This page moves away from my own study material to other stuff - all of it freely available online. I ought to say 'go to the original source', but since it's all available anyway the copies here follow the tidy booklet form I've used elsewhere in this collection.
Particularly useful is the SPCK website www.homegroups.co.uk, which hosts a lot of these courses. You have to create a free account to access the material but it can be downloaded for legitimate and easy use by small groups and individuals ... which makes it very attractive.
There's a book that collects these together, but they're all available here and on the SPCK website.
Celebrating Advent (3 studies)
Lent Bible Studies (5 studies)
Themes from Matthew's Gospel (5 studies)
Themes from Mark's Gospel (5 studies)
Themes from Luke's Gospel (5 studies)
Themes from John's Gospel (5 studies)
Walking in the Light (15 studies)
Men of the Bible (17 studies)
Women of the Bible (7 studies)
Learning from the Life of Jesus (14 studies)
I don't normally give courses strong billing here if they rely on talking-heads videos; but the Burning Heart group have a mission to raise the standard of Christian video material from the frequent awful to somewhere near professional. Because of this, and because their courses seem really good, here goes...
Wellness God's Way - 6 studies in Deuteronomy (Essentially taking the book of Deuteronomy as a kind and wise guide for life, not the nasty schoolmaster we sometimes imagine it to be.)
Prayer - Learning from Jesus (4 Studies)
Struggling with Judgement (6 Studies)
Cell UK is the old name for a church structure currently operating as www.networkchurch.org. Perhaps it's in the nature of such organisations to be a bit fluid, but if you can find them on online they have some good thinking about welcome and growth, including the study here:
The Four Ws - Welcome, Worship, Word, Witness (4 Studies)
I've said elsewhere that IVP Lifebuilder Study books are the go-to for Small Group material - or at least the obvious first choice. But since their material is copyrighted and costs about $25 a go, I'm not replicating it here. Hunt them down on Amazon or wherever you buy your books from. What they do provide here is just one book's worth of material, a guide to leading a Bible Study. It's focussed on their own style, but the points it makes are well worth considering in any Small Group.
Since I spent some time tracking them all down, there's also a list of all the over 100 books to choose from ... IVP have certainly gone to town on this.
Leading a Bible Study (11 Studies)
List of over 100 IVP Lifebuilder Study books
This is a catch-all title for various studies by Archbishop Stephen Cottrell, relating to Jesus' last few days. They actually taken from his books of the same titles, but the studies work well on their own.
The Things He Did (6 Studies)
The Things He Carried (8 Studies)
The Things He Said (5 Studies)
Walking Backwards to Christmas (11 Studies)
Old age can be a time when, for instance, it's time to do some forgiving and mending fences ... perhaps even just with ourselves. These courses offer some Christian approaches to growing old with grace.
Age to Age – Trust (4 Studies)
Age to Age – Forgiveness (4 Studies)
Age to Age – Joy (4 Studies)
Age to Age – Modern Times and Family (4 Studies)
Age to Age – Growing Old Gracefully (4 Studies)
Age to Age – Who Am I Really? (4 Studies)
Shapes for Living: Course Booklet
Shapes for Living: Detailed notes and Leaders' Guides
The SPCK homegroups.org.uk site also offers a lot of studies 'direct from SPCK'. They're shamelessly based on SPCK books - so all the better if you buy the books - but that generally doesn't stop them being great material even without the books.
