The Gospel-Centered Life for Teens Leader's Guide - Softcover

Robert H. Thune; Will Walker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939946700 ISBN 13: 9781939946706

Publisher: New Growth Press, 2014

Synopsis

Techie? Jock? Class Clown? You Can t Build a Life on a Label. Something or someone will always try to define you. Maybe others call you the techie, the jock, the class clown, or the smart kid. It s easy to think that those labels sum up who you really are, express what really matters in your life, and define the things you should pursue. But your identity goes far deeper than the positive or even the negative labels people use to define you. There is something at the core of a satisfying and meaningful life that can t be summed up by any label. The Gospel-Centered Life for Teens offers you the chance to center your life on the only thing in the universe that actually has the power to define you, give your life meaning, and shape how you live each day. This 9-lesson Bible study, adapted from The Gospel-Centered Life by Bob Thune and Will Walker, gives teens and young adults a road map for living a life centered on God and the gospel. Each lesson is self-contained, featuring clear teaching from Scripture, and requires no extra work outside the group setting. The self-explanatory Leader s Guide helps small group leaders with discussion questions and background material that clearly explain and apply the gospel truths from each lesson. Nine-lesson small group study defining and applying the gospel in a teen-friendly way Adapted from Thune and Walker s best-selling The Gospel-Centered Life Appropriate for believers and non-believers alike, with self-contained lessons and clear teaching from Scripture Easy-to-use, requiring no homework Brings teens together, making community the context for gospel change Self-explanatory Leader s Guide available with discussion questions and background material for each lesson

About this title

About the Author

Robert H. Thune, MA (Reformed Theological Seminary), is the lead pastor of Coram Deo, a gospel-centered church he planted in 2005 in Omaha, Nebraska. He is the coauthor of The Gospel-Centered Life and The Gospel-Centered Community, widely used small group studies. Bob and his wife Leigh have four children. Will Walker, MA (Covenant Theological Seminary), is the lead pastor of Providence Church in Austin, TX, a gospel-centered church plant sent out from Coram Deo in 2010. He is the coauthor of The Gospel-Centered Life and The Gospel-Centered Community, widely used small group studies. Will and his wife Debbie have two children. Serge means joining together rough edges to form a smooth seam. Serge (formerly World Harvest Mission) is a ministry that sees God weaving together the ragged parts of a fallen world with his goodness, making the tattered beautiful. This grace compels his people to go, to join their lives with the communities Serge serves around the world, as Christ makes all things new. This is God s grace at the fray. Serge s work consists of sending and caring for missionaries, discipling people around the world, and developing resources like Sonship and The Gospel-Centered Life for spiritual growth. Learn more about our work worldwide at Serge.org.

Review

"The Gospel-Centered Life For Teens is a remarkable, easy-to-use curriculum for helping young adults go deeper into the glories of all that God has done for us in Christ. Important theological concepts including God's holiness, our sinfulness, and the relationship between the law and the gospel are explained in simple, clear, and compelling language. This is a resource that can simultaneously introduce teens to Christ and help committed Christians grow in their faith. I'm excited to recommend it." --Alex Chediak, Professor at California Baptist University; author of Thriving at College: Make Great Friends, Keep Your Faith, and Get Ready for the Real World!

Fantastic study! Creative, innovative, refreshing, and biblically focused! --Joe White, President of Kanakuk Kamps

I know so many teens who need these lessons. They re living in an image-gripped world where acceptance seems based on this or that label. The Gospel-Centered Life for Teens turns that on its head, steadily and sweetly pointing students to the only label that really matters: in Christ. What great lessons! They take on the tough issues teens deal with every day, like gossip and greed, and they show how believing the gospel changes everything. I wish every teen I know could do this study. --Jack Klumpenhower, Author of Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids

About this edition

• Publisher: New Growth Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1939946700
• ISBN 13: 9781939946706
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112