt and Tanya’s every week or what. No, seriously… give some feedback or i’ll pick the most boring one.