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Bible study plans

Bible study plans for group and personal study

A Bible study plan is a simple, ordered set of Bible passages built around a theme. Pick one, open the Word together, and let Scripture do the work — for a seeker, a new believer, or your own study.

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The Whole Story cover — a star rising across the horizon to a sun and cross

The Whole Story: Creation to Jesus

Length: Long

Fifteen weeks tracing God's redemptive story from creation to the resurrection — a great overview study.

Come and See cover — ripples of water rising toward the light

Come and See

Length: Standard

A 12-study seeker journey to faith in Jesus and baptism — three cycles of four, with a place to respond every four studies.

Progressive Evangelism — a lit doorway at night with someone still on the road toward it

Progressive Evangelism

Length: Standard

The bookmark list — twelve passages that scale from a single study with anyone to a full evangelistic journey. Always start with the prodigal son.

The First 40 Days cover — a young sprout rising toward the light

The First 40 Days

Length: Standard

One short passage a day for a new believer's first 40 days — grounded in grace and identity, formed in the practices that feed you, and sent to tell others.

Journey of Jesus cover — footprints along a path

Journey of Jesus

Length: Standard

Twelve passages walking through the life and teaching of Jesus — ideal for someone exploring who he is.

Stories of God: Creation to Christ — from the first light of creation to the empty tomb at dawn

Stories of God: Creation to Christ

Length: Long

Fifteen stories, one a week, carrying the whole story of God from the first day to the empty tomb — no commentary, no lectures, just the story.

Parables of the Kingdom — a sower's arc of golden seed over a dark field

Parables of the Kingdom

Length: Standard

Ten stories Jesus told about what God's kingdom is like — pure narrative, easy to retell, made for oral learners.

Follow: Discover Discipleship cover — a lantern lighting the path

Follow: Discover Discipleship

Length: Standard

Ten passages on what it means to follow Jesus, from first steps to helping others do the same.

Becoming Disciples — a path of first steps from the empty tomb toward a gathered circle of light

Becoming Disciples

Length: Standard

Nine studies for a group that has just finished the story of God and is asking what comes next.

The Character of a Disciple — a tree standing in the dark, its roots glowing underground

The Character of a Disciple

Length: Standard

Twelve passages on how a follower of Jesus behaves when nobody is watching.

Identity and Purpose cover — a fingerprint

Identity & Purpose

Length: Short

Seven weeks on who we are in God and the purpose he gives — from Psalm 139 to the Great Commission. For the shorter five-passage set on who you have become in Christ, see Identity in Christ.

Identity in Christ — figures gathered around one light at first light

Identity in Christ

Length: Long

Five passages for maturing believers on who you have become in Christ — new creation, adopted, joined to a body, bearing fruit, walking in love. For a longer seven-week course covering identity and calling together, see Identity & Purpose.

Discover Prayer cover — wisps rising toward the light

Discover Prayer

Length: Standard

Five passages on the heart and practice of prayer, from Jesus' model prayer to the prayers of the early church.

Home and Family — a small house with warm light in its windows at dusk

Home and Family

Length: Standard

Ten passages on marriage, parents, children, and the words spoken inside a house.

Money, Work, and Generosity — an open hand releasing coins that fall as seed into the soil

Money, Work, and Generosity

Length: Standard

Nine stories about what people do with what they have — and what it reveals about who they trust.

10 Promises of Comfort cover — an anchor

10 Promises of Comfort

Length: Standard

Ten passages of God's promises — peace, presence, provision, and hope — for those walking through hard seasons.

Courage — a small light standing before something far bigger, unafraid

Courage

Length: Standard

Eight passages for anyone facing something bigger than they are.

Love — light poured out and received in open hands

Love

Length: Standard

Eight passages on the love God has for us and the love he asks of us.

Peace — still water at dusk under a quiet sky

Peace

Length: Standard

Eight passages for a worried mind and a tired heart.

Overcoming Fear — a steady light on the water ahead of a small boat in the storm

Overcoming Fear

Length: Standard

Ten passages where God meets people at the exact point they are most afraid.

