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You can't change the fact that you are getting older. And, indeed, you may not want to! Age brings many gifts and opportunities for continued growth. In nine study sessions, Dale and Sandy Larsen help you discover the Bible's perspective on aging. You'll discover how God can effectively and powerfully use those who have grown wiser with the passing years. This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP's revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a new "Now or Later" section following each session to help you act on what you learn.
Series: Lifeguide Bible Studies
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: IVP Connect; Student/Stdy Gde edition (August 7, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0830830448
ISBN-13: 978-0830830442
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.2 x 8.2 inches
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I have found this little booklet very helpful in preparing a series of Sunday School discussions on the topic of wisdom. Most of the people in our class are retired, but not all. This booklet uses several examples from the Old Testament, and a few from the New Testament, to illustrate how Bible characters demonstrate both wisdom and folly.Each lesson is a few pages, mostly of well formed study questions, to be sure you engage the passage - which is usually about 10 to 15 verses long. There are also good personal reflection and group discussion questions to help start the discussion and finish it with personal application. Spanning the Bible as it does helps keep things interesting from one lesson to the next. It will help if the leader has background with the entire Bible so they can set the story context in some detail as the scenes and centuries change from lesson to lesson. The booklet provides only minimal story background so experience as a Bible teacher is helpful, but not absolutely required, to lead from this booklet. There is a set of leader notes in the back and these are accessible to leader and other group members alike (same book for both). We did not use these much, but the few I have seen looked pretty good.My favorite lesson is from 1Kings 12 where Rehoboam fails to listen to his elders and instead takes more reckless advise from his young peers. This choice based on pride and comfort is all too common in most everyone's experience and it usually leads to trouble as it did for Israel in Rehoboam's time. The booklet is good in choosing lesser studied passages such as this as well as better known ones from the life of Moses, Paul and others.
Growing Older & Wiser (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Advanced Style: Older & Wiser Old Testament Characters: 12 Studies for Individuals or Groups, With Notes for Leaders (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Romans: Becoming New in Christ : 19 Studies in 2 Parts for Individuals or Groups (Lifeguide Bible Studies) PSALMS: Prayers of the Heart - 12 Studies for Individuals or Groups (Lifeguide Bible Studies ) Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults) The Messiah: The Texts Behind Handel's Masterpiece (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Parables: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Lifeguide Bible Studies) John: The Way to True Life (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Proverbs: Learning to Live Wisely (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Sermon on the Mount (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Meeting God (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Genesis: God's Creative Call (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Hebrews: Race to Glory (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Paul: His Life and Teaching (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Women of the Old Testament (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Galatians: Why God Accepts Us (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Philippians: Jesus Our Joy (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Matthew: Being Discipled by Jesus (Lifeguide Bible Studies) Acts: Seeing God's Power in Action (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
