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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Small Group Life's Two Biggest Problems

When I was a Group Pastor I had two problems

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

How could Good Questions solve both of these problems?

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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

Don’t worry; Be happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HT2eEdk4I

God’s Power to change

A humorous fact about the events surrounding the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt concerns the ten plagues God sent on the Egyptians. Each plague mocked a different Egyptian god. For instance, the Egyptians worshiped lice, so God sent them a lot of lice to worship. Then...

Worry Less, Live More

According to the New York Times, Americans are among the most anxious people on earth. The Times reported a study by the World Mental Health Survey that found Americans to be the most anxious people in the fourteen nations covered by the research. Americans were...

A cord of three strands

The wisest man who ever lived said, “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV) Layering has a multiplying effect. Three strands may well be four or five times as strong as one....

God’s two-step process for change

God uses a two-step process to change us. The first step is explained in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” The initial turning point is when we commit our lives to Christ. We are not the same...

You CAN change

In the years I have been a pastor, the number one question I have been asked is, “Rick, why can’t I change? I want to change — I really do. But I don’t know how.” Or sometimes a questioner will add instead, “But I don’t have the power.” We go to seminars and...

Why Small Groups Are So Important — Rick Warren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OER52HvwnkA

The tools God uses to change us

The first tool God uses in changing us is the Bible. Through Scripture he teaches us how to live. Second Timothy 3:16 – 17 tells us, “The whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in...

Rick Warren: Structuring Your Small Groups for Growth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK6J7zkv9Js

The gates of hell are not prevailing

As we just saw, of all the growth among all the various faith groups, including the infamous nones, research shows us that is it is actually the nondenominational churches that have seen the most explosive growth. There is no doubt about that. And we must also...

God’s Power to change your life

What would you like to change about your-self? Would you like to be more confident or more relaxed? Perhaps you would like to be more outgoing, less anxious, or less fearful. Most of us are more than a little interested in changing because we realize there is always...

SPIRITUAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT

We believe that what you can't change what you don't measure. Discipleship is a lifelong process of becoming who God has called us to be. Throughout life we enter into different stages with varying struggles, trials, and temptations. It's easy to focus on those...

Evangelicals are thriving, Stetzer says

The answer to the question of whether Christianity is shrinking or not is both yes and no. This seemingly contradictory answer is the key to understanding the truth of the current and future state of the church. But for a people of faith committed to truth and used to...

Jounaling as a spiritual discipline

Throughout the Israelites’ wanderings in the wilderness, they were exhorted by God through Moses to remember what God had done. To do so was to create a record of God’s faithfulness so that future fears could be easily overcome. Here is one example: “If you should say...

Is the Church Dying?

Poor Chicken Little. She freaked out about nearly everything and cried constantly about the apocalyptic doom that was going to rain down upon everyone’s heads, literally.1 But in reality, the sky wasn’t falling at all. It was just an acorn submitting to the everyday...

Can we trust the Bible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWM_SPucNI

Small Groups with Purpose — Rick Warren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GArI_P_8umU

No neutral ground

King Asa brought massive reform throughout Judah. Until in the fifteenth year of his reign he led his people into a commitment to seek God—with dire consequences for any who refused (see 2 Chronicles 15:10-15). The Kingdom of God doesn’t offer any neutral ground....

Is Christian Living Easy or Hard?

https://vimeo.com/350771995#t=1410s

You. Must. Dethrone. Them.

I CAN CHANGE WHOM I PERMIT TO INFLUENCE OR CONTROL ME BY DETHRONING THE EVIL KINGS AND QUEENS IN MY LIFE. This notion is one of the greatest powers you have in your life as an adult. You can choose whom you believe. You can choose whom you permit to influence or...

The Gospel Made simple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzceTfkwtTk

Savoring the presence of God

Jesus prayed, “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24). The psalmist also understood the importance of savoring the...