Girls' Bible Study

I have been meeting with some girls from our youth group (mostly middle school) on Thursday afternoons for a while now. We had been working our way through A Young Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George. But, after some reflection on the questions they were asking, I decided to step back from the book and approach things differently. These girls were lacking foundational knowledge about what they do (or don't) believe, how to study the Bible, why the Bible is our sole source of authority as believers, and the unadulterated gospel. So, I am now composing my own material drawn largely from Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. When we lived in Raleigh, we were members of the First Baptist Church of Durham and had the privilege and benefit of sitting under the teaching of Dr. Andy Davis. While we were there, he taught a Wednesday night Systematic Theology class, and Grudem's book was our text. I LOVED it. Jonathan had used the same text in his Systematic Theology class at the seminary, so it was awesome to be learning and understanding many of the things he was teaching me and we were discussing in our home. I am very excited to be taking these girls through a similar process. We are currently examining the Word of God --What is the word of God?; The Canon of Scripture; The Authority, Inerrancy, Clarity, Necessity, and Sufficieny of Scripture. I pray that the Lord will bless our meetings, and the girls will begin to systematically develop a basic understanding of Biblical doctrine.

*Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology: An Introduction To Biblical Doctrine is a great study aide or reference book to add to your library!