Seasonal Bible Studies
Get the most out of your celebration of the season with Bible studies that explore the meaning and the significance of Easter, Christmas, New Years, and Thanksgiving.
New Year's Studies Easter Studies Lent: 40-day Studies Lent: Studies on the Life of Jesus Lent: Studies on the Book of John Thanksgiving Studies Christmas Studies
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The Books of the Bible: The Writings (John Walton)
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Join pastor Jeff Manion (New Testament) and teacher John Walton (Old Testament) as they look at the context and purpose for each book of the Bible as part of The Books of the Bible series used in the Community Bible Experience campaign.
Less like a Bible study, more like a book club, the Communi...
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The Case for Christmas (Lee Strobel)
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Even when he was an atheist, Lee Strobel enjoyed the Christmas season–the gift-giving, holiday parties, and being with friends and family. But after his wife became a Christian, Lee started to investigate the real meaning behind all those nativity scenes he had seen outside of churches. In this f...
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The Christ Files (John Dickson)
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In The Christ Files, historian Dr. John Dickson sets out to discover what we can know for certain about the life of Jesus. In a captivating journey across the globe, this four-session, video-based study examines ancient documents and consults the world’s most respected historians and scholars. Fi...
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The Daniel Plan (Rick Warren)
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This six-session video-based, small group Bible study from Rick Warren, Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Mark Hyman is an innovative approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle that is both transformational and sustainable because it is about abundant choices, not diet deprivation. With assistance from medi...
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The Daniel Plan: Faith (Gary Thomas & Dee Eastman)
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In this four-session, video-based group study, Gary Thomas and Dee Eastman discuss the first Essential of the Daniel Plan: Faith. This study lays out the foundations for a life that is healthy in mind, body, and spirit. In each session, you'll hear from those who have incorporated The Daniel Plan...
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The Daniel Plan: Fitness (Sean Foy, Basheerah Ahmad, Dee Eastman)
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In this four-session video-based study, The Daniel Plan team explores both the spiritual and the health benefits of following a healthy lifestyle by focusing on the third essential of The Daniel Plan: Fitness. Each session will highlight testimony from those who have incorporated The Daniel Plan ...
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The Daniel Plan: Focus (Dr. Daniel Amen & Dee Eastman)
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In this four-session video-based study, the Daniel Plan team explores the spiritual and physical benefits of following a healthy lifestyle by focusing on the fourth essential of the Daniel Plan: Focus. Each session will highlight testimony from those who have incorporated The Daniel Plan into the...
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The Daniel Plan: Food (Dr. Mark Hyman & Dee Eastman)
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In this four-session video-based study, the Daniel Plan team explores the spiritual and physical benefits of following a healthy lifestyle by focusing on the second essential of the Daniel Plan: Food. Each session will highlight testimony from those who have incorporated The Daniel Plan into thei...
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The Daniel Plan: Friends (Dr. John Townsend & Dee Eastman)
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In this four-session video-based study, the Daniel Plan team explores the spiritual and physical benefits of following a healthy lifestyle by focusing on the fifth and final essential of The Daniel Plan: Friends. Each session will highlight testimony from those who have incorporated The Daniel Pl...
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The Jesus I Never Knew (Philip Yancey)
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In this six-session video video-based study, the drama and immediacy of motion pictures are used to compare well- and little-known film portraits of Jesus with the Jesus of the Bible. In each session, you'll obtain fresh, uncluttered perspectives on history's central figure—his radical claims, hi...
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The Mission of Jesus (Ray Vander Laan)
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This five-session small group Bible study, The Mission of Jesus, by noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume fourteen of the 16-part That the World May Know series.
In The Mission of Jesus, filmed on-location at Benjamin, Capernaum, Susita, Decapolis, Rome, Khirbet Midras, and th...
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The New Testament Challenge (Jeff Manion)
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Want to shake up the way you read the Bible? Take the New Testament Challenge! Read through the whole New Testament in a simple but revolutionary edition of the New Testament called The Books of the Bible, New Testament. By reading this Bible, which arranges the books in a disruptive yet insightf...
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The Path to the Cross (Ray Vander Laan)
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This five-session small group Bible study, The Path to the Cross, by noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume eleven of the 16-part That the World May Know filmed-on-location series.
In The Path to the Cross, filmed on-location at Qumran, the wilderness of Judea, Mareshah, and Ge...
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The Problem of Jesus: Answering a Skeptic's Challenges (Mark Clark)
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In The Problem of Jesus Video Study, author and pastor Mark Clark examines why Jesus was such a scandal in the ancient world and what that scandal has to do with our lives today. From demons to miracles, from why we tell lies to questions about heaven, hell, and the purpose of life—Jesus speaks t...
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S1: Bethlehem: Where It All Began (The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi)
Discover the significance of some of the details of the story of Jesus' birth you may have overlooked: Why was Jesus born in a cave? What is the meaning of the manger in which he was placed? What is significant about his swaddling cloths? In what time of year was Jesus born, and why does it matte...
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S6: Jerusalem: Crucifixion and Resurrection (The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi)
There are nuances in the way Jesus was treated from the moment of his arrest through to his death that escape most modern-day readers. The process of Jesus' arrest, trial, procession to Golgotha, and crucifixion bear striking parallels to the Roman procession known as the *triumph.* Rabbi Sobel ...
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The Story of Jesus (Randy Frazee)
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To understand the Bible, says author and pastor Randy Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God’s story, the tale of his gre...
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Unoffendable (Brant Hansen)
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Having "righteous anger" is just a myth. While we all will get angry at times—after all, we are human—the Bible tells us we are not to hold onto it. In fact, Christians are supposed to forfeit their right to be offended—and give up their right to be angry. And as it turns out, when we do this we ...
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Unstuffed (Ruth Soukup)
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Ruth Soukup, New York Times bestselling author and popular blogger, knows all too well how overwhelming it can feel to have a life filled with too many things. In this four-session video study Ruth uses personal stories, biblical truth, and practical action plans to inspire and empower you to fin...
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Unwavering (Stasi Eldredge)
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In this six-week video study, Unwavering, Stasi Eldredge draws powerful lessons from her book, Defiant Joy, to help us defy, resist, and oppose the powers that threaten to destroy our souls and steal our joy. For instance, we may be whiplashed by an unexpected crisis. Or, fear may have gripped us...
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Walk as Jesus Walked (Ray Vander Laan)
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This five-session small group bible study, Walked As Jesus Walked, by noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume seven of the 16-part That the World May Know series.
In Walked As Jesus Walked, filmed on-location at Mount Carmel, Aphrodisius, Galatia, Lystra, and Cappadocia (Turkey)...
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Waymaker (Ann Voskamp)
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Join New York Times best-selling author Ann Voskamp as she teaches you S.A.C.R.E.D., a daily habit, a rule of life, a way of life that will reorient your soul in relation to God through Scripture and prayer and study. Waymaker goes beyond just a new set of spiritual practices. In this study, Ann...
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What Makes You Happy (Andy Stanley)
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Everybody wants to be happy. Everybody is on a happiness quest. For many, happiness is measured in moments. Experiences. It's elusive. Unsustainable. What about you? What makes you happy? Something comes to mind for each of us. Pastor Andy Stanley examines the ways in which we tend to define happ...
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What on Earth am I Here For? (Rick Warren)
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You are about to embark on a journey of discovery. Throughout this six-session video-based study by Rick Warren you are going to discover the answer to life’s most fundamental question: “What on earth am I hear for?”
And here’s a clue to the answer: “It’s not about you…You were created by God an...