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- Herausgeber: IVP Bible Studies
- Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
- Serie: IVP Signature Bible Studies
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022
Our destiny, Scripture reveals, is worshiping together as the multiethnic, multilingual, multinational family of God. Our worship here on earth should reflect, point to, and prepare for that ultimate experience. In these five studies, Sandra Maria Van Opstal dives into biblical perspectives on worship that shaped her groundbreaking book The Next Worship. Focusing on key passages throughout the New Testament, she invites readers to consider how worship relates to diversity, reconciliation, hospitality, unity, and more. As companions to the IVP Signature Collection, IVP Signature Bible Studies help individuals and groups explore and apply biblical truths found in classic books. Each session features quotations from The Next Worship matched with Scripture passages, reflection questions, and application ideas that will equip readers to connect the text to their own lives. A leader's guide is also included.
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Contents
KNOWING CHRIST is where faith begins. From there we are shaped through the essentials of discipleship: Bible study, prayer, Christian community, worship, and much more. We learn to grow in Christlike character, pursue justice, and share our faith with others. We persevere through doubts and gain wisdom for daily life. These are the topics woven into the IVP Signature Bible Studies. Working through this series will help you practice the essentials by exploring biblical truths found in classic books.
HOW IT’S PUT TOGETHER
Each session includes an opening quotation and suggested reading from the book The Next Worship, a session goal to help guide your study, reflection questions to stir your thoughts on the topic, the text of the Bible passage, questions for exploring the passage, response questions to help you apply what you’ve learned, and a closing suggestion for prayer.
The workbook format is ideal for personal study and also allows group members to prepare in advance for discussions and record discussion notes. The responses you write here can form a permanent record of your thoughts and spiritual progress.
Throughout the guide are study-note sidebars that may be useful for group leaders or individuals. These notes do not give the answers, but they do provide additional background information on certain questions and can challenge participants to think deeper or differently about the content.
WHAT KIND OF GUIDE IS THIS?
The studies are not designed to merely tell you what one person thinks. Instead, through inductive study, they will help you discover for yourself what Scripture is saying. Each study deals with a particular passage—rather than jumping around the Bible—so that you can really delve into the biblical author’s meaning in that context.
The studies ask three different kinds of questions about the Bible passage:
✸Observation questions help you to understand the content of the passage by asking about the basic facts: who, what, when, where, and how.
✸Interpretation questions delve into the meaning of the passage.
✸Application questions help you discover implications for growing in Christ in your own life.
These three keys unlock the treasures of the biblical writings and help you live them out.
This is a thought-provoking guide. Each question assumes a variety of answers. Many questions do not have “right” answers, particularly questions that aim at meaning or application. Instead, the questions should inspire readers to explore the passage more thoroughly.
This study guide is flexible. You can use it for individual study, but it is also great for a variety of groups—student, professional, neighborhood, or church groups. Each study takes about forty-five minutes in a group setting or thirty minutes in personal study.
SUGGESTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDY
1. This guide is based on a classic book that will enrich your spiritual life. If you have not read The Next Worship, you may want to read the portion recommended in the “Read” section before you begin your study. The ideas in the book will enhance your study, but the Bible text will be the focus of each session.
2. Begin each session with prayer, asking God to speak to you from his Word about this particular topic.
3. As you read the Scripture passage, reproduced for you from the New International Version, you may wish to mark phrases that seem important. Note in the margin any questions that come to your mind.
4. Close with the suggested prayer found at the end of each session. Speak to God about insights you have gained. Tell him of any desires you have for specific growth. Ask him to help you attempt to live out the principles described in that passage. You may wish to write your own prayer in this guide or a journal.
SUGGESTIONS FOR GROUP MEMBERS
Joining a Bible study group can be a great avenue to spiritual growth. Here are a few guidelines that will help you as you participate in the studies in this guide.
1. Reading the recommended portion of The Next Worship, before or after each session, will enhance your study and understanding of the themes in this guide.
2.These studies use methods of inductive Bible study, which focuses on a particular passage of Scripture and works on it in depth. So try to dive into the given text instead of referring to other Scripture passages.
3. Questions are designed to help a group discuss together a passage of Scripture in order to understand its content, meaning, and implications. Most people are either natural talkers or natural listeners, yet this type of study works best if all members participate more or less evenly. Try to curb any natural tendency toward either excessive talking or excessive quiet. You and the rest of the group will benefit!
4. Most questions in this guide allow for a variety of answers. If you disagree with someone else’s comment, gently say so. Then explain your own point of view from the passage before you.
5. Be willing to lead a discussion, if asked. Much of the preparation for leading has already been accomplished in the writing of this guide.
6. Respect the privacy of people in your group. Many people share things within the context of a Bible study group that they do not want to be public knowledge. Assume that personal information spoken within the group setting is private, unless you are specifically told otherwise.
7. We recommend that all groups agree on a few basic guidelines. You may wish to adapt this list to your situation:
a. Anything said in this group is considered confidential and will not be discussed outside the group unless specific permission is given to do so.
b.
