The following are additional resources for “Division and Defiance,” the fifth volume of The Gospel Project’s study cycle for adults and students. The additional resources for every volume include items to help you as you prepare for each session, along with materials that we recommend as bonus content for your groups. Download the study plan here.
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Books We Recommend
- Telling God’s Story by Preben Vang and Terry G. Carter
- Gospel-Centered Teaching by Trevin Wax
Training We Recommend
Memory Verses
- Unit 13: 1 Kings 18:21
- Unit 14: Hosea 14:2
- Unit 15: Micah 7:18-19
Presentation Materials
Unit 13: Divisions
1. A Divided Kingdom
- Article: “Ask Someone Older Than You” by Marshall Segal
- Sermon: “Torn in Two by the Lord” by Austin Walker
- Sermon: “1 Kings 11:22–12:33” by Gary Hamrick
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 13, Session 1
- Online Scriptures for Adults
2. Divided Kings
- Article: “Jeroboam I Breaks the Covenant” by Ligonier
- Sermon: “1 Kings 12:25–13:34” by Skip Heitzig
- Sermon: “God’s Lamp in Judah’s Darkness” by Austin Walker
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 13, Session 2
- Online Scriptures for Adults
3. A Divided People
- Article: “Elijah and the Prophets of Baal” by Ligonier
- Sermon: “Yahweh vs. Baal” by Aubrey Sequeira
- Sermon: “God Don’t Do Open Relationships” by Curtis Dunlap
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 13, Session 3
- Online Scriptures for Adults
4. A Divided Response
- Article: “Justification Triumphs over Slander” by Jackson Gravitt
- Article: “Humble Yourself and Fast” by David Mathis
- Sermon: “The Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin” by Aubrey Sequeira
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 13, Session 4
- Online Scriptures for Adults
Unit 14: Renewal
1. Resurrection
- Article: “Six Lessons from the Shunammite Woman” by Melanie Krumrey
- Sermon: “Elisha and the Widow” by Dave Kiehn
- Sermon: “Death and Resurrection” by Carl Trueman
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 14, Session 1
- Online Scriptures for Adults
2. Repentance
- Article: “Jonah Is More Like Us Than We Realize” by Elliot Clark
- Sermon Manuscript: “God Wants to Give You Another Chance” by H.B. Charles Jr.
- Sermon: “Is It Good For You To Be Angry?” by T. J. Betts
- Sermon: “The Tragedy of an Unwilling Missionary” by John MacArthur
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 14, Session 2
- Online Scriptures for Adults
3. Reconciliation
- Article: “We Are Gomer” by Brandon D. Smith
- Article: “A Wife No Man Would Want” by Marshall Segal
- Sermon: “The Minor Prophets – Part Two” by Jason Cook
- Podcast: “David Murray on Teaching Hosea” by Nancy Guthrie and David Murray
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 14, Session 3
- Online Scriptures for Adults
4. Retribution
- Article: “The Fall of Israel—A Study of 2 Kings 17” by Matthew Ward
- Sermon Transcript: “Mixed-Up Religion” by W. A. Criswell
- Sermon: “Sin | Sermon on Israel’s Fall into Exile” by Colin Smith
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 14, Session 4
- Online Scriptures for Adults
Unit 15: Decline
1. God’s People Worshiped
- Article: “The Book that Grieved Josiah” by Ligonier
- Article: “4 Ways to Seek Revival” by Davy Ellison
- Sermon: “Finding Hope in a Dark World: Lessons from King Hezekiah” by Christopher Ash
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 15, Session 1
- Online Scriptures for Adults
2. God’s Prophets Warned
- Sermon Transcript: “Walking Humbly with God” by Charles Spurgeon
- Sermon Transcript: “Sin Subdued” by Charles Spurgeon
- Sermon: “Who You Gonna Call” by Bartholomew Orr
- Sermon: “The God Who Forgives and Restores” by Colin Smith
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 15, Session 2
- Online Scriptures for Adults
3. God’s Covenant Renewed
- Article: “The Bitter Fruit of Fearing Man” by Marshall Segal
- Sermon: “A New Covenant” by Thomas Schreiner
- Sermon: “The Glory of the New Covenant” by David Guzik
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 15, Session 3
- Online Scriptures for Adults
4. God’s Nation Fell
- Article: “Exile” by Matthew Harmon
- Article: “Humility Begins with Listening” by David Mathis
- Sermon: “II Chronicles 36” by Kevin Ueckert
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 15, Session 4
- Online Scriptures for Adults
5. God’s Revival Promised
- Article: “Yes, Preaching Really Does Change People” by Mike Bullmore
- Sermon: “The God Who Makes Alive” by Tim Keller
- Sermon: “Spiritual Restoration” by Jim Richards
- Sermon: “Dead Bones Live” by Ricky Harris
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 15, Session 5
- Online Scriptures for Adults
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