For the Love of God: Small Group Study Guide: By This All People Will Know That You Are My Disciples

A companion for walking through For the Love of God chapter by chapter, in community.

This 16-chapter Small Group Study Guide follows the full arc of Paul T. Barham's For the Love of God: By This All People Will Know That You Are My Disciples — from the book's opening claim that God has only ever had one plan, all the way through its closing charge: "Go love someone."

Organized into the same four sections as the book itself:

Section I: The Big Picture — starting with God's unwavering plan and the nature of real, refusable love.

Section II: Understanding Love — what love actually is, and how God's love for us changes everything.

Section III: How We Are to Love — the practical, sometimes uncomfortable work of loving God, loving yourself, and loving family, other believers, neighbors, and enemies — including a dedicated interlude on healthy boundaries, because loving well is not the same as having no limits.

Section IV: The Last Word — the greatest of these, love in all its forms, and a closing chapter that ties the whole study together.

Every chapter follows the same rhythm: Key Points to anchor the chapter's core ideas, 8–10 Discussion Questions written to open real conversation rather than invite one-word answers, and a Personal Application section with space to name one specific, concrete change to try before the group meets again — with a built-in prompt to revisit that commitment at the next session.

This is a write-in guide, not a workbook to read passively. Every discussion page includes ruled space for notes and answers, so it can be used cover to cover by a small group, a couples' study, or an individual working through the material alone.

Whether you're leading a group for the first time or you've led dozens, this guide gives you the structure to have a real conversation about love — not just cover the material.

NASB-grounded throughout, matching the theology and Scripture translation of the companion book.