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Community. It's a word we often hear, but what does it really mean? And why is it so important to your spiritual life? Because you can't grow spiritually unless you're connected relationally. God designed us that way. He wants to use other people to grow us and he wants to use us to grow other people.
In this 8-session video-based study (guide sold separately), specifically designed for launching new small groups well, you'll explore how building...
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Join Andy Stanley for Twisting the Truth, a six-session small group bible study developed to help you and your group understand how truth can get twisted and distorted, and how that impacts your life.
Throughout the study Stanley exposes four destructive and all-too-prevalent lies about authority, pain, sex, and sin. They're deceptions powerful enough to ruin our relationships, our lives, even our eternities-but only if we let them.
Twisting the...
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Five Things God Uses to Grow Your Faith by Andy Stanley is an exciting small group bible study that establishes the biblical case for five things God uses to grow an unshakable faith in you.
Imagine how different your outlook on life would be if you had absolute confidence that God was with you. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was...
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This eight-session bible study (guide sold separately), join pastor and bestselling Andy Stanley as he examines the characteristics Jesus used to define those who follow him and the implications they have for believers today.
In Christian, you'll learn:
• What one word should be descriptive of every Christian
• How Jesus' followers should treat those who are outside the faith
• Why people love Jesus but can't stand his followers
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In this four-session small group Bible study (guide sold separately), Andy Stanley unpacks four questions that will help you make sound decisions with God's help.
Throughout our lives, we're confronted with decisions we never anticipated having to make — relational, career, financial, parenting — the list goes on and on. The complicate matters further the timeframe for making a decision is often short and our options limited. But regardless,...
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Through this five-session small group bible study DVD, Hope, Faith and Luck, Andy Stanley unpacks the power of faith and the need for maintaining your confidence in Jesus Christ amid the ups and downs of daily life.
Our faith in God often hinges on his activity-or inactivity-in our daily experiences. Sure, faith soars when our prayers are answered. When God's presence appears in an unmistakable way, our confidence in him is boosted. But when he doesn't...
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In this four-session small group Bible study (guide sold separately), pastor Andy Stanley discusses, how to stay in love once you fall in love.
We all know what's required to fall in love... a pulse. Falling in love is easy. But, staying there-that's something else entirely. With more than a thousand matchmaking services available today and new ones springing up all the time, finding a romantic match can be easier than ever. But, staying together...
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Lots of people think Christianity is all about doing what Jesus says. But what if doing what Jesus says isn't what Jesus says to do at all? Jesus' invitation is an invitation to relationship, and it begins with a simple request: follow me.
Religion says "Change and you can join us." Jesus says, "Join us and you will change." There's a huge difference. Jesus doesn't expect people to be perfect. He just wants them to follow him. Being a sinner doesn't...
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In this four-session small group Bible study (guide sold separately), Andy Stanley shows you, how to take authentic responsibility for the things in your life.
RESPONSIBILITIES. We all have them. But, we don't all take them as seriously as we ought to. Wouldn't it be great, though, if we all took responsibility for the things we are responsible for? Wouldn't it be great if you took responsibility for everything you're responsible for? It's time...
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You had a first day of school, a first date, a first kiss, a first job.
But here's something you may not have considered-faith has a starting point.
Starting Point is a conversational environment where you can explore faith and experience community. It's a safe place for you to ask questions and to learn about the Bible and Christianity.
You may have questions that you've always wondered about but never felt you could ask at church, legitimate...
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Author and pastor Andy Stanley is convinced that most of us are richer than we believe. But we might think, rich is the other guy. Rich is having more than we currently have. If that's the case, we can be rich and not know or feel it. We can be rich and not act like it. And that is a problem. In this four-session small group study, Andy encourages us to not just BE rich, but he helps us learn to be GOOD at it!
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• Congratulations!...
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You'll Never Make a Decision the Same Way Again. Should I take this job? Buy this house? Marry this person? We ask questions every day about the choices we face. But are we asking the most important question of all? In Ask It, Andy Stanley identifies the one question that makes it easy to determine the answer to all other questions. You'll learn how to make decisions with confidence simply by applying the question that brings clarity to life's most...
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Everybody wants to be happy. Everybody is on a happiness quest. For many, happiness is measured in moments. Experiences. It's elusive. Unsustainable. What about you? What makes you happy? Something comes to mind for each of us.
In this six-session video Bible study (guide separately), pastor Andy Stanley examines the ways in which we tend to define happiness and explains how that definition influences the way we pursue it. He reveals that happiness...
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Am I getting parenting right? Most parents, at any and every stage, find themselves asking this question.
Whether you're sleep deprived with a colicky newborn or navigating the emotional roller coaster of a teenager, parenting has its ups and downs, its confusion and clarity, its big blowups and small victories. And no matter our family makeup or our children's personalities, many of us experience anxiety over our children's futures and often fear...
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Good questions lead to better decisions. Discover five game-changing questions to ask every time you make a decision, questions that will help you in your finances, relationships, career, and more.
Your decisions determine the direction and quality of your life. Your decisions create the story of your life. And while, nobody plans to complicate their life with bad decisions, far too many people have no plan to make good decisions. This book will help...
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A book for anyone who cares deeply about the future of the church.
Once upon a time there was a version of our faith that was practically . . . irresistible. But that was then. Today we preach, teach, write, and communicate as if nothing has changed. As if "The Bible says it," still settles it.
It's time to hit pause on much of what we're doing and consider the faith modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official Bible, no...
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