'Forty' Women (Ros Clarke) (4 Studies)
12 Great Spiritual Writers (Liz Hoare) (5 Studies)
A House Built on Love (Ed Walker) (5 Studies)
Advent for Everyone (Tom Wright) 1-14 (14 Studies)
Advent for Everyone (Tom Wright) 15-28 (14 Studies)
And Yet - Studies on Lament (Emma Ineson) (3 Studies)
Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope (Rob Merchant) (7 Studies)
Challenges of Pentecostal Theology (Phyllis Thompson) (5 Studies)
Christmas Stories with Children (Roger McGough) (4 Studies)
Climate Justice (Christian Aid) (5 Studies)
Coming of the Saviour (Cindy Bunch) (6 Studies)
Creation Care (A Rocha) (12 Studies)
Embracing Justice (Isabelle Hamley) (6 Studies)
Exploring Prayer (Justin Welby) (5 Studies)
Failure (Emma Ineson) (3 Studies)
Faith for all the Family (Becky May) (8 Studies)
First Steps - Sharing Jesus in Your Everyday (Third Space Ministries) (6 Studies)
Form - What is Spiritual Formation (SPCK) (5 Studies)
God's Heart for Justice (Effective Developoment) (SPCK) (7 Studies) (Also some worksheets - to come)
Heaven (Paula Gooder) (5 Studies)
Hope (Bible Society) (4 Studies)
If We Confess Our Sins (Howard & Holly Satterthwaite) (4 Studies)
Into the Heart of Advent (Penelope Wilcock) (5 Studies)
Invisible Divides - Barriers in Church (Paul Brown & Natalie Williams) (4 Studies)
Jesus' Final Days (IVP Lifebuilder) (8 Studies)
Just Leadership (Justin Humphries) (3 Studies)
Knowing Me, Knowing God (Richard Brash) (8 Studies)
Let's Talk about Race (Tiria Barnes) (3 Studies)
Life Lessons from 'A Little Bit of Faith' (Katie Piper) (4 Studies)
Living His Story (Hannah Steele) (7 Studies)
Meeting God in Mark (RowanWilliams) (3 Studies)
Meeting God in Matthew (Elaine Storkey) (4 Studies)
Mental Health BIble Study (Imagine Christian Ministry) (4 Studies)
MORE - Change (Sarah Yardley) 4 Studies)
MORE - Real - Being a Christian (9 Studies)
Notes on Love - Being single and dating in a marriage-obsessed church (Lauren Windle) (6 Studies)
Planet Protectors (Paul Kerenza & Ruth Valerio) (5 Studies)
Saying Yes to Life (Ruth Valerio) (7 Studies)
Sleepers Wake (Nicholas Holtam) (4 Studies)
Story Bearers (Phil Knox) (5 Studies)
The Dangers of Perfectionism (Fran Hill) (6 Studies)
The Gospel of John (David Ford) (6 Studies)
The Way - Small Group Studies in the Beatitudes (SPCK) (9 Studies)
We Need to Talk About Race (Ben Lindsay) (4 Studies)
What Would Jesus Do (SPCK) (10 Studies) (Also some worksheets - to come)
St Ebbe’s is a famous ‘student church’ which retains a conservative evangelical or reformed outlook (as opposed to a more charismatic one), focussing strongly on teaching and learning from the Bible.
Old Testament Men in Prayer - Listen to my Cry (6 Studies)
Exodus 1-13 - I am the Lord (6 Studies)
Numbers 11-21 - The Wilderness Years (6 Studies)
Ruth (4 Studies)
Judges 6-16 - Through Weakness and Strength (6 Studies)
2 Samuel - The Shepherd of Israel (5 Studies)
2 Chronicles - 7 Kings (7 Studies)
Psalms 63, 73, 81, 84, 91 - Songs from the Heart (5 Studies)
Proverbs (3 Studies)
Isaiah 40-43 - Behold your God (4 Studies)
Daniel - The Everlasting Kingdom (6 Studies)
Jonah - The Depths of Grace (4 Studies)
Haggai (and Psalm 118) - Grand Designs (4 Studies)
Malachi (6 Studies)
Matthew 18-25 - He Spoke in Parables (6 Studies)
Luke 18-19 (4 Studies)
John 1-3 - Light in the Darkness (6 Studies)
John 4-8 - The Life-Giver (6 Studies)
John 14-16 - Because I am going to the Father (5 Studies)
2 Corinthians - Ambassadors for Christ (7 Studies)
Galatians - Free (8 Studies)
Ephesians - God's Building Project (3 Studies)
Ephesians - I Kneel Before the Father (3 Studies)
1 Thessalonians - Real Church (6 Studies)
2 Timothy - Not Ashamed of the Gospel (6 Studies)
James - A Faith That Works (7 Studies)
Hebrews - Such a Great Salvation (14 Studies)
1 Peter - Strangers in the World (8 Studies)
2 Peter (6 Studies)
Revelation - Heaven Opened (6 Studies)
One Another - Love, Accept, Encourage, Honour (4 Studies)
Some good thoughtful studies from the USPG, reflecting their work in parts of the world that may be unfamiliar to Western Christians.
