This six-session Bible study on 1 Peter by Juan R. Sanchez Jr will inspire you to live with joy and hope in the face of hardships.
Each session will draw you to look closely at the Bible text and apply it meaningfully to your everyday life. It includes questions that open up discussion, optional personal reflections, and a concise Leader’s Guide.
Flexible and easy to use, Good Book Guides are perfect for both groups and individuals.
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“The Good Book Guides are a fantastic resource for small-groups and personal study. I've used many of them myself. For a busy small-group leader, or a Christian looking for refreshment in his or her devotional life, these come so highly recommended.” - Sam Allberry, Pastor and Author
“Each guide in this series provides a framework for your group to dig into the text of Scripture for itself while providing enough of a steer to keep you on track plus useful pointers towards application. The result is a great combination of fidelity to Scripture and ease of use.” - Tim Chester, Crosslands Training; Author
(Review written for '1 Peter: Living Well on the Way Home')
I was delighted to recieve free copies copy of this guide as part of the early reader team, as I love the whole Good Book Guide series. As a regular Bible study leader who has used a whole range of different study guides, they are always my go-to: they are just far, far better quality than anything else I've come across.
And in some ways this study fits that: it's the same helpful format, the same excellent design, the same careful attention to what the passage actually says. But it's still a disappointment - it's the weakest I've used in ...the series so far.
The main issues is that the questions are mostly of the blindingly obvious 'what does this say' type - the kind that can come across as mildly insulting to the intelligence of group members. They aren't particularly helpful in getting to the heart of the passage either. All the difficult issues in 1 Peter (and boy are there some difficult bits!) are skimmed over in a way no group I've ever led would be satisfied with.
There are other issues, too. I don't think many groups could get through the whole guide in only 6 sessions. That, to be fair, is the main issue with the series as a whole. At least there are natural break points in the studies, so that you can easily split most of them in half.
If you have a group that's really brand-new to the Bible and willing to let you just tell them what the hard bits mean, this could still be a good study. And it's still better than most other series: at least it really gets to grips with the text. But sadly, I wouldn't recommend it for a series for well-established Christians.
(Review written for '1 Peter: Living Well on the Way Home')
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