Life Group Study Resources
(Leadership Comments)
Studies we have available in the Church Office;
Please contact Beth for more information.
beth@shadowlakechurch.com or 402-537-0419 (office phone)
Serendipity Bible - New Testament for Groups
The God Questions - Exploring Life's Great Questions about God
Hal Seed and Dan Grider
Fearless DVD and workbooks
Max Lucado
Nooma Series DVDs
Rob Bell
Love and Respect DVDs
Dr Emerson & Sarah Eggerichs
Community: Your pathway to Progress
The Power of a Whisper DVD and workbooks
Bill Hybels
The Purpose Driven LIfe
Rick Warren
40 Days of Love DVD
Rick Warren
Please contact Beth for additional study material available for review in the church office.
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The DNA of Relationships – Gary Smalley
“Very good providing very practical daily applicable information.” Dave Newell
The Ten Best Decision Couples Can Make – Bill and Pam Farrell
“Excellent applicability for our young couples group, superb questions and discussion, great for a beginning group of couples – not a Bible study but it is biblical.” Mark Greenwell
Family – Billy Graham
“not good with divorced people, I would not use it again” – Terry Rothe
Pursuit of Holiness – Jerry Bridges
“terrific study – very heart piercing, made us more aware of living holy in all aspects of life.” – Gary Wynn
A Fisherman Bible Study Guide
Encouraging Others
(12 Lessons)
“The homework could be completed in about 30 minutes or less. The questions were easily taken from the reading and did not lead into deeper discussions.” Gary Wallman
Groups – the life giving power of community
John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, Judson Poling
“…most topics generated considerable discussion and perspectives.” Paul Kish
Finding Strength for Your Struggles – Max Lucado
(four week study)
“a good reminder for how God wants us to deal with our ‘stuff’” – Kris Fernau
When to Say Yes and How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life – Townsend/Cloud
“good… recommend everyone get their own participant guide”
– Kris Fernau
Studies from the Serendipity Bible
“They are generally pretty light, but always have some questions that require us to examine our own motives, behaviors and beliefs.” – Brian Hanson
“simple and biblical” – Jim Withrow
On Earth as it is in Heaven – Warren Wiersby
“We enjoyed … very much. It was a great breakdown of The Lord’s Prayer and we learned a lot together.” – Angie Wayman
Always True: God’s 5 Promises When Life is Hard – James MacDonald
“It is really speaking to some of us who are going through some rough times in life. And really, the rest of us are receiving loads of encouragement too!” - Angie Wayman
Getting a Grip – Bill Hybels
“It has helpful suggestions on finding time to schedule important things in your life, taking care of yourself, your finances, your spiritual life, and your relationships. I would say this book had some good information. Helpful ideas.” – Chuck Whitlock
How to get the Most from Your Bible – John MacArther
“This was audio by John MacArthur, and ‘homemade’ outline guides that I did. I downloaded the mp3s from the internet and developed outlines for study with the group.” – Dan Trent
What’s so Amazing about Grace – Yancey
“It has been positive” – Terry Rothe
Training vs. Trying – John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, and Judson Poling
“wasn’t too deep or too easy, but a good balance. New believers would understand the reading. It’s about spiritual transformation. It encourages spiritual growth by having a quiet time for studying the Word and prayer. There are questions and exercises at the end of each session or chapter. I would recommend it.” – Jan Kish
Matthew series on DVD
“this was a fun way to get to visualize biblical events and study a book of the Bible. There is no associated study guide so the facilitator has to do some prep work ahead of time to come up with questions, discussion ideas, etc. The video is a little cheesy at times but overall very good. In order to complete the series in about 6 weeks you have to watch – 45 minutes of video per week and then have discussion, which can take a long time.” – Katie Kinney
2 Peter and Jude through the Life Changes Series – the Navigators
“This has been a very enjoyable study. You study about 10-15 verses per week and do the associated study guide. We’ve had a lot of great discussions in our Life Group. We have also enjoyed studying books less well known in general. How often do you pick up the bible and read 2 Peter? On a side note, both Aaron and I have been very pleased overall with several Life Chang series books.” - Katie Kinney
Crazy Love – Francis Chan
(10 week study)
“Great study. The DVD is great as it really gets the group to open up and think about the chapter. Highly recommend.” – Jeff Fletcher
“One of the best series/studies I have ever taken part in because the book and video did NOT repeat each other and the few weekly group discussion questions everyone could share on. The material Chan covered, was written to the lukewarm church pushing /encouraging people to really fall in love with Jesus and to live a life surrendered to Him. This life is not about us.” – Gary Wallman
Nooma Series – Rob Bell
“Good short videos to open the group up and to talk about various topics. Rob Bell has recently had some controversy in regards to his new book, so this may be something to talk about and let the group know. Of the videos we watched, we didn’t see anything theologically unsound.” – Jeff Fletcher
David Developing a Heart for God – Jack Kuhatschek
(12 week study)
“A good 12 week series on David. The questions are good but not great. Some weeks there was a lot of discussion and depth, other weeks there were very little. Overall, decent character study.” – Jeff Fletcher
The Power of a Whisper – Bill Hybels
(DVD – 4 week study)
“a church wide study in 2011 – tons of positive feedback from multiple Life Group leadership as well as Life Group members” – Beth Wallman
InterActions – Small Group Series
Marriage -Building Real Intimacy – Bill Hybels
(6 Lessons)
Character –Reclaiming Six Endangered Qualities – Bill Hybels
(6 Lessons)
Parenting – How to Raise Spiritually Healthy Kids – Bill Hybels
(6 Lessons)
Community Your Path to Spiritual Progress – Andy Stanley
The God Questions – Exploring Life’s Great Questions about God
Hal Seed and Dan Grider
3:16 – Max Lucado
Building Healthy Relationships
Love – Peter Scazzero
(6 Lessons)
Doing Justice, Showing Mercy
Christian Action in Today’s World – Vinita Hampton Wright
(13 Lessons)
Song of Songs
A Dialogue of Intimacy
(8 Lessons)
Secrets of the Vine – Bruce Wilkinson
40 Days of Purpose – Rick Warren
Grace – an invitation to a way of life
John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, Judson Poling
Fully Devoted – living each day in Jesus’ name
John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, Judson Poling
Imagine Life Gods Way
Parables (6 Lessons)
John Ortberg with Kevin and Sherry Harney
Love Each Other
1 John (6 Lessons)
John Ortberg with Kevin and Sherry Harney
Stand Strong
1 Peter (6 Lessons)
Bill Hybels with Kevin and Sherry Harney