The Gospel-Centered Life: Study Guide with Leader's Notes

The Gospel-Centered Life: Study Guide with Leader's Notes
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Lots of Christians talk about the gospel, but how many really understand and know how to apply it to their lives? In this life-changing training resource, Authors Robert H. Thune and Will Walker communicate both to the new Christian and the seasoned pastor the need for gospel renewal.

By training people in the implications of the good news, The Gospel-Centered Life: Study Guide with Leader's Notes helps pastors, leaders, and Christians everywhere who long to see gospel transformation in themselves and in their churches.

This Christ-focused material is simple and easy for leaders to use while also encouraging thoughtful, rich discussion. The Gospel-Centered Life focuses on true heart change rather than behavioral modification, helping readers recognize relationship issues in practical ways.

Featuring nine self-contained lessons with discussion questions, articles, practical exercises, and comprehensive leader's notes in the back, The Gospel-Centered Life helps participants understand how the gospel shapes every aspect of life. Readers will gain biblical insight on the temptation to pretend and perform, what heart idolatry and repentance looks like, dealing with conflict in relationships, and much more.

Robert H. Thune, MA, is founding and lead pastor of Coram Deo Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He is the author of Gospel Eldership, Gospel Training for Deacons, the coauthor of The Gospel-Centered Life and The Gospel-Centered Community, and the creator of the Daily Liturgy Podcast. In addition to his work as a pastor and writer, he helps to lead a classical Christian school, coaches and trains church leaders, and serves on the Council of The Gospel Coalition.

Will Walker, MA, is the lead pastor of Providence Church in Austin, TX. He is the coauthor of The Gospel-Centered Life, The Gospel-Centered Community, and Journey to the Cross. Will and his wife Debbie are parents of two boys.

Serge is an international missions organization dedicated to sending and caring for missionaries, mentoring and training ministry leaders globally, and creating gospel-centered resources for personal and church renewal. They emphasize the transformative power of the gospel of grace in the believer's life, focusing on ongoing renewal and equipping leaders and believers for mission.

"With simple and direct language, The Gospel-Centered Life: Study Guide with Leader’s Notes helps people understand and effectively apply the gospel to their lives, regardless of where they are in their spiritual journey. It's one of the few resources out there that explicitly challenges others to reach out with the gospel, even as it is growing deeper into their own lives. I highly recommend it!"


Steven L. Childers, DMin, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando

"I've used The Gospel-Centered Life in two different church contexts—one an established church in a Sunday school setting, the other in a smaller, re-start church context in our small groups. The curriculum has a rare combination of being gloriously simple for leaders to use and also having thoughtful and probing content. GCL starts the right conversations, pressing people to push past