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Title Author Description Study Length Resource Location Get Acquainted Gary Ball A great way for adults to get Eight Fifteen Introduction to with Your Bible Kilbourne acquainted with the Bible in a sessions books the Bible short period of time. Designed Leaders for a group study or self directed Guide study. The Bible from Donald The author guides the reader Eight One book Introduction to Scratch Griggs through the New Testament and sessions the Bible (The New introduces basic tools and skills Testament for for Bible Study. Beginners) Books of the Bible John Hayes A systematic overview of all the Twenty-six One book Introduction to Keith books of the Bible. This study is sessions the Bible Schoville ideal for persons who feel “new” to the Christian faith. Favorite Bible Brady Experience twenty-six Bible Twenty-six Twelve Introduction to Passages Volume Whitehead Jr. passages that have stood the lessons Books Two the Bible One Howard Hon test of time. Persons who Teacher complete this study will Guides experience God’s love and guidance. Favorite Bible Brenda Volume Two contains twenty-six Twenty-six Two Books Introduction to Passages Volume DeGraaf different passages. lessons One the Bible Two Jerry Mercer Teacher Guide Troublesome Douglas These twenty-three passages Twenty-three One Book Introduction to Bible Passages Wingeier deal with theological issues, passages the Bible David Lowes ethical issues, and practical Watson issues, and then relate biblical times to contemporary ethics. New Testament J. Ellsworth Kalas takes familiar stories and Twelve Week Three Books Introduction to Stories From the Kalas introduces new possible Study the Bible Backside meaning. Scripture is taken from the books of Luke, John, Mark, Acts, Colossians, and Revelations. Christmas is Not Mike This Christmas cut through the Five Lessons Two Books Advent Your Birthday Slaughter hype that leaves you exhausted and broke at the end of the year. Instead experience the peace of knowing that God is truly with us, the joy of sacrificially and the love of a savior who gave everything he had for us. The Light Will Carol Miller Increase your knowledge and Five Two Books Advent Shine appreciation of the season of Sessions Two Study Advent and the Epiphany. The Guides Five chapters are: 1. Watchful Expectancy 2. John the Baptizer 3. The Fulfillment of All Promises 4. The Dawning of Day Page 1 of 28 5. Shine, Jesus Shine: Epiphany Day The Lamp Jim Stovall A couple in a strained marriage Fiction Book Advent is presented a strange gift from Chapter Book DVD a mysterious person, which 96 minute causes them to search the DVD depths of their hearts Advent Ryan -Worship Fully Four One Book Advent Conspiracy McKinley, -Spend Less Sessions DVD ( 55 Chris Seay, -Give More total Greg Holder -Love All minutes) A Different Kind of Mike Every year, we say we’re going Five Weeks Three Books Advent Christmas Slaughter to cut back, simplify, and have a of Daily family Christmas that focuses on Reading the real reason for the season- Jesus. But every year it seems easier just to indulge our wants and whims. Overspending, overeating, materialism, and business rob us of peace and joy, and fob Jesus of his rightful role as the center of our celebration. This book of devotional readings will draw you and your family into closer fellowship with God, as you journey through this Christmas season and learn to live generously all year. On the Way to Hilary McDowell challenges the reader Six Sessions Two Books Advent Bethlehem McDowell to “bring the baby home” spiritually so that those who know us can, through grace, see something of his love in our lives. A Thrill of Hope Emory This DVD presents the familiar Three DVDs Advent The Christmas Candler story of Christmas as told in the Two Study Story in Word and School of Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Guides Art Theology Each passage of scripture is illustrated by artwork. Advent of the Cindy Bunch These lessons will introduce you Six Lessons Three Books Advent Savior to the circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus, remind you of God’s faithfulness and power to fulfill his promises, and draw you more deeply into the love that brought Christ to Earth. A Christmas Snow Jim Stovall A young girl has tried to forget Fiction Book Advent her past, but a blizzard brings Chapter Book her face to face with her past forcing her to choose one path: letting go and grabbing hold of a Page 2 of 28 life-changing forgiveness or continuing to carry her pain and bitterness with her. Unplug the Jo Robinson Create a joyful and stress free Nine One Book Advent Christmas Jean holiday season with simple Chapters Machine Coppock spiritual celebrations that help Staeheli families draw closer together. Christmas Gifts James Moore Reflect on the unbreakable