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In this new six- session youth study, high school students will review various teachings from Jesus found in the Bible and consider how to implement them in today's world. Teens will also be challenged to examine how they can personally apply the tea...

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$26.00

A Look at Those Who Knew Jesus
A Youth Lenten Study

By KATHY WOLF REED

Discover the importance of those who were around Jesus in this six- session youth Lenten study pack. Together youth will learn about six different groups from Jesus' time, including the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Essenes, the Zealots, the disciple...

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Theology literally means thinking about God. In fact, Christians have created a ■number of models for thinking about God. This can be fulfilling but it raises some ■vexing questions, as well. Are we all thinking about the same God? In the same ■way? Which model is best? Is only one true? Does the Bible go far enough in ■defining God for us? How can we share a faith if we're not all on the same ■page? This study will help clarify this confusing issue.

Ash Wednesday and Lent

By Michael Waschevski

Ash Wednesday and Lent are times during the liturgical year when Christians can give deep and serious consideration to their faith through the practices of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. In the one-session adult study "Ash Wednesday and Lent," Chri...

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$7.50

Easter Study Pack

By Various Authors

Acknowledging and celebrating the resurrection of Christ is the most important aspect of our faith. Easter is the longest season of the church year, lasting fifty days until Pentecost (which means fifty in Greek). These seven weeks allow us to explor...

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$25.00

Gospel Portraits of Jesus
A Lenten Study Pack

By Donald L. Griggs

What can we learn about Jesus from the multitude of names he is given in the New Testament? Plenty! Welcome to a six-week course that will explore a number of the names and titles for Jesus that appear in the four Gospels, with some attention to rele...

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$26.00

Learning Forgiveness
A Lenten Study

By Marjorie J. Thompson

In this six-session study, we'll consider the various aspects of forgiveness, a concept perhaps more central to Christianity than to any other religion.Christians differ widely in their interpretations of how forgiveness should be practiced. Some urg...

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$26.00

Pausing on the Road to Jerusalem
A Lenten Study

By Christy Lang, Michael L. Lindvall

This study is built around the Common Lectionary Gospel readings for the five Sundays in Lent and Palm/Passion Sunday of 2007 (Year C). As a Lenten study, it ends with anticipating--indeed aching for--Easter Sunday. But Easter is another story and an...

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$26.00

Reflections on the Lord's Prayer
A Lenten Study

By J. Ellsworth Kalas, Carol A. Wehrheim

Do you remember the first time you heard the Lord's Prayer? Most of us not only can't remember when we first heard this prayer, we can't remember when we memorized it--because our memorizing was not a conscious effort; it was simply the process of he...

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$26.00

Seeing Ourselves in Those Confronted by Jesus
An Adult Lenten Study

By Marianne Blickenstaff

Discover the importance of those who were around Jesus in this new six- session Adult Lenten study pack. Christians will learn about groups from Jesus' time, including the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essens, and Zealots. They will also be challenged to con...

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$26.00

Seven Deadly Sins and Holy Virtues
A Lenten Study for Youth

By David Maxwell

Can you name the seven deadly sins? How about the seven heavenly virtues? This playfully engaging, yet deadly serious seven-session youth study explores the famous list of seven deadly sins, or vices, and their corresponding heavenly virtues that Chr...

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$26.00

Spiritual Practices for Lent

By KATHY WOLF REED

Giving up an indulgence for Lent is a form of spiritual discipline, but it may sometimes be difficult for youth to see that there are other faithful ways to observe Lent besides depriving themselves of chocolate or Facebook. This one-session youth st...

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$7.50

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me
A Lenten Study for Youth on Six Crosses

By Sam Halverson

During the several weeks leading up to Easter Sunday, we are invited to take a journey to explore the meaning and symbolism of the cross. This Lenten series for youth focuses on six crosses of Jesus that have been widely used over the course of Chris...

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$26.00

Walking the Way of the Cross with Paul
A Lenten Study Pack

By David Rensberger

The apostle Paul has often been considered a controversial figure in early Christianity, especially in modern times. Paul's own complex and sometimes contradictory writings are partly responsible for his mixed image. Yet at the heart of his difficult...

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This study for Christian youth helps to understand the meaning of Lent, using ■history, the Bible, and current topics.

What Is Lent?

By KATHY WOLF REED

For many, Lent is a time when we challenge ourselves to give up something that holds more power over us than we know it should. And while (to a certain extent) the practices of giving up personal indulgences do capture the meaning of the Lenten journ...

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$7.50

Will You Come and Follow Me?
An Adult Lenten Study on Hymns

By Mary Louise Bringle, Beverly Howard

Sing (or read!) your way through this Lenten season with "Will You Come and Follow Me? An Adult Lenten Study on Hymns." Written by Mary Louise (Mel) Bringle and Beverly Howard, this six-session adult study pack takes a look at the text of various Len...

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$26.00