This week, your group will be studying Unit 17, Session 1, A People Returned.

This post is written by Andrew Hall and is published as a companion to Unit 17, Session 2 of The Gospel Project for Adults Vol. 6 (Winter 2022-23): From Captivity to Restoration. Every generation faces its apocalyptic moment. In the 1960s, the threat of nuclear war meant that students did drills to hide under their desks in the case...

Peace and security are words often heard in the whirlwind of our news cycles. They are used as ideas or desires that require work to achieve. They are used in the negative sense of not being a current reality. They are used as the aim, answer, or solution to the world’s problems.   Though the idea of peace and security...

The following resources are for “From Heaven to Earth,” the seventh volume of The Gospel Project for Kids’ 2021–2024 cycle. Many of these resources can also be found on the Files Disc that comes in the Ministry Starter Kits or Add-On Packs, as well as in the Ministry Grid digital materials. (Note: All links should open in a new...

This post is written by Andrew Hall and is published as a companion to Unit 17, Session 1 of The Gospel Project for Adults Vol. 6 (Winter 2022-23): From Captivity to Restoration. In March 2020, the Western world came to a screeching halt. A novel coronavirus had begun to spread widely, and its effects were yet to be determined....

God fulfills His promises and restores His people. Scripture: Ezra 1:1–2 Central Truth When God sent His people into exile, He promised He would one day lead them out of it—and He did. Whether the Israelites expected it or not, God used the Persian King, Cyrus, to fulfill His promise. Through Jesus, God fulfilled another part of this promise...