Weekly Sermon Guide
This guide is produced weekly and is available on our sermons page (click here) or at the Guest Information Desk. Each guide is designed to provide a road map through the sermon text so that individuals or groups might understand and apply the truths found in the passage. These guides also include Leader Notes which include brief discussions of context and background as well as commentary on the selected passage. These guides are appropriate for all small groups.


Jesus, the Early Years: Understanding the Savior by Serendipity House
This study focuses on the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Mark as a way of introducing the person and ministry of Jesus, what He said and did in history. Groups will find a healthy balance of fellowship and Bible study built into the guide as well as helpful tips in applying the truths about Jesus to their everyday lives and settings. This guide is appropriate for beginning or growing groups that have been together less than a year and includes tools designed to aid groups in assessing and charting their next steps together. 


Mark: A Double-Edged Bible Study by TH1NK: LifeChange
This twelve week study is designed to help readers understand both the thematic and specific truths found in Mark in a way that guides them to real life application. The guide provides helpful background information to the books and general guidance to foster connections and dialogue around the text thus leaving room for the leader to tailor a meeting that meets the needs of their individual group. This guide is appropriate for maturing small groups.



Listening for God through Mark: Lectio Divina Bible Study by Wesleyan Publishing House
Using selected passages from the Gospel of Mark, this guide encourages individuals and groups to slow down and prayerfully respond to God using the ancient spiritual discipline of Lectio divina (divine reading). This spiritual discipline has been used across the ages as a way of communicating with God through Scripture. The study guides its readers to this communication with God by encouraging silence, the preparation of one's heart and mind, the reading and meditation upon the text, prayer, contemplation, and application of truth. This guide is appropriate primarily for individuals but also may be used by groups who desire a more contemplative approach to encountering God through the Bible.

Zondervan Handbook to the Bible
The Zondervan Handbook to the Bible is one of the best-selling Bible handbooks available today. With hundreds of color photographs and articles by some of the best modern biblical scholars this handbook provides readers with an overview of each book of the Bible as well as pertinent background and contextual information. This work is a fundamental resource for every student of the Bible.
 


Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels by Bruce J. malina and Richard L. Rohrbaugh.
This commentary is essential for every person who wants to understand the culture of the New Testament. The authors help readers to remove their twenty-first century cultural biases in order to read and interpret the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) through an ancient first-century point of view. This commentary also offers indispensable arti\cles on kinship, family dynamics, demon-possession and healings in the ancient world, and many others that will facilitate a deeper understanding of the entire New Testament.