Face-to-Face with Lois and Eunice: Nurturing Faith in Your Family
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Good group and/or personal Bible study
This Bible Study book is divided into five sessions â which are each broken down into five âÂÂdaysâ per session. Each dayâÂÂs worth of reading/studying is a manageable amount for personal study. Within each session there are quotes (some from different books), On Your Own sections (with Bible verses and personal questions), M&MâÂÂs (which deals with mentors/mentees), âÂÂFace-to-Face ReflectionsâÂÂ, Personal Parables (âÂÂreal-lifeâ stories that pertain to the Bible study), and Mentoring Moments.
At the end of the book there is a guide for leading a group Bible Study on the book, which I thought was laid out really nicely.
Face-to-Face with Lois and Eunice deals with family relationships and the importance of passing on our beliefs to our children/grandchildren. It also has a session on dealing with our âÂÂprodigalsâ â how to pray for them, and learning to forgive them and âÂÂleave it to GodâÂÂ. It also teaches us how to mentor to the younger generation (our own children, and others that may look up to us as a mentor.)
I really thought that this Bible study would be good to use individually as well as in a group study. The small questions, etc. geared towards the Mentor/Mentee relationship (in my opinion) seemed a little âÂÂawkwardâ and just seemed to be âÂÂthrown in thereâ sometimes â but as a whole, did not detract from the book. I thought there were plenty of really good verses to look up, and lots of great questions included in each session. The only other thing that I didnâÂÂt care for (again, this is just my personal opinion, you may think differently) was the amount of references to the authorâÂÂs other books that were included. It was almost like advertisements to go buy her other books (which are probably really good books, and worth readingâ¦but I still found the references to be sort of annoying.) Butâ¦in the authorâÂÂs defense, the quotes that were from her other books and included in these 2 books were relevant to the Bible studies. (And there were plenty of quotes from other books/authors, as well.)
Overall, I think this is a good Bible Study book, and would recommend that you try it out! I would rate it âÂÂ3.5 out of 5 starsâÂÂ.
January 31, 2012