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Section: Shorter writings
 

There are two 12-lesson courses here, both suitable for new Christians. They are

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Beginning with God

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Growing in God

I put them together for local church use. Some originally appeared in my now out-of-print book, Belonging. Others are of more recent compilation. We use them regularly in the church in West Yorkshire, England, where I am an elder: Five Towns Christian Fellowship.

Click the dots below to look at individual lessons.

I have also made them available for download in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF). Each series of 12 lessons comes as a single ZIP (compressed) file. These are available on the download page.
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 Beginning with God

A series of 12 lessons for new Christians on the basics of the Christian life, including commitment to the local church. Bible references are from the NIV. There is a memory verse at the end of each lesson.
 

 1.

Getting Started: Repentance and faith

 2.

Buried and Raised with Christ: Baptism

 3.

Power for Living: Receiving the Holy Spirit

 4.

Conversations with God: Prayer

 5.

This Wonderful Book: You and your Bible

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The Compass Within: Conscience

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The Right Motive: Living by grace

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The Covenant Meal: The Lord's Supper

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Who's in Charge?: The Lordship of Christ

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Something to Offer: Serving in the church

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Church in Action: Patterns of church life

 12.

Sticking With It: Going on with God

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Growing in God

A follow-on series covering 12 more key areas of Christian life and understanding, designed on the same pattern as Beginning with God.
 

 1.

Temple Maintenance: You and your body

 2.

To Laugh and to Cry: Emotional freedom

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A Renewed Mind: Ruling your thought-life

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Chewing the Cud: Bible meditation

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The Right Direction: Knowing God's will

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Crucified with Christ: The cross in your life

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Sex Under Control: The Christian & sexuality

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Staying Victorious: Overcoming temptation

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Enemy Territory: Facing up to 'the world'

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Doing a Good Job: The world of work

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Handling Hassles: The discipline of the Lord

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Graduation Day: The return of Jesus


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