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Experiencing God's Love is a short study guide that aims to deepen our understanding and first- hand experience of living the life of faith. It explores five biblical images of the ways in which our lives are changed by walking with Christ:Being securely rooted in prayer and the scriptures,Cleansed through baptism, confession and forgiveness,Enlightened through worship, mission and growth in holiness,Tended through care for one another and the world,Welcomed in the eucharist and in the fellowship of the Church. Each chapter explores one of these images in the Psalms and the Gospels, and in popular culture, supported by YouTube clips. Opening and closing worship, discussion starters, questions, and a leader's guide are all included making this ideal for Lent groups or as a Christian nurture course at any time of the year.
About the Author
STEVEN CROFT has written extensively on ministry, evangelism and discipleship and was one of the authors of Emmaus: the way of faith. Formerly Archbishops' Missioner and Fresh Expressions Team Leader, he is now Bishop of Sheffield. In this role he aims to engage with those on the edge of or outside the churches.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I cannot fully comment, as we've yet to run the Lent Course, but from reading through it has all the makings of a really good course. It provides the opening and closing worship liturgy, and good suggestions for active content (apart from the readings directly from the book), for example - video clip suggestions from Youtube.
We're running it in several churches at the same time, so I have easily created a dvd for each group leader with all of the suggested videos, hymns and liturgies on to make it simpler.
We're running it in several churches at the same time, so I have easily created a dvd for each group leader with all of the suggested videos, hymns and liturgies on to make it simpler.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Croft offers five short studies, each of which explore different images of God's love for his people. These images relate to rootedness, washing, God as light, being tend by God and being welcomed to feast at God's table. Each study uses a Psalm and a portion of the gospel of John to root one of these images in Scripture, as well as encouraging participants to ground their learning in related new habits and practices. A structure of prayer opens and closes each study. Sessions are planned out in detail by Croft: he provides advice for group leaders, large swathes of text to be read aloud as well as details of resources and materials for illustrations.
It was these large swathes of text which slightly put me off the material, as well as its highly-structured nature which seems to leave little space for a leader's discretion. However, the studies are proposed primarily for use with groups of new Christians or in homegroups; in fact, such a high level of detail would probably be appreciated by group leaders who lack experience or confidence, because they would not necessarily need to know much more than group participants.
Overall, this is a valuable resource.
It was these large swathes of text which slightly put me off the material, as well as its highly-structured nature which seems to leave little space for a leader's discretion. However, the studies are proposed primarily for use with groups of new Christians or in homegroups; in fact, such a high level of detail would probably be appreciated by group leaders who lack experience or confidence, because they would not necessarily need to know much more than group participants.
Overall, this is a valuable resource.
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Although presented in a format very suitable for a Christian Course (eg Lent) - it is very easily readable alone. It re-enforces God's love for us and encourages us to reflect upon this through prayer (alone or in a group setting). It takes us on a journey with God and is presented in a very understandable way but a way that helps one to grow and develop a regular practice of prayer, confession and acceptance.
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