Stories of Hope — a sunrise over the horizon

Stories of Hope

Length: Long

Nine encounters where Jesus met broken, searching people with grace — hope for anyone at the end of themselves.

Seven Stories of Hope — an open door spilling warm light into the dark

Seven Stories of Hope

Length: Standard

The shortest complete path from hopelessness to the Father's welcome — seven stories, mostly from Luke.

Advent — one bright star over a small stable in the night

Advent: The Promise Arrives

Length: Standard

Seven studies for the weeks before Christmas — the promise, the yes, and the night it happened.

Holy Week — a path of seven lights rising from the city gate to the empty tomb at dawn

Holy Week: Seven Days That Changed Everything

Length: Standard

Seven studies through the last week of Jesus' life, one for each day leading to the empty tomb.

Honor and Shame — a robe of light descending to cover a bowed figure

Honor and Shame

Length: Standard

Ten passages that read the Bible through honor and shame instead of guilt and innocence — the way most of the world actually hears it.

The Seven Signs of John — seven points of light in an arc

The Seven Signs of John

Length: Long

Eight studies through the miraculous signs in John's Gospel — each one revealing who Jesus is, ending at the empty tomb.

I AM: Seven Claims of Jesus — seven emblems around one radiant center

I AM: Seven Claims of Jesus

Length: Standard

Eight studies through the things Jesus said about himself in John's Gospel — ending with the man who called him God.

The Commands of Christ — a path of stepping stones toward the light

The Commands of Christ

Length: Standard

Ten simple commands Jesus gave his followers — a first path into obeying him, one step at a time.

Obedience — a house standing firm on rock as the storm passes

Obedience

Length: Standard

Eight passages on what it means to actually do what Jesus said.

The Sermon on the Mount — a path up the hillside to a house that stands

The Sermon on the Mount

Length: Standard

Matthew 5 to 7 in twelve sittings. Obedience-forward by nature — every passage ends with something to do this week.

For Such a Time — a golden scepter extended toward a small figure, city walls rising at dawn behind

For Such a Time: Esther and Nehemiah

Length: Long

Nine studies through two people who risked everything at the moment it mattered.

Authority and the Kingdom — broken chains falling as a steady light pushes back the shadow

Authority and the Kingdom

Length: Long

Eight passages on the authority Jesus carried and the authority he handed to ordinary people.

Sent: Learn to Make Disciples — one light multiplying outward into many

Sent: Learn to Make Disciples

Length: Standard

Twelve passages that turn a believer into someone who starts studies with others. Not how to be discipled — how to disciple.

Lead Like Jesus — a towel and basin under a rising light

Lead Like Jesus: Discovering Leadership in Matthew

Length: Long

Twelve passages from Matthew on how Jesus formed leaders — and what he expected of them.

12 Young Guys, One God — twelve figures standing together under the light

12 Young Guys, One God

Length: Standard

Twelve stories about young men — some who came through, some who failed hard. Self-led or with a couple of friends; no leader required.

12 Women, One God — twelve small flames gathered around one rising light

12 Women, One God

Length: Long

Twelve stories about women — some overlooked, some desperate, some braver than anyone around them. Self-led or with a couple of friends; no leader required.

The Gospel of Mark — a road running from the wilderness toward an empty tomb at sunrise

The Gospel of Mark

Length: Long

Walk the whole Gospel of Mark chapter by chapter — sixteen discovery studies for established groups ready for longer readings.

The Book of Acts — fire spreading from one city across the horizon toward Rome

The Book of Acts

Length: Long

The whole book of Acts in fourteen discovery studies, two chapters at a time — where a group discovers church multiplication instead of being taught it.

The Gospel of John — light breaking into darkness over water, a vine along the shore

The Gospel of John

Length: Long

The whole Gospel of John, one chapter per study — twenty-one discovery studies for a group ready for longer readings.

Discovering Church Planting — light from one house kindling new houses across a valley

Discovering Church Planting

Length: Standard

Twelve passages for people who intend to start churches, not just studies.

