Sermon-based Lessons

Recently, Josh has written sermon based lessons that go along with my weekly sermons to my congregation. This has provided a new level of alignment between the topics I present from the pulpit and the conversations that happen in our Connection Groups. Our people love it and it is a great complement to our worship services. 

Stephen Cutchins,
Pastor, North Augusta Baptist

Good Questions Have Groups Talking

Our little church has really enjoyed Good Questions. They love the open discussion. We have grown too! The local folks are buzzing about Providence Sunday school.
Only by the grace of God.
Tina Leonard

Why we must discuss

We are changed more by what we say than what we hear. People who speak words of gratitude become more grateful. People who speak words of love become more loving. People who complain become grumpier. We must lead people to be people who are, "speaking the truth in love, we will grow." (Ephesians 4.15

Good Questions Have Groups Talking

Good Questions have groups talking, thinking, growing, pondering, changing. We have 100 examples of Jesus using questions to teach. The classic example is when He led his disciples through a series of questions to have Peter declare, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Jesus knew that when Peter declared this truth, he would be changed by it.

Good Questions Save You Time

If you have been studying and teaching the Bible for a while, prep time can be greatly reduced through the use of Good Questions. Perhaps you are a pastor and/or have been to seminary and/or have just been studying the Bible for years. All you need is 20 or so ready-to-use questions and you are good to go.

Weary of Struggling to Find Teachers?

I used to struggle to find and recruit Sunday School teachers -before I started writing Good Questions that Have Groups Talking.

Small Group Life's Two Biggest Problems

When I was a Group Pastor I had two problems

  1. I couldn’t get enough leaders
  2. Many of the leaders I did have were boring

How could Good Questions solve both of these problems?

We had the privilege of hosting Josh Hunt for our mid winter Sunday Morning Bible Study leadership conference. The emphasis on investing and building relationships is the key to reaching our society today. If you have not had the opportunity to have Josh Hunt in your church or attend one of his conferences, make plans to involve your leadership. His concepts will make a difference in your thinking about how simple it really is to reach out to people.

Charles Stanley

Josh Hunt believes in the power of the small group ministry in your church. And, his belief is contagious. In his new book, Make My Group Grow, Josh presents sound application to easy to understand research that will benefit every size and style of church. Your groups and leadership will benefit from this book.

Ed Stetzer

Josh Hunt’s book should be read by all who are looking for new ways to reach people.

Rick Warren

Discussion-based Lessons

Discussion-based Lessons

Discussion-based lessons have groups talking and changing. We are changed more by what we say than what we hear. "Instead SPEAKING the truth (not just hearing the truth) we will grow." Ephesians 4.15 https://www.youtube.com/embed/lduldVUA8-4

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Leaders Are Gifted to Equip God’s People for Service 

Leaders Are Gifted to Equip God’s People for Service 

This passage begins with a statement that “Christ himself gave.” Transformation begins and ends with grace. God provides significant leaders in different places to help mature His body, but the focus is never supposed to be on the leaders. It’s always on the One who...

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Evangelism in the Workplace

Evangelism in the Workplace

The workplace has changed. These days, people try to get to work as early as possible to beat traffic. They skip coffee breaks. They eat lunch at their desk. They rush out at the end of the day to beat rush hour traffic and then pick up their children. How does...

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REDEFINING SIN

REDEFINING SIN

“All these years I’ve been slaving for you.” Two Ways to Find Happiness Jesus uses the younger and elder brothers to portray the two basic ways people try to find happiness and fulfillment: the way of moral conformity and the way of self-discovery. Each acts as a lens...

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The Dechurching of America

The Dechurching of America

I just finished a haunting historical description of the church in my lifetime. I’d like to offer a suggestion. But, before I do, let me give you an excerpt from the book: From 1870 to 1895, church attendance more than doubled, from 13.5 million people to 32.7...

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How Science Points to a Creator

How Science Points to a Creator

Albert Einstein published his equations of general relativity in 1915, and a Dutch astronomer named Willem de Sitter discovered a solution to them that predicted an expanding universe. The importance of these discoveries showed the world that the universe was...

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Please, Sorry, Thanks

Please, Sorry, Thanks

According to linguists, abracadabra is the most universally used word that doesn’t need translation.[1] It’s a word employed by magicians, but the etymology is more spiritual than magical. The ancient words A’bra K’dabra mean “As I speak, I shall create.”[2] In other...

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Creative Ways to Do Hospitality

Creative Ways to Do Hospitality

I live on a street where the men have a habit of watering the front lawn by hand with a garden hose. I’m sure their wives are asking, “Why can’t you use a sprinkler?” The men probably argue that a sprinkler wastes water. But, deep down, the real reason is that it...

