Something Needs to Change - Teen Bible Study Book: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need - Softcover

Platt, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535963417 ISBN 13: 9781535963411

Publisher: Lifeway Press, 2019

Synopsis

Come Take a Journey.

On a trip to the Himalayan mountains, David Platt was confronted with staggering physical and spiritual needs unlike any he had ever seen. On leaving, Platt found himself asking fundamental questions about his life and ministry. He realized that something needed to change. 

Being confronted with suffering causes us to ask questions that, if we are honest, we would rather ignore. However, if we believe the Bible, ignorance of profound human need is not an option for us. Neither is indifference. We cannot be Christians and turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the world in need around us. If those responses become the commentary of our lives and our churches, then one fact will be abundantly clear: we were not following Jesus on our journey through this life. 

What does it mean to follow Jesus in a world filled with urgent physical and spiritual needs? In this Something Needs to Change teen Bible study, David Platt explores that question as he takes you on a life-altering trek through the Himalayas.

Something Needs to Change Teen Bible Study Book includes printed content for eight small group sessions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” tips for leading a group, and a leader guide. 

Session topics: 
1. Repentance 
2. Physical Need 
3. Spiritual Need 
4. Loving God and People 
5. Opportunities 
6. Counting the Cost 
7. The One 
8. Something Needs to Change 

Features: 

• Eight small group sessions 
• Personal-study opportunities between group sessions for ongoing spiritual growth
• Teaching videos featuring author David Platt, approximately 15-20 minutes each week — available with the purchase of a Leader Kit
• 8 group sessions, 8 weeks of homework

Benefits: 

• Gain a sense of calling and purpose by considering ways God can use you to meet physical and spiritual needs. 
• Observe Jesus’ response to urgent need throughout the Gospel of Luke. 
• Take the next action step to which the Lord is calling you. 
• Identify ways God may be calling you to pray, go, and give for the sake of His glory among the nations. 
• Discover concrete action steps for getting involved in God’s mission. 
• See the sights and sounds of Nepal through video teaching filmed on location. 
• Refuse to stand idly by while people perish without hearing the name of Jesus.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. David Platt, President of the International Mission Board, is deeply devoted to Christ and His Word. David’s first love in ministry is making disciples, sharing, showing, and teaching God’s Word in everyday life. He has traveled extensively to serve alongside church leaders throughout the United States and around the world. 

A life-long learner, David has earned two undergraduate and three advanced degrees.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (A.B.J.) from the University of Georgia, and a Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Theology (Th.M) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  He previously served at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary as Dean of Chapel and Assistant Professor of Expository Preaching and Apologetics, Staff Evangelist at Edgewater Baptist Church in New Orleans, and eight years as the Senior Pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. David has written several books, Radical, Radical Together, Follow Me and most recently Counter Culture (to be released February 2015). He also has a radio program on Moody Radio, Radical with David Platt, that can be heard around the world and features past sermons and teaching from David’s ministry.

David founded Radical (Radical.net), a ministry devoted to serving churches and disseminating disciple-making resources toward the end that the gospel might be made known in all nations.

David and his wife Heather have four children, Caleb, Joshua, Mara Ruth, and Isaiah.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lifeway Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1535963417
• ISBN 13: 9781535963411
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176