Faith: A Bible Study on James for Women

Delighting in the Word

by Keri Folmar

James is a letter written to a suffering church to spur them on to live authentic lives of faith. Faith: A Bible Study on James for Women guides you in an in-depth study of the letter of James. One of the few truly inductive Bible studies written for women, Faith will impress the truths of James upon your heart and equip you to more effectively study any book of the Bible. With each week's chapter divided into sections for five days of study, it can be used as a tool for personal devotions or to guide discussion among groups of any size. Studying James using this resource will cause you to delight in the Scriptures and encourage you to live more effectively for Jesus and his gospel.

Genres: Christian, Devotional

136 pages, Spiral-bound

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Keri Folmar is the wife of John Folmar, pastor of the United Christian Church of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and the mother of three children. In a previous life, as chief counsel of House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, she was staff writer of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban.

Reviews

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just finished up a 10 week Bible study on James. This book was broken into 10 weeks with basically 5 days of homework for each week (read through certain verses and answer questions), so this book was basically those questions coded as either observation (get answers directly from text), interpretation (what was the meaning), or application (apply to your own life). So I would read through the verses in James each week that were listed in the book, answer questions and then would meet with my group on Wed. Nights to either go through these questions and/or go though James itself and discuss. James is a short book, only 5 chapters and in my Bible only 4 pages, so this dove pretty deep and was pretty convicting for everyone in my group. Themes in James included humility, rich vs poor, patience, trials, steadfastness, judging, and praying. Some of the questions were somewhat tough to answer and some of them weren't really questions but more of statements or directions, but overall enjoyed going through this and learned a lot.

[Lauren Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Bible study for women but even greater if you’re discipling those who are adolescents! Keri really helps the participants to sit in the text and meditate on what Gods word is revealing about Himself! This is the second study I’ve done by her with a junior high student and I have seen how we both are more prone to using scripture to interpret scripture.

My only critique is that some of the questions seems repetitive in a way that isn’t necessarily productive but other than that, I have found it useful and approachable.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series of study guides! Instruction is clear and biblically faithful. I also love that this author uses symbols to illustrate when a question involves observation, interpretation, or application which is particularly helpful when utilizing with folks newer to Bible study. Keri Folmar’s Bible studies are a gift the the Church!

[Marjorie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Loved being in James with this study.

[Narmada Adikari · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a refresher. In depth study of the book of James. Good self examination questions and mature way of looking at sufferings and trials. I really im so helped by this book. Highly recommend it.

[Darcy Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent Bible Study for the current climate of our world. Believers were scattered all over the world after Stephen was stoned and needed James’ guidance to keep their faith strong and not give into fear. During our current situation of social distancing, we too are missing time spent with other believers and struggle with fears. This study really helped me to see what it means to have a steadfast faith even in the midst of trials.

[Lexi Zuo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a greet Bible study!! Loving digging deeper into James and I especially loved learning more how to do an inductive Bible study. Highly recommend!!

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Folmar causes you to think and raises insightful things on which to mediate and question yourself.

[Beth Salas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this study! The application questions stirred up great conversations and questions. 💚