The Prophetic Voice of the Church (5 studies)
The Gospel in Action (5 studies)
Migration & Movement (6 studies)
Living an Authentic Life (5 Studies)
All Things Are Possible (5 Studies)
A Heart for Mission (5 Studies)
Living with a World of Difference (5 Studies)
Fantastic videos, studies and summaries from the Bible Project, including:
(Many more are available)
What's to know about The Bible - 1. What is the Bible? A Library, Not Just a Book
What's to know about The Bible - 2. Can we trust the Bible? History & Credibility
The Bible - References and Resources
What's to know about The Bible (10 Studies) (being superceded by the studies above)
What's to know about The Old Testament (10 Studies)
From Saul to the Exile - 1. The Story behind the Stories (8 Studies)
From Saul to the Exile - 2. Small Group Bible Studies (20 Studies)
What's to know about The New Testament (10 Studies)
Finding My Identity (Psalms 8, 26, 27, 73, 78 & 67) (6 Studies)
Working Through My Hangups (various New Testament Letters) (6 Studies)
Learning the Basics (Psalms ) (Psalms 6, 22, 33, 105, 106, 119) (6 Studies)
Catching a World Vision (Psalms 38,87, 89, 96, 98, 139) (6 Studies)
Facing the Issues (Various Old Testament Scenes) (5 Studies)
Parables of Jesus (8 Studies)
Jesus' Birth and Childhood (3 Studies)
God's World, God's People (Psalms 38, 87, 89, 96, 98, 139 again) (6 Studies)
Living as Rescued People (6 Studies)
The Creeds (4 Studies)
I Believe - the Apostles' Creed (12 Studies)
What do we believe, and why?
(A very brief) History of Christianity in Aotearoa New Zealand (10 Studies)
Eco-friendly Preaching (sermons that can stand more than one use) (8 Studies)
A mix of humorous and odd themes - but taking the Bible seriously.
Wacky Theology (4 Studies)
Faith like Chocolate: Rich, Real and Shared (6 Studies)
Rooted and Fruitful: Lessons from God's Garden (6 Studies)
Pasta and Purpose: Faith Lessons from the Kitchen (6 Studies)
Boldly Go: entirely serious Bible Studies inspired by Star Trek (6 Studies)
How to Survive Small Groups (with Cake and Biscuits)
Finally a section listing various other materials. Some are here because they're a bit theologically or culturally rigid, or clearly American Evangelical - with all that that implies. Others are here because although they're very good they're not free and they don't transfer easily into the standard study format I've used here. But that may be a good thing ... after all, people put more value on something they have to pay for!
Three British courses to introduce people to the Christian faith and hopefully convince or convert them (if that's the language you use.) I've worked with all three courses and would happily recommend any of them - but they do require some investment. Perhaps people put more value on something they have to pay for!
Alpha Course Alpha is good, but they don't make it easy for you to get the stuff free off the internet.
Christianity Explored A good 'Conservative Evangelical' alternative if Alpha is a bit 'charismatic' for you.
Pilgrim Course A third option, the formal Church of England one - but also good, particularly for Confirmation preparation etc.
Anne & Graham Lotz Old-fashioned Billy Graham style, but well presented as an effort to preserve a body of teaching material. Its 'soundness' reflects a particular set of viewpoints.
Free Sunday School Lessons Decent quality and there's lots to explore; again its 'soundness' reflects a particular set of viewpoints.
The Bible Unpacked This was an early option I went to for study material, and it's not bad - but it's basically a 'this verse says that' approach. Our groups found it all a bit too obvious and directive - they were done in 10 minutes and found themselves asking 'well, what now'. Perhaps a different leader would be able to answer that.