Knowing God

These reliable, universally designed studies can help you come closer to God by getting to know him and his ways better.


A Better Look at God's Face
A Better Look at God's Face

Current Issues Bible Study
The Holy Ghost helps us connect the dots and outline of the face of God eternal, smiling.


A God of Wrath
A God of Wrath

Christian Living Bible Study
Is there room in our theology for divine wrath?


A Single’s Guide to God
A Single’s Guide to God

Single Living Bible Study
Do you feel forgotten by God in your singleness?


Angels Among Us
Angels Among Us

Christian Living Bible Study
What is the truth about angels?


Being Transparent About Our Trials
Being Transparent About Our Trials

Current Issues Bible Study
How would it affect our spiritual life and our evangelical impact if Christians were authentic about their trials?


Bible Translation Under Fire
Bible Translation Under Fire

Current Issues Bible Study
Testing the merits of the new gender-sensitive TNIV.


Can Oprah Lead Us to Christ?
Can Oprah Lead Us to Christ?

Current Issues Bible Study
With a congregation of 22 million viewers, Oprah Winfrey has become one of America's most influential spiritual leaders.


The Cross
The Cross

Christian Living Bible Study
The centrality of the Cross is essential to Christianity.


Culture: Love It, Leave It, or Transform It
Culture: Love It, Leave It, or Transform It

Current Issues Bible Study
Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture is 50 years old—and still has something wise to say to evangelicals.


The Da Vinci Code and Other Heresies
The Da Vinci Code and Other Heresies

Current Issues Bible Study
What is the allure of secret knowledge about God?


David's Dance Across the Line
David's Dance Across the Line

Current Issues Bible Study
What some view as disrespect can be the holiest act of worship.


Demon Possession: An Unholy Obsession?
Demon Possession: An Unholy Obsession?

Current Issues Bible Study
Many Christians say they are in need of deliverance, but some may be giving demons more than their due.


Do You Have a Stingy Gospel? - New!
Do You Have a Stingy Gospel? - New!

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
An open-handed God empowers us to speak the gospel message in both truth and love.


Does Conversion Change Your Personality?
Does Conversion Change Your Personality?

Current Issues Bible Study
In the realm of mental balance and personal peace, Sigmund Freud had nothing on C. S. Lewis.


Does God Always Bless Believers?
Does God Always Bless Believers?

Current Issues Bible Study
Meet Kirbyjon Caldwell-megachurch pastor, real-estate whiz, community developer, and the President's spiritual confidant.


Does God Know Your Next Move?
Does God Know Your Next Move?

Current Issues Bible Study
God’s freedom, our freedom, and spiritual confidence in a changing world.


Dreaming Our Way Back to God
Dreaming Our Way Back to God

Current Issues Bible Study
When we can’t reach someone with the gospel, God may send a dream to light the way.


Encounters with the Risen Lord
Encounters with the Risen Lord

Current Issues Bible Study
Jesus encounters individuals in unique ways that will allow them to recognize him as the risen Lord.


Expectant Prayer
Expectant Prayer

Current Issues Bible Study
What should we expect from prayer, and what are our responsibilities?


Eyes Wide Open to God
Eyes Wide Open to God

Current Issues Bible Study
To see God “high and lifted up,” just open your eyes.


Fear God - New!
Fear God - New!

Overcoming Fear Bible Study
Believe it or not, victory over our fears comes with fear of the Lord.


Finding God in Our Pain
Finding God in Our Pain

Current Issues Bible Study
How do we make sense of our suffering?


God of Power, God of Love
God of Power, God of Love

Current Issues Bible Study
God demonstrates his power in strength and in weakness.


God's Purposes in Our Suffering
God's Purposes in Our Suffering

Current Issues Bible Study
We learn and grow through suffering, but there’s also a bigger picture.


Going Solo
Going Solo

Single Living Bible Study
The secret to enjoying being single in a couples’ world.


The Gospel in Genesis
The Gospel in Genesis

Study Through the Bible Course
Genesis reveals an intimate and faithful God, who is already offering redemption through his son Jesus.


The Gospel and Social Issues
The Gospel and Social Issues

Christian Living Bible Study
Is the gospel getting lost in our concern for social issues?


Has God Played Fair?
Has God Played Fair?

Current Issues Bible Study
Why did an omniscient God create humankind knowing that people, in every generation, would reject him?


How Literature Leads Us to God
How Literature Leads Us to God

Current Issues Bible Study
When the road to faith is paved with great literature.


How Should We Address God?
How Should We Address God?

Current Issues Bible Study
What we call God reflects who we believe him to be.


How to Repent
How to Repent

Current Issues Bible Study
We've come to think our faith is about comfort. It's not.


Is 9 to 5 Your Identity?
Is 9 to 5 Your Identity?

Christian Living Bible Study
Too often, Christians define themselves by their jobs instead of by their lives in Christ.

It's All About Joy!
It's All About Joy!

Current Issues Bible Study
How to find joy-and keep it.


Jay Kesler on God and Us - New!
Jay Kesler on God and Us - New!

