Faith Lessons on the Promised Land (Church Vol. 1) Participant's Guide [Paperback]

Ray Vander Laan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Faith Lessons | Publication Date: April 1, 1999

Filmed on location in Israel by Focus on the Family Films, Faith Lessons is a unique video series that brings God's Word to life with astounding relevance. By weaving together the Bible's fascinating historical, cultural, religious, and geographical contexts, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan reveals keen insights into Scripture's significance for modern believers. These illuminating 'faith lessons' afford a new understanding of the Bible that will ground your convictions and transform your life. The completely new Faith Lessons curriculum takes your small group on a round trip to ancient times, places, and customs, and back again. This lively, interactive journey is more than fascinating - it's faith -inspiring and life-changing. This brand-new Participant's Guide carefully and plainly helps you turn the lessons you learn from the past into real-life applications that impact the way you live your faith. You'll find space for note-taking, topics for discussion, and questions for reflection, as well as maps, photos, sidebars, and other study tools to help you better grasp each faith lesson. You'll also find Action Points for translating each lesson into practical ways to make a unique, important difference in the world around you. The carefully organized format makes it easy for youth to gain tremendous benefits from the following sessions: Standing at the Crossroads, Wet Feet, First Fruits, Confronting Evil, Iron of Culture.

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Filmed on location in Israel by Focus on the Family Films, Faith Lessons is a unique video series that brings God's Word to life with astounding relevance. By weaving together the Bible's fascinating historical, cultural, religious, and geographical contexts, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan reveals keen insights into Scripture's significance for modern believers. These illuminating "faith lessons" afford a new understanding of the Bible that will ground your convictions and transform your life. The completely new Faith Lessons curriculum takes your small group on a round trip to ancient times, places, and customs, and back again. This lively, interactive journey is more than fascinating - it's faith -inspiring and life-changing. This brand-new Participant's Guide carefully and plainly helps you turn the lessons you learn from the past into real-life applications that impact the way you live your faith. You'll find space for note-taking, topics for discussion, and questions for reflection, as well as maps, photos, sidebars, and other study tools to help you better grasp each faith lesson. You'll also find Action Points for translating each lesson into practical ways to make a unique, important difference in the world around you. The carefully organized format makes it easy for youth to gain tremendous benefits from the following sessions: Standing at the Crossroads, Wet Feet, First Fruits, Confronting Evil, Iron of Culture.

About the Author

Ray Vander Laan is the founder of That the World May Know Ministries and creator of the Faith Lessons video series with Focus on the Family. An ordained minister, he holds the chair of biblical cultural studies as a religion instructor at Holland Christian Schools in Holland, Michigan. He and his wife, Esther, have four children and fifteen grandchildren. SPANISH BIO: Ray Vander Laan es el fundador del That the World May Know Ministries. Cuando no ensenando y investigando en Israel, ensena en Michigan del oeste a un escuela secundaria y un semanario.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Student/Stdy Gde edition (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031067896X
• ISBN-13: 978-0310678960
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ray Vander Laan is the founder of That the World May Know Ministries and creator of the Faith Lessons video series with Focus on the Family. An ordained minister, he holds the chair of biblical cultural studies as a religion instructor at Holland Christian Schools in Holland, Michigan. He and his wife, Esther, have four children and fifteen grandchildren.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent series for group study!!!, July 23, 2001

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Trishie "notenoughtime" (The Sandhills of Nebraska USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Faith Lessons on the Promised Land (Church Vol. 1) Participant's Guide (Paperback)

Our small church (20 - 30 who regularly attend church) had 12 participants in adult Sunday School when we did this series. This was the first adult Sunday School curriculem we had used in 10 years, and is still the favorite of all that we've done since. It can be used with new Christians, or those who have done years of Bible study. Even my eight-year-old wanted to watch the videos (available from Focus on the Family) with us(although some videos are not appropriate for children). The videos are excellent. The Leaders' Guide is awesome. Wonderful insights into God's love and our response from little-known parts of the Bible, made relevent by modern-day archeaology. I would recommend this series whole-heartedly to any church or group wanting to study the Bible.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, Complimentary Guide, November 9, 2006

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L. Buvinghausen "coallb" (Santa Fe, NM United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Faith Lessons on the Promised Land, Vol. 1 (DVD)

Our family used this guide with the DVD. We read the Bible verses suggested in the guide, then watched the DVD lesson, and then went through the questions in the guide. It was a very helpful addition to the DVD lesson, and brought even greater meaning to this wonderful DVD Bible study series.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings the Bible to life!, March 26, 2007

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Linda Joyce Center "Linda C." (Creswell, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Faith Lessons on the Promised Land, Vol. 1 (DVD)

Ever wonder what it means to "sit in the gate?" What about seeing where David fought Goliath? This video makes all of those wonderful stories in the Bible come to life by seeing where they took place. It helps increase understanding by learning cultural and societal issues related to geography. You can see why God promised land that the Children of Israel gave up and the consequences of the decisions. I also like the fact that there are several separate topics, allowing you to use them for home study, one topic at a time. Each is about 30 minutes in length. Highly recommend this and other DVDs in the series.