gifts Four One Book Advent that Won’t Break that God has given us: hope, Sessions love, joy, and peace. AND remember God’s greatest gift of all. The Miracle of James Moore This study explores the true Four Three Books Advent Christmas miracle of Christmas, “the Sessions miracle of God’s seeking, saving love for each one of us.” The Christmas J. Ellsworth Kalas takes us into a familiar Four Two Books Advent People Kalas world of Christmas-lonely Sessions people, harried workers, spendthrift shoppers, and sometimes unnoticed saints to remind us that it is for such a world that Jesus was born. Manger and Marilyn A faithful and fruitful guide for an Five One Book Advent Mystery Brown Oden Advent journey. The chapters Sessions are: 1. Recovering the Stables 2. Rekindling the Saved 3. Remembering the Song 4. Reclaiming the Star 5. Recalling the Story, Restoring the Call The Purpose of Rick Warren Teaching from the Gospel of Three Three DVDs Advent Christmas Luke you can learn three Sessions Three Study purposes of Christmas. Guides Rejoice in Hope James The Christmas Story is explored Three Two Books Advent Harnish through the experiences of Sessions characters from Luke: Elizabeth and Zechariah, Mary and Joseph and Simeon and Anna. Christmas From J.Ellsworth Taking a different perspective Seven Thirteen Advent the Backside Kalas into the events surrounding the sessions Books birth of Jesus. The seven sessions are: 1. The Scandal of Christmas 2. Three Votes for an Early Christmas 3. Christmas Comes to a Back Fence 4. Celebrating Christmas in a Hotel 5. How the Government Page 3 of 28 Helped the First Christmas Happen 6. Christmas and the Impossible Dream 7. Christmas Comes to a Church The Journey Adam If you think you know the story Five DVD-Five Advent Hamilton of Jesus’ birth, think again. This Sessions Sessions wonderful book sets us on a Eight Books journey to the times and Season of characters of Christmas so that Reflection we experience the birth of Christ Devotional in our lives in a new way. Books Loved by God Liz Curtis Do you find yourself struggling Seven DVD Kit Video Series Higgs between wanting to do the right Sessions CD Kit thing and wanting to do your Thirty minute Workbook thing? That’s where we find lessons Leader Jacob and Esau and Leah and Guide Rachel… and where we’ll find Four Posters the conflicts in our own hearts as well. Seeing Gray in a Adam Fundamentalism of the last Five DVD Video Series World of Black Hamilton century is losing “oomph” and Sessions Book and White liberalism of the last fifty years (Twenty has depleted too much of the three historic Christian gospel. chapters) Christianity needs to strike a happy medium. In his book, Hamilton emphasizes the importance of taking the best components of fundamentalism and liberalism combining a love of scripture and a desire to follow Jesus is the best way to “see gray” in a world of black and white. Faces on Faith Desmond These remarkable interviews Three DVD Video Series Tutu feature Desmond Tutu, Parker Sessions VHS Parker Palmer, and Adele Gonzales- Palmer these twentieth century giants of Adele faith, discussing their hopes and Gonzales beliefs in a relaxed, informal setting. Topics include life goals and accomplishments, the meaning of prayer, the problem of evil, and the role of faith in daily living. 3:16 Max Lucado John 3:16 begins with God, Six Weeks Two DVDs Video Series ends with life, and urges us to Two do the same. If you know Workbooks nothing of the Bible, start here. If you know everything in the Bible return here. The heart of Page 4 of 28 the human problem is the heart of the human, and God’s treatment is prescribed in John 3:16. On the Road with Ben Travel to the Holy Land with Four One Book Video Series Jesus Witherington New Testament scholar Ben Sessions One DVD III Witherington and experience the teaching and healing of Jesus. Relax as Dr. Witherington takes you to the places where Jesus walked and ministered. Learn about places such as Jerusalem, Capernaum, Bethsaida, and Caesarea Philippi. Your faith will grow deeper as you follow Jesus. Chase the Lion Mark Based on Mark Batterson’s best Six Sessions DVD Video Series Batterson selling book, In a Pit with a Lion Leaders on a Snowy Day, Chase the Guide Lion seeks to challenge the assumption that God wants our lives to be safe. Batterson will challenge you to identify the lions in your life and to engage them instead of running away from them. Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be those lions you didn’t chase. Fearless Max Lucado Can you imagine your life Six Sessions Two DVDs Video Series without fear? Lucado addresses Three questions such as layoffs at Discussions work, slowdowns in the Guides economy, flare-ups in the Middle Four Books East and global warming and takes an honest and hopeful look at what can happen when fear meets faith.