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Threads talks with Jared Wilson, author of our newest Bible study Seven Daily Sins.

The time has finally come to begin leaking some sneak peaks of “Seven Daily Sins,” by Jared C. Wilson. Huzzah!

Threads editor Sam O’Neal answers your questions about leading a Bible study.

Psychologists have concluded that everyone responds to conflict in one of three ways: move away (flight), move against (fight), or move toward (peace). Let’s take a look at how those three reactions break down.

Here’s something I know: leading a Bible study is hard work. It’s rewarding work, yes. It carries the potential for community and depth and transformation — yes to all of those. But even when things are going well, leading a Bible study the right way requires effort and determination.

The church is beautiful. I’ve seen it first hand. And many of you have as well. It’s not a building of bricks and mortar. Instead, it’s the body of Christ functioning together to provide communion with one another while glorifying God by its existence. And when the church is rightly focused on its mission, it’s a stunning display of God’s goodness and grace.

While the call to discipleship is clear, it’s not necessarily easy. Here’s why. And here is some practical help as well.

Ready or not … a new year of ministry has begun (or will soon begin). And the reality is that some of us … are not ready. Many more of us find ourselves much less ready than we’d like to be. Some of us find ourselves in a place of spiritual, emotional or mental distress. We don’t feel ready for a new year. Not for the return of students, the start of classes or the work of serving as pastor to a rapidly moving community. And the bad news is that we can’t do anything to stop time or delay the return of students or the start of another year. But all is not lost … there is good news!

The beginning of the fall semester is a crucial time for your ministry to reach students.

The first step to bringing in a new kind of content is the realization that sitcom-style church simply does not connect with an emerging generation. Sitcom content makes the assumption that things can be resolved at the end of church. It seeks to leave an audience with some key, practical steps to having their best life now.