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Saved Leader's Guide: Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Acts
Lead a Study of the Book of Acts with Confidence Using This Extensive Leader’s Guide
In the Saved book and video series, bestselling author Nancy Guthrie offers a friendly and theologically rich walk through the entire book of Acts. This leader’s guide provides everything needed to facilitate a group study using the book or video series, including tips for structuring your study, personal Bible study questions with possible answers, and group discussion questions with possible answers for every lesson. While the personal Bible study questions are designed to get participants into the detail of the text and prepare them for the teaching in the book chapter or video session, the group discussion questions are designed to generate meaningful discussion and application. The leader’s guide also includes a printable list of the group discussion questions that can be duplicated to give to participants.
This essential guide provides facilitators with everything needed to organize and conduct meaningful times as a group using the book or video series, followed by a discussion of the truths in the book of Acts and its implications for our lives.
Everything Needed to Facilitate Bible This leader’s guide to the book Saved provides not only questions but also suggested answers to the question to fully equip the leader Written by Nancy Experienced Bible study curriculum writer, author of the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series and the award-winning book Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Revelation Part of the Saved Suite of Also includes the book, the personal Bible study, and a video series (sold separately) Ideal for Small Groups, Bible Studies, and Women’s Groups
In the Saved book and video series, bestselling author Nancy Guthrie offers a friendly and theologically rich walk through the entire book of Acts. This leader’s guide provides everything needed to facilitate a group study using the book or video series, including tips for structuring your study, personal Bible study questions with possible answers, and group discussion questions with possible answers for every lesson. While the personal Bible study questions are designed to get participants into the detail of the text and prepare them for the teaching in the book chapter or video session, the group discussion questions are designed to generate meaningful discussion and application. The leader’s guide also includes a printable list of the group discussion questions that can be duplicated to give to participants.
This essential guide provides facilitators with everything needed to organize and conduct meaningful times as a group using the book or video series, followed by a discussion of the truths in the book of Acts and its implications for our lives.
Everything Needed to Facilitate Bible This leader’s guide to the book Saved provides not only questions but also suggested answers to the question to fully equip the leader Written by Nancy Experienced Bible study curriculum writer, author of the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series and the award-winning book Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Revelation Part of the Saved Suite of Also includes the book, the personal Bible study, and a video series (sold separately) Ideal for Small Groups, Bible Studies, and Women’s Groups
256 pages, Paperback
Published August 27, 2024
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About the author
Nancy Guthrie
55 books572 followersNancy Guthrie teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including through her Biblical Theology Workshops for Women. She is the author of numerous books and the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast at The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband host Respite Retreats for couples who have faced the death of child and are co-hosts of the GriefShare video series.
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September 14, 2024
This leader's guide is designed for people who are leading a group Bible study based on Nancy Guthrie's Saved book or video series, along with the companion Bible study workbook. The leader's guide includes introductory suggestions for managing the group, reproduces all of the questions from the Bible study workbook along with example answers, and includes group discussion questions with example answers.
At the beginning, Guthrie describes different ways to format the group study, and she offers ideas for how to gently handle different issues that might arise in the group, such as the group constantly getting off-topic, someone dominating the discussion, or people not completing their homework. The author suggests different possibilities for what the root issue might be, and provides insight into how leaders can address common problems while also being sensitive to all of the people involved.
The bulk of the book focuses on the seventeen lessons, giving the leader all of the Bible study questions and example answers, and all of the discussion questions and example answers. Guthrie emphasizes that the leader should do their own independent Bible study with the workbook first, and that study participants shouldn't use this book.
She instructs leaders to use the sample answers as a helpful resource when their group gets stuck, rather than regularly referencing this book and presenting its contents as the "right" answer. Guthrie says that many participants will come up with different ideas and angles that the sample answers don't include, and that people should feel free to share their thoughts and perspectives from their own study, without feeling constrained by a single "right" answer.
At the end of the book, there is a section that includes just the discussion questions. Leaders are allowed to copy these pages and distribute them to study participants, and this is also an easy way to reference them during the study.
Overall, this book can definitely be helpful, especially if someone is new to leading a Bible study. However, I think that this leader's guide is overpriced at the list price of $29.99, and that the start-up costs for this study are unnecessarily high. Someone doesn't have to buy the video series AND the original book unless they want to, because the teaching content in them is supposed to be interchangeable. However, to present this study the way it is designed, a study leader will need to buy one or the other, along with the Bible study workbook and the leader's guide.
I wish that the leader's guide also included the consumable pages from the Bible study workbook. As things stand, leaders are expected to spend money on both books, and they will having to shuffle back and forth between them during the group study, as they reference their own study answers and the content in the leader's guide. This adds potential stress and confusion, along with the unnecessary expense.
Ultimately, I think that this leader's guide is an optional purchase. If someone has enough experience studying the Bible that they feel confident to lead a study without sample answers, then they would probably only use this for the lists of discussion questions. They would be better off creating their own, instead of spending money on this book. I would only recommend this book to someone who feels uncertain and unprepared to lead a Bible study, and who wants the security of having sample answers to reference at any point.
I received a free copy from the publisher through Amazon Vine, and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
At the beginning, Guthrie describes different ways to format the group study, and she offers ideas for how to gently handle different issues that might arise in the group, such as the group constantly getting off-topic, someone dominating the discussion, or people not completing their homework. The author suggests different possibilities for what the root issue might be, and provides insight into how leaders can address common problems while also being sensitive to all of the people involved.
The bulk of the book focuses on the seventeen lessons, giving the leader all of the Bible study questions and example answers, and all of the discussion questions and example answers. Guthrie emphasizes that the leader should do their own independent Bible study with the workbook first, and that study participants shouldn't use this book.
She instructs leaders to use the sample answers as a helpful resource when their group gets stuck, rather than regularly referencing this book and presenting its contents as the "right" answer. Guthrie says that many participants will come up with different ideas and angles that the sample answers don't include, and that people should feel free to share their thoughts and perspectives from their own study, without feeling constrained by a single "right" answer.
At the end of the book, there is a section that includes just the discussion questions. Leaders are allowed to copy these pages and distribute them to study participants, and this is also an easy way to reference them during the study.
Overall, this book can definitely be helpful, especially if someone is new to leading a Bible study. However, I think that this leader's guide is overpriced at the list price of $29.99, and that the start-up costs for this study are unnecessarily high. Someone doesn't have to buy the video series AND the original book unless they want to, because the teaching content in them is supposed to be interchangeable. However, to present this study the way it is designed, a study leader will need to buy one or the other, along with the Bible study workbook and the leader's guide.
I wish that the leader's guide also included the consumable pages from the Bible study workbook. As things stand, leaders are expected to spend money on both books, and they will having to shuffle back and forth between them during the group study, as they reference their own study answers and the content in the leader's guide. This adds potential stress and confusion, along with the unnecessary expense.
Ultimately, I think that this leader's guide is an optional purchase. If someone has enough experience studying the Bible that they feel confident to lead a study without sample answers, then they would probably only use this for the lists of discussion questions. They would be better off creating their own, instead of spending money on this book. I would only recommend this book to someone who feels uncertain and unprepared to lead a Bible study, and who wants the security of having sample answers to reference at any point.
I received a free copy from the publisher through Amazon Vine, and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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