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Growing Faith

Growing Faith

SOME YEARS AGO we planted a tree on the west side of our house expecting it to grow and eventually shade us from the afternoon sun. We were disappointed because, for some reason, the tree didn’t grow. It didn’t die, but neither did it grow. Possibly, it was because it...

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Why you can’t grow spiritually without your pastor

Why you can’t grow spiritually without your pastor

God’s Gift of Specialists Up to this point, we have explored the foundations of our new life in Christ and the process of transformation into His image. But, as we’ve seen, the specifics of God’s design involve other members of the team, the church. As Paul turns from...

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Only this can fill the deep emptiness within

Only this can fill the deep emptiness within

Deep in our souls, like the woman at the well, we thirst for joy, security, meaning, unconditional love, and belonging. Our thirst for these things is not wrong. The places we seek them are. The glory of God is the water for which we thirst. His love is the security...

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The Secret Sauce of Evangelism

The Secret Sauce of Evangelism

As an Asian kid, when I was growing up, I never noticed roof racks on cars. That’s because Asian parents aren’t big on roof racks. They have no need to own roof racks because they don’t go surfing or camping. The whole reason your Asian parents make you study so hard...

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Why it is impossible to grow alone

Why it is impossible to grow alone

If you’ve spent any time watching home-improvement shows on TV, you’ve seen plenty of examples of transformation. Often a married couple or partners in real estate and renovation, both with enormous know-how and creativity, take an out-of-date, sometimes dilapidated...

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The Lost Elder Brother

The Lost Elder Brother

When the elder brother hears from the servants that his younger brother has returned and has been reinstated by his father, he is furious. Now it is his turn to disgrace the father. He refuses to go in to what is perhaps the biggest feast and public event his father...

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4 ways to deal with disappointment

4 ways to deal with disappointment

Tim Keller says that when we experience the inevitable disappointment that comes from drinking out of a broken cistern, we respond in one of four ways: Blame the idol. We assume that we simply chose the wrong idol and resolve to make a better choice next time. “Well,...

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Moving the conversation deeper into evangelism

Moving the conversation deeper into evangelism

Typically, as we engage in conversation, we’ll naturally progress through the interests and values layers to reach the final worldviews layer. If we earn enough trust in the interests layer, we’ll be allowed to progress to the values layer. If we navigate the values...

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What does the Bible teach about final judgement?

What does the Bible teach about final judgement?

Truth #3: Every person will be judged and granted the extended capacity to fulfill in eternity the deepest yearnings and desires of their hearts while on earth. Let’s unpack Truth #3 phrase by phrase. First, every person will be judged. Believers and nonbelievers will...

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Deeper Discipleship

Deeper Discipleship

There is an inverse relationship between the size of the group and the amount of life change. The smaller the group, the greater the change. DISCIPLESHIP MEANS LIFE CHANGE We are not out to make smarter sinners.We are out to make disciples. People who love the Lord...

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Let Your Roots Grow Deep 

Let Your Roots Grow Deep 

A lot is packed into Ephesians 4:7–10, the four verses we’ve covered in this chapter. They present the basis of our transformation in the cross and resurrection of Jesus, the resounding victory He declared and implemented in the dark, obscure time between those two...

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Madonna’s emptiness — and ours

Madonna’s emptiness — and ours

Artist-musician Madonna made a career out of pushing the limits of morality. Every few years she seemed to come out with something more outrageous. Tim Keller references a statement she made in an interview with Vogue magazine where she explained why: My drive in life...

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THE TWO LOST SONS

THE TWO LOST SONS

“There was a man who had two sons.” The Lost Younger Brother Jesus’s story might best be named the Parable of the Two Lost Sons. It is a drama in two acts, with Act 1 entitled “The Lost Younger Brother” and Act 2 “The Lost Elder Brother.” Act 1 begins with a short but...

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A Personal Example of Life-Change 

A Personal Example of Life-Change 

I got a clear picture of this transformation process pretty early in my Christian experience. My dad was brought up in a strong, moral, “culturally Christian” home, but he was not a Christian. He grew up during the Depression, his father died when he was thirteen, and...

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Why People Like Jesus but Not the Church

Why People Like Jesus but Not the Church

Both older brothers and younger brothers are with us today, in the same society and often in the very same family. Frequently the oldest sibling in a family is the parent-pleaser, the responsible one who obeys the parental standards. The younger sibling tends to be...

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Sample Good Questions

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A group of 10 that doubles every 18 months will reach 1000 people for God in 10 years.

–Josh Hunt

People who are opposed to the gospel are not opposed to ice cream.

Josh Hunt

It is a sin to bore people with the Gospel

–Howard Hendricks

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Josh Hunt believes in the power of the small group ministry in your church. And, his belief is contagious. In his new book, Make Your Group Grow, Josh presents sound application to easy to understand research that will benefit every size and style of church. Your groups and leadership will benefit from this book.

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