Holy Habits Group Studies: Biblical Teaching: Leader's Guide
Resourcing the Holy Habits discipleship journey for groups
We can explore biblical teaching on our own, and even better together. In exploring this Holy Habit, we hope that you will not just discover more of what the Bible says, but renew your devotion to applying biblical teaching so as to grow in grace and holiness.
Title | Holy Habits Group Studies: Biblical Teaching: Leader's Guide |
Edited by | Andrew Roberts , Beth Dodd, Ed Mackenzie, Caroline Wickens and Michael Parsons |
Description | We can explore biblical teaching on our own, and even better together. In exploring this Holy Habit, we hope that you will not just discover more of what the Bible says, but renew your devotion to applying biblical teaching so as to grow in grace and holiness. Holy Habits is an adventure in Christian discipleship. Inspired by Luke’s model of church found in Acts 2:42–47, it identifies ten habits and encourages the development of a way of life formed by them. The habits are: Biblical Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking Bread, Prayer, Sharing Resources, Serving, Eating Together, Gladness and Generosity, Worship, and Making More Disciples. This Bible study group material has been developed to help churches and individuals explore the Holy Habits through prayerful engagement with the Bible and live them out in whole-life, missional discipleship. |
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We can explore biblical teaching on our own, and even better together. In exploring this Holy Habit, we hope that you will not just discover more of what the Bible says, but renew your devotion to applying biblical teaching so as to grow in grace and holiness.
Holy Habits is an adventure in Christian discipleship. Inspired by Luke’s model of church found in Acts 2:42–47, it identifies ten habits and encourages the development of a way of life formed by them.
The habits are: Biblical Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking Bread, Prayer, Sharing Resources, Serving, Eating Together, Gladness and Generosity, Worship, and Making More Disciples.
This Bible study group material has been developed to help churches and individuals explore the Holy Habits through prayerful engagement with the Bible and live them out in whole-life, missional discipleship.
Andrew Roberts is a husband, father, minister, writer and speaker. He is the author of the book Holy Habits (Malcolm Down Publishing, 2016) and co-editor of the BRF Holy Habits resource booklets. He was previously Director of Training for Fresh Expressions.
Beth Dodd teaches Christian doctrine at Sarum College in Salisbury. She is involved in training people for Christian ministry and in the Sarum Centre for Theology, Imagination and Culture, and is also a research associate at the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture. Beth has a keen interest in how theology and contemporary culture speak to each other through the realms of literature and the arts, and has published work on poetry and Christian theology.
Ed Mackenzie is a discipleship development officer for the Methodist Church and an associate lecturer in New Testament studies at Cliff College. He has written on biblical engagement and family spirituality and is also the co-host of the Together with God podcast (togetherwithgod.org.uk/podcast). Ed lives in Derbyshire with his wife and two children.
Caroline Wickens has been a minister in the Methodist Church for 25 years and is currently the superintendent of the Manchester Circuit. She has taught biblical subjects to student ministers in Zambia and Kenya, where she was also part of a team developing responses to HIV/AIDS. She has served in various churches in the West Midlands, been involved in ecumenical theological education in Salisbury and Birmingham, and supported people exploring discipleship and vocation within the church and beyond. Her writing is regularly published in Roots and various online sites including Christian Aid. She is married to Andrew and they have two adult children.
Michael Parsons has been an English teacher in secondary schools, a lecturer in theology in the UK and in Perth, Western Australia, and the commissioning editor for Paternoster and The Bible Reading Fellowship. He is currently Minister for Discipleship at Lechlade Baptist Church, and is the author of several books on the Reformation and an Associate Research Fellow at Spurgeon’s College, London. He is married to Becky, with two adult children.