Tips for Teaching This Week’s Session of The Gospel Project for Adults Listen to this week’s leader training podcast with Daniel Davis, team leader for The Gospel Project for Adults, to understand the session’s biblical context, to hear an encouragement about how to use the curriculum effectively, and to be reminded of the need to point your group members...

Disciples live to grow in their faith and please God. Matthew 6:1-18 Central Truth We exist for the glory of our King—Jesus. If we believe we deserve credit for our works, then our pride will get in the way of living to please God. Our pride seeks to steal the praise only God is worthy of receiving. Only God...

This post is written by Andrew Hall as a companion for Unit 23, Session 2 of The Gospel Project for Adults, Volume 8: From Wonder to Rejection (Summer 2023). Of all the principles that Jesus lays out in Matthew 6, the idea of seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (6:33) begins with us learning to do...

Have you ever wondered, Does Jesus care more about what I believe or about what I do? That’s one of those questions that can’t be answered in a word.  We learn in the Bible of the danger of a “belief” that is only external. We find warnings like Matthew 15:8: “This people honors me with their lips, but their...

This post is written by Andrew Hall as a companion for Unit 23, Session 1 of The Gospel Project for Adults, Volume 8: From Wonder to Rejection (Summer 2023). What is the good life? Fitness centers promise that you can get the body you want and feel good about yourself. Listen to people talk and they will express the...

What do you think would happen if you stomped on a ketchup packet? Would you expect only air to escape the contents of the packet? Undoubtedly, the pressure of the stomp would result in an explosion of ketchup, and perhaps a messy shoe.  Oddly enough, we don’t always predict our responses to specific situations accurately. In moments of extreme...