The Discovery Bible study was originally created overseas in order to give people seeking Jesus a way to discover Jesus. It can be used in all sorts situations from a group of lost people studying the Bible (under the influence of a disciple maker) to new believers classes, to youth groups and Sunday Schools. I’m not sure who first came up with it, but I ran into this form of it from Contagious Disciple Making whose information is listed below.
Discovery Bible Study – This is the copy you give to be used by seekers.
Discovery Bible Study with DNA – This is the copy you use or give to someone who wants to understand Discovery Bible Studies.
The Discovery Bible study is usually used with a chronological story set designed to take a person from Creation and the fall of man to the resurrection of Christ. Each story set has to be adapted to the culture or people group using it, but here are two lists you can consider starting with.
Calvary Road Ministries has two story sets that can be used. You can see their first story list here.
From Contagious Disciple Making. This book has a whole chapter on starting Discovery groups and using the Discovery Bible Study. It is one of my favorite books on disciple making. Also, check out their website for other useful information.
| 1 | Gen 1:1-25 | Creation: God created the World |
| 2 | Gen 2:4-24 | Creation: Creation of Man |
| 3 | Gen 3:1-13 | The Fall: First sin and judgement |
| 4 | Gen 3:14-24 | The Fall: Judgement of a sinful world |
| 5 | Gen 6:1 – 9:17 | The Fall: The flood |
| 6 | Gen 12:1-8, 15:1-6 | Redemption: God’s promise to Abram |
| 7 | Gen 22:1-19 | Redemption: Abraham offers Isaac as a Sacrifice |
| 8 | Ex 12:1-28 | Redemption: The promise of Passover |
| 9 | Ex 20:1-21 | Redemption: The ten Commandments |
| 10 | Lev 4:1-35 | Redemption: The sacrificial system |
| 11 | Is 53 | Redemption: Isaiah Foreshadows the coming promise |
| 12 | Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-20 | Redemption: The birth of Jesus |
| 13 | Mt 3, John 1:29-34 | Redemption: Jesus is Baptised |
| 14 | Mt 4:1-11 | Redemption: The temptation of Christ |
| 15 | John 3:1-21 | Redemption: Jesus and Nicodemus |
| 16 | John 4: 1-26, 39-42 | Redemption: Jesus and the Woman at the well |
| 17 | Luke 5:17-26 | Redemption: Jesus forgives and heals |
| 18 | Mark 4:35-41 | Redemption: Jesus calms the storm |
| 19 | Mark 5:1-20 | Redemption: Jesus casts out evil spirits |
| 20 | John 11:1-44 | Redemption: Jesus raises Lazurus from the dead |
| 21 | Matthew 26:26-30 | Redemption: The first Lord’s supper |
| 22 | John 18 – 19:16 | Redemption: Jesus is betrayed and condemned |
| 23 | Luke 23:32-56 | Redemption: Jesus is crucified |
| 24 | Luke 24:1-35 | Redemption: Jesus Conquers Death |
| 25 | Luke 24:36-53 | Redemption: Jesus appears and ascends |
| 26 | John 3:1-21 | Redemption: We have a choice |
Contact us if you have questions or need help using it. Maybe sometime in the near future, we will do a podcast episode on it.
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Who are the ne’er-do-wells in your life? What are their stories?
This is the talk I mentioned: Tea with Hezbollah: Is it possible to love your enemy? Carl Medearis
He has a book with a similar title if you are interested in reading the book called Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemies’ Table
I told a little bit of the story from Peace Child. If you liked what you heard I encourage you to read the whole book.
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Learning to run
Run a marathon
Not a sprint
A marathon
And, run it well
“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” 1 Cor 15:19 (NIV)
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What do you do when God asks you to play second fiddle? What do you do when His plan for you is not fame and glory, but anonymity and unrecognized work? Will you follow Him?
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Ironically, a short episode on perseverance and encouragement.
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Are you all in when it comes to the Kingdom? What does it mean to be all in? How do we help grow the people to disciple to be all in? In this episode, we address some of those questions as well as some of our own struggles in those areas.
Audible book suggestion:
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Imagine what it would have been like to be a soldier guarding the tomb. It’s silent. It’s quiet.
Until it isn’t.
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Prayer is hard, and if we were honest with ourselves, most of us struggle to have the kind of prayer life we really think we should. Today, we are going to be talking about a really great way to grow your prayers and your prayer life. We’ll be talking about praying God’s words back to Him. It is super powerful, and really good to spur us on toward better prayers. Included in today’s episode will be an example and opportunity for you to pray through a passage in Matt 13 together with us.
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