Defined Bible Study Book

Alex Kendrick grew up in Smyrna, Georgia, and graduated from Kennesaw State University with a bachelor’s degree in communications. Later, Alex attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as a minister to college students in Marietta, Georgia, for four years, then got married and moved to Albany, Georgia, where he served as the associate pastor of media at Sherwood Baptist Church.

In 2003, Alex and his brother, Stephen, founded Sherwood Pictures and began writing, producing, acting in, and directing feature films, including Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and Courageous. In addition, Alex cowrote three novels and The Love Dare, which reached number one on the New York Times best-seller list. Alex and his wife, Christina, have six children.

Stephen Kendrick is a cowriter and producer for Sherwood Pictures. He also works with Provident Films, developing marketing and Bible-study resources for churches in conjunction with Sherwood movies. Their first movie, Facing the Giants, played in more than one thousand theaters after its September 2006 release and grossed more than ten million dollars in box-office receipts. Facing the Giants DVD was later released in 14 languages, in 56 countries, and on every continent. More than 6,500 churches have used the movie for ministry and community outreach.

 

Features:

• Eight small-group sessions
• Personal-study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth

Benefits:

• Answer the questions “Who is God?” and “Who am I?”
• Define yourself by God’s standard.
• Learn how sin has uniquely broken you.
• Discover how you can be transformed by the gospel of Christ.
• Understand what it means to be created for good works.
• Develop a deeper appreciation for the Book of Ephesians.
• Learn to walk with Christ in stronger faith and assurance.
• Use the unique way God has gifted and created you to serve others.
• Take hold of the grace available to you in Christ.
• Find purpose and meaning in Christ.
• Define yourself by the Creator’s call instead by a cultural identity.

Defined Bible Study Book includes content for eight sessions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” tips for leading a group, and a leader guide.

When you introduce yourself to someone for the first time, you have an opportunity to define yourself. You disclose your name, profession, and interests. These factors help our culture define us, but are those answers enough? People are struggling in ten thousand ways because of identity issues. They can’t help but ask, who am I? and why do I matter? Can our culture really provide meaningful answers to those questions, or do we need something deeper and more significant?

Before asking, who am I? we need to be able to answer, who is God? If we can’t answer the first question, we will never answer the second. The problem with our search for identity is that we are looking in all the wrong places. Scripture teaches that we are all made in the image of God. We do not define ourselves—the Creator does. We were all created to be known and loved by God. Once those answers are clear, we can move forward and discover all God has called us to be.

Session topics:
1. Created by God
2. Broken by Sin
3. Transformed by the Gospel
4. Who We Are in Christ
5. What We Have in Christ
6. Living Out Our Identity
7. Walking in the Spirit
8. Walking on Mission