When we began evaluating the Explore the Bible adult Daily Discipleship Guide, one of the items that garnered our attention was the commentary included on the Explore the Text page. The original idea behind the brief commentary was to provide some context for the question to be asked in the group time. As we heard…
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The Daily Discipleship Guide was developed in part to prepare people to start a new group. That is one reason the group plans are in the back of the Explore the Bible Adult Daily Discipleship Guide. We are not providing the potential new teacher a different book; we’re just encouraging an apprentice to use the book he or…
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Since introducing the Daily Discipleship Guide in 2017, we have learned a great deal from your comments and our own experience leading groups. The value of daily Bible engagement, coordination between group study, individual study, and accountability groups have all been affirmed. And including the leader’s helps in the back of the resource was also…
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Sheep are ruminators. They rechew their food just like cattle. They don’t have four stomachs but instead have four compartments in one stomach. This rechewing allows them to get the maximum amount of nutrients from what they consume. Rumination takes time and also means they can not be taking in more grass while they do…
Read MoreListen to Erin Ivey and Dwayne McCrary discuss how a Bible study leader can use the Explore the Bible Daily Discipleship Guide to prepare to lead a group. They share a process for preparing and some tips for encouraging the group to do the daily explorations following the group time.
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