Grace Culture - Teen Bible Study Book: Transformed by the Love of Jesus

What Kind of culture do you want to live in?

Everyone has a story. Some stories have more detours, starts and stops, and breakdowns than others. What happens when our stories include places along the way that we're not proud of? Do we cancel ourselves? Does God cancel us? This is where we need a culture change. Not one where we dismiss ourselves and others, but one filled with grace. It is God's grace that transforms lives.

We can be agents of creating a culture that doesn't cancel people when they stumble, but one that creates opportunities for restoration. God never gives up on us. His every desire is for us to be restored and fruitful for the gospel. This is the heart of grace culture--to be agents of Jesus's transforming love to a hurting world.

Features:

• Six teaching videos featuring author D.A. Horton as he teaches students how God can work through their unique experiences to reveal a life transformed by the love of Jesus Christ, approximately 8-10 minutes in length -- available separately
• Leader helps in the back of the book to guide questions and discussion with small groups
• Personal-study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth
• Biblically rooted and gospel-centered
• 6 group sessions, 6 weeks of personal study
• Promotional video and other free leader resources available at lifeway.com/graceculture

• Give students the confidence they need to follow Jesus, balanced with humility and a love for Jesus that will continue to grow.
• Inform students about the issues they are likely to face as believers in today's culture.
• Equip students to start off strong in their faith so that they're not caught off-guard by certain temptations or life situations.
• Encourage conversation around the importance of community and accountability.
• Reveal how God helps us grow stronger in our faith through difficult experiences when we allow Him to lead us through.

D.A. Horton, PhD, serves as an Assistant Professor and Program Director of Intercultural Studies at California Baptist University. He is blessed to also serve as an Associate Teaching Pastor at The Grove Community Church in Riverside, CA. He earned his BS in Biblical Studies and his MS in Christian Studies from Calvary Theological Seminary and his PhD in Applied Theology with a North American Missions emphasis at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Elicia, have been married for twenty years, and have been blessed by God with two daughters and one son.