{"id":4754,"date":"2009-04-08T17:39:33","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/excellent-church-study-guides.html"},"modified":"2009-04-08T17:39:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:39:33","slug":"excellent-church-study-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/excellent-church-study-guides.html","title":{"rendered":"Excellent Church Study Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen the new series from Christianity Today International? There are a number of volumes in this series, and I’m privileged to be in two of them. These books take CT articles and turn them into study sessions for adults, and they do so in a way that makes folks think within the broad range of evangelical thought.  What I like most is that these volumes don’t lay down answers but provoke solid questions for groups to work on.<\/p>\n

1. The Bible: Irrelevant or Invaluable? (Christianity Today Study Series)<\/a>\"\"
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2.The Future of the Church (Christianity Today Study Series)<\/a>\"\"
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