Lifebuilder Bible Studies

Does the word  hospitality  bring to mind tables filled with tea, coffee and cake?  While offering food to others is a wonderful ministry, this stu...

When dealing with a painful loss, we often ask ourselves questions like, 'What am I going to do with my life? How will I get through each day? What...

So many Christians seem more concerned with understanding their faith than getting to know their wonderful God. When we meet God we are changed. Hi...

Why do faithful people suffer? Job wanted to know. So demanded an answer from God. This is a crucial study for those asking God 'Why?' Job's persis...

Heaven is hard for us to picture. We think of floating on clouds and playing harps, or walking streets of gold. While we know we want to go there, ...

Can there really be right or wrong? Today, it is often considered intolerant to speak of moral absolutes. While living in this culture of relativis...

Ezekiel was a fascinating man who wrote a fascinating book filled with strange and powerful visions. At first glance, Ezekiel seems a little eccent...

Joseph went through some hard times; sold into slavery, falsely accused of rape and imprisoned for many years. Yet Joseph was able to live in forgi...

Learn from Elijah about living in an increasingly threatening world. A series of 8 studies for small groups or individuals from the bestselling Lif...

Did you know that the Bible has a great deal to say about ethnicity? Through the Bible, God shapes the way we engage with ethnicity. A biblical per...

When dealing with a painful loss, we often ask ourselves questions like, 'What am I going to do with my life? How will I get through each day? What...

Jesus' words from the cross are not Jesus' last words on earth. Jesus appeared to his fearful and questioning disciples, encouraged them, and gave ...

Christ’s resurrection changed everything. When dawn broke on that first Easter morning, the sun rose on an entirely new world. The very fabric of c...

In every age people have felt sure that the book of Revelation described events in their time. As nations arm themselves for war, we think of Armag...

How do we practice real conversation with God? Instead of prayer becoming an agenda of our needs for God to handle, how can we experience his prese...

We pray for our own needs and for the needs of others. We pray in the face of conflict, and we pray for forgiveness. And we can learn how to pray b...

Like children performing for our parents in a backyard play, we long to receive the applause, the approval, the divine "well done" from our heavenl...

Nehemiah was a leader who faced opposition and difficulty from every side - even from his own people. Yet he stood against the enemy and trusted Go...

Parenting is hard work, full of tough choices and new situations. And many voices compete with ours for our children's attention. In a rapidly chan...

Money and work – these words alone can cause anxiety. But we shouldn’t worry – God wants us to live in freedom, trusting him and learning to manage...

Do you struggle to know and to follow God's call for you in the world? Genesis tells us that even the giants of faith - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and J...

We are called to four great loves: to love God; to love God’s Word; to love God’s people; to love God’s purposes in the world. It is both an awesom...

The human acceptance we long for often comes only if we are attractive, smart, wealthy or powerful. And God's standards seem even higher. We think ...

The Christian life begins with a step of faith. But that first step of faith is just the beginning; it leads to a walk of obedience and trust and h...

Times of pain can tear your heart, wound your spirit, and leave you broken and scarred. "Lifebuilder: God's comfort" contains nine studies on meeti...

God created us to thrive in one another's presence. Friends help us to mature emotionally and spiritually. Friends love us no matter what. Friends ...

From abject slavery to glorious liberation, the story of Exodus tells it all. Go back 3,500 years and think about both victories and defeats among ...

The way we think and feel about ourselves is one of the most important things about us - affecting our peace of mind, our creativity and our abilit...

The purpose of this study guide is to seek answers to questions such as how can we learn to live centred in God's loving presence, in a way that al...

One of the greatest gifts that Christ has given us is each other. Through his body, the church, we find our gifts and experience worship, healing a...

Across the centuries and throughout the world, the Apostles' Creed has united Christians in affirming the basic beliefs of the faith. Even though i...

Christian beliefs are vital to Christian living. They are the foundation of a healthy relationship with God and others. These 12 studies explore wh...

God created all of us to be in relationship with him and with each other. Yet for those with disabilities, attitudes and systems of ableism create ...

More. Better. Quicker. Richer. Are the values of our consumer society invading the church? Are we looking for overnight success in following Jesus?...

Do you ever feel powerless? It was not always so for the people of the early church. Jesus transformed their lives--and they changed the world! ...

Life in first-century Ephesus and Corinth had enough parallels with the twenty-first century world that there's much to learn from Paul's letters t...

Abraham chooses to believe God, embarking on a transforming, lifelong journey of faith and obedience. God has made promises to us, too. By studying...