The Letter to the Philippians — an open chain beside an unrolled letter, light rising over the page

The Letter to the Philippians

Length: Long

Walk Paul's letter of joy chapter by chapter — four discovery studies for established groups, written from a prison cell and overflowing with Christ.

In the Beginning — first light over still water

In the Beginning

Length: Standard

Fifteen short stories from the start of the Bible — God makes a world and calls it good, people break it, and God keeps coming after them. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

God's Promise Family — one bright star over a dark, empty ridge at night

God's Promise Family

Length: Standard

Fifteen short stories about the family God chose — Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph — and the promise he kept through every one of them, even when they made a mess of it. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Out of Egypt — three figures walking a road at night toward a distant light

Out of Egypt

Length: Standard

Fifteen short stories from the Exodus — God hears his people crying, sends a frightened man to rescue them, and brings them out with a strong hand. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Into the Promised Land — a wide valley seen from a ridge at first light

Into the Promised Land

Length: Standard

Fifteen short stories from Joshua, Judges and Ruth — God brings his people into the land he promised, and keeps choosing the people nobody would have picked. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Kings and Prophets — one lamp burning in the dark with figures gathered round it

Kings and Prophets

Length: Standard

Fifteen short stories about Israel's kings and the prophets God sent them — God keeps choosing the small, the young and the runaway. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Jesus Comes — first light breaking over still water at the edge of a lake

Jesus Comes

Length: Standard

Fifteen short stories about Jesus, from an angel's visit to an empty tomb — the person the whole story has been walking toward. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Brave — light breaking through heavy cloud onto someone standing in the open

Brave

Length: Standard

Fifteen people in the Bible who were genuinely frightened and obeyed God anyway — including one who didn't. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Telling the Truth — a door standing open at dusk, the light inside falling out onto the road

Telling the Truth

Length: Standard

Fifteen days on honesty — where a lie starts, what hiding does to a person, and how God brings the truth out and puts it right. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Forgiven and Forgiving — two figures meeting on a road at dusk, one of them still running

Forgiven and Forgiving

Length: Standard

Fifteen days on forgiveness — what God has already done about your worst day, and what that makes possible toward a brother, a sister, a friend, an enemy. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

God Hears Me — one lamp still burning in a dark room, somebody awake and talking to God

God Hears Me

Length: Standard

Fifteen prayers God heard — beside a well, in a temple, from inside a fish, in a garden at night. Not a lesson about prayer; fifteen people praying. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Kind to Everyone — grain left standing at the edge of a field at dusk, deliberately not harvested

Kind to Everyone

Length: Standard

Fifteen days on kindness — especially toward the people everybody else walked past. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Jesus Is Stronger — water gone completely still at first light, the morning after the storm was told to stop

Jesus Is Stronger

Length: Standard

Fifteen days through Mark, asking the same question over and over — is there anything Jesus isn't stronger than? The answer is no, and it ends at an empty tomb. For kids, five days a week, three weeks.

Community Development — lit windows across a small town at first light, the houses waking one by one

Community Development

Length: Long

Eleven studies that walk the whole story — a good world, what broke it, and the new creation — and land on the community God is building now.

Holistic Health — cultivated rows running to the horizon in full daylight, someone working them

Holistic Health

Length: Standard

Twenty-five studies on health the way the Bible actually treats it — body, mind and spirit together — from a world made good, through lament and wisdom, to Jesus healing whoever came.

Kingdom Business — a door standing open at midday, people coming toward it

Kingdom Business

Length: Standard

Twelve studies on work, money and enterprise — who owns it, what it is for, and what it costs to serve two masters.

Women's Empowerment — a figure standing on a ridge in full daylight, looking out over open country

Women's Empowerment

Length: Long

Sixteen studies following women through the whole story — made in God's image, seen by God, asking for what is theirs, leading, believing, staying at the cross, and sent first with the news.

How to use a Bible study plan

Read one passage at a time together and ask a few simple questions: What does this tell us about God? About people? What will you obey this week, and who will you share it with? Simple, repeatable, and easy to pass on.

Every study comes three ways: read it online, print it, or watch it — because some of the people we serve don't read well, and that has never been a reason to keep them out of the Word.

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