Time to Pick Up Some Bible Studies

What curriculum options have been working well in your group?

by Sam O'Neal

As a small-group leader, I'm used to feeling the itch right about now. You know what I'm talking about—that little itch in the back of your mind that pops up in the middle of August and says, "We've got to find something good to study in our small group, and we've got to find it fast!"

Fortunately, I am set this year. My group has been going through the Book of Revelation, and we are going to pick up right where we left off back in June. But I know there are plenty of small-group leaders out there who have procrastinated and are now scrambling to find something deep, cheap, and understandable.

So tell us: What has been working in your small group? What Bible studies have you found on SmallGroups.com that were especially helpful in the past year? What printed studies have you come across in bookstores or online that you thought were well done? What books have you read that would make a great study for a small group?

Basically, lend a helping hand to those poor group leaders who, upon reading this, are just now starting to realize that they have to find something to study—and fast!

posted by Sam O'Neal on August 17, 2010 9:37 AM

Comments

I attended a few good bible studies. First, a bible study for women: Beth Moore's "A Woman's Heart". This was an excellent bible study. Another study was for Married Couples and titled "The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. This was an absolutely amazing study for married couples and I highly recommend it.

"Crazy Love" by Francis Chan was a GREAT study for our Community Group. Really made us wrestle with our faith and how that is practically lived out!

Several of the groups in our church have completed "I Want To Change, So Help Me God" (James MacDonald) or "Why Small Groups?" (C.J. Mahaney) or both...and gotten really positive results.

Nooma series worked well with our small group. There was always a twist that got you thinking

Our small women's group did the IV Press LifeGuide Bible Study "Decisions." This fall we will do another one "Acts: Seeing God's Power in Action." The questions are thoughtful and practical and the price is reasonable.