Bible Study Course
Learn why Jay Kesler believes in the church, our place just below the angels, and God's unchanging greatness.


Knowing God Through His Names
Knowing God Through His Names

Current Issues Bible Study
What God invites us to call him says volumes about his relationship to us.


Knowing God's Will - New!
Knowing God's Will - New!

Current Issues Bible Study
Knowing God’s will is a process.


Lessons from the Sheep
Lessons from the Sheep

Current Issues Bible Study
Feeling autonomous and proud? Then ponder the lives of sheep.


Letting Go of Guilt
Letting Go of Guilt

Current Issues Bible Study
The early warning signs.


Life After Life
Life After Life

Christian Living Bible Study
The meaning of life is found beyond life.


Listening to God in Scripture
Listening to God in Scripture

Christian Living Bible Study
Avoid these common errors in studying God’s Word.


Living Your Faith
Living Your Faith

Christian Living Bible Study
Christian actions flow from Christian character.


The Mystery of God’s Freedom and Grace
The Mystery of God’s Freedom and Grace

Current Issues Bible Study
Why did an omniscient God create humankind knowing that so many would reject him?


Our Flops: God's Success
Our Flops: God's Success

Current Issues Bible Study
Zambia is missionary David Livingstone's greatest legacy. But this Christian nation isn't always heaven on earth.


Our Merciful Judge
Our Merciful Judge

Knowing God Course
God is trustworthy and can be counted on to treat people right.


Our Powerful Helper-Knowing God Course
Our Powerful Helper-Knowing God Course

Knowing God Course
God provides comfort when you need it most, and the power to persevere.


Pass the Torch
Pass the Torch

Current Issues Bible Study
Help the next generation hunger after the things of God.


Remember What God Has Done
Remember What God Has Done

Christian Living Bible Study
We must remember the past to move ahead to the future.


Resurrection Triumph Over Terrorism
Resurrection Triumph Over Terrorism

Current Issues Bible Study
Living and dying—and living again—after September 11.


Seeing God in Everyday Life
Seeing God in Everyday Life

Christian Living Bible Study
Genuine reality, like a live orchestra, cannot be reduced to mere bits of data.


The Severe Mercy of God
The Severe Mercy of God

Christian Living Bible Study
What happens to a person who truly receives the mercy of God?


The Shy Virtue - New!
The Shy Virtue - New!

Current Issues Bible Study
Jesus is the reason to stop concentrating on ourselves.


Source of All Beauty
Source of All Beauty

Current Issues Bible Study
Does beauty have a place in the life of the Christian?


Spirituality for Today
Spirituality for Today

Current Issues Bible Study
Modern spirituality begins and ends with the self; Christian spirituality, with the Alpha and Omega.


The Sword of Peace
The Sword of Peace

Current Issues Bible Study
This kind of peace may surpass even our understanding.


Time for God
Time for God

Christian Living Bible Study
Are we too busy?


Tradition: Love It or Lose It?
Tradition: Love It or Lose It?

Current Issues Bible Study
Does tradition breed empty faith or healthy Christianity? This lesson examines Jesus' teaching about tradition.


Trusting God When It Hurts
Trusting God When It Hurts

Christian Living Bible Study
Learning from Job.


The Undiminished Accuracy of Scripture
The Undiminished Accuracy of Scripture

Current Issues Bible Study
Why you can still set your life by it


Unexplained Tragedy
Unexplained Tragedy

Current Issues Bible Study
Why does God allow natural disasters to happen?


We Really Do Need Another Bible Translation
We Really Do Need Another Bible Translation

Current Issues Bible Study
As good as many modern versions are, they often do not allow us to hear what the Holy Spirit actually said.


What Is the Significance of the Trinity?
What Is the Significance of the Trinity?

Current Issues Bible Study
We better understand God when we better understand the Trinity.


What We’ll Look Like in Heaven
What We’ll Look Like in Heaven

Current Issues Bible Study
How can we look forward to reinhabiting these worthless husks that we leave behind in death?


What's So Funny about Faith?
What's So Funny about Faith?

Current Issues Bible Study
How Christian standup comedians help us toward a more holistic faith.


When God Doesn’t Heal
When God Doesn’t Heal

Current Issues Bible Study
A biblical view of chronic illness.


When God Says No
When God Says No

Current Issues Bible Study
Making sense of unanswered prayer.


Where is God in This Mess?
Where is God in This Mess?

Current Issues Bible Study
How trials and troubles can lift us to glory


Who Are We to Judge?
Who Are We to Judge?

Current Issues Bible Study
Did Jesus forbid us from judging others?


A Whole-Bible Gospel - New!
A Whole-Bible Gospel - New!

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
The Scripture of Jesus is our Scripture, too.


Why Doesn’t the Bible Condemn Slavery?
Why Doesn’t the Bible Condemn Slavery?

Current Issues Bible Study
What Scripture says—and doesn’t say-about slavery.


Why I Don't Imitate Christ
Why I Don't Imitate Christ

Current Issues Bible Study
The Christian life is not a game of Simon says.



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