Overcomer Bible Study Workbook

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:

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

Benefits:

• Learn to define yourself as the Creator defines you.
• Understand that false identity comes from your brokenness.
• Trust what Christ accomplished to make you new.
• Find certainty and purpose in the Lord.
• Recognize ways you are finding your identity in something other than Christ.
• Reclaim the good purpose God has for your life.
• Learn what it means to be broken by sin.
• Study the lives of Moses, Gideon, Jonah, Jeremiah, Elisha, Paul, and other biblical figures to learn how their relationships with God defined their identities.

OVERCOMER Bible Study provides five lessons that can be used for group or personal Bible study. Each lesson contains four elements: "Start," "Watch," "Engage," and three days of personal study. Allow 45 to 60 minutes for the group sessions.

START. Each study begins with an introduction to the lesson to come. This section is designed for use in a group setting but can also be adapted for personal study. Read this section and answer the introductory questions together if you're in a group.

WATCH. The Bible-study DVD contains clips from the film OVERCOMER to accompany each session. Each clip is two to four minutes in length and is supported by a summary of the clip and discussion questions based on the truths illustrated.

ENGAGE. This section is the primary focus of each week. Leaders should spend the majority of the group session teaching while using the verses and questions provided in this section.

PERSONAL STUDY. After attending the group session, members should complete the three days of personal study at home before the next group session. Through this personal study, members will explore biblical content and application that support the concepts introduced in the movie clips and group discussion.