Lutheran Spirituality, Spiritual Issues
Spirituality is a common term today, but what does it mean? To find the right answer, Lutheran Spirituality explores the Bible, Luther’s Small Catechism, and the Lutheran hymnal; resources integral to our faith lived out in a spiritually confused – and sometimes – confusing world.
Authored by respected Lutheran scholars in the US and Australia, Lutheran Spirituality guides believers to the only source of a God-given spirituality – His rich forgiveness of our sins in our crucified and resurrected Lord, Jesus Christ. 6 sessions. 64 pages.
Faith on the Edge, Contemporary Issues
Guided by God’s Word, the Faith on the Edge series focuses on the relationships between science, technology, and faith. Gospel teaching is affirmed as ethical conflicts are revealed through expert critiques, distinguishing fact from science fiction. Combined leader and student materials. 6 sessions. 80-96 pages.
The Lutheran Difference, Lutheran Doctrine
This series explains and differentiates the chief doctrines of the Lutheran church while providing a biblical foundations to defend the Christian faith. Belief systems from other denominations are examined and compared. Insightful questions guide participants to search through Scripture for doctrinal foundations. Combined leader and student materials. 4 to 6 sessions. 64 pages.
ntroductory Level Bible Study
Heroes of the Faith, Topical Bible Study Series
Connect contemporary people with the challenges and the joys encountered by God’s people in the Bible. This series encourages participants to see how God works in their own lives and helps them discover that those in Scripture were just like them – sinners claimed by God through faith in Scripture. Combined leader and student materials. 6 sessions. 64 pages
Aslan’s World, Biblical Images and Themes, in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Encourage Bible Study participants to dig deeply into Scripture and C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with this popular Bible study. Each session draws out and highlights the strong Christian images and themes in the book and movie such as faith, doubt, logic, and more.
Six-session study, with leader notes, includes suggestions for reading the book or viewing the DVD while completing the study, along with an additional page of resources.
Intermediate Level Bible Study
Fruit of the Spirit, Personal Issues
Thought-provoking series offers participants a deeper understanding of the Holy Spirit’s work of sanctification as it reviews and explains the Christian attributes found in Galatians 5:22-23. Participants learn to recognize their personal strengths and weaknesses and study biblical characters that embody the fruit of the Spirit. Combined leader and student materials. 5 to 6 sessions. 96 pages.
God’s Word for Today, Books of the Bible
God’s Word for Today is a familiar favorite for many Bible study groups. Each study explores individual books of the Bible and examines the context, themes, doctrine, history, and Bible characters of each book. 6-14 sessions per volume. Page count varies.
LifeLight
LifeLight encourages participants to dig into God’s Word and apply Bible truths to their lives. Each study is written by a Bible scholar/pastor with “real world” congregational experiences.
LifeLight studies follow this format:
- Personal Study (20-30 minutes per day)
- Group Worship (5-10 minutes)
- Group Discussion (about 55 minutes)
- Group Lecture (about 20 minutes)
- Personal review
LifeLight: Old Testament
LifeLight: New Testament
LifationseLight Found
This in-depth exploration of the Bible offers participants the opportunity to learn more about significant, biblical topics. Each study follows the same format as the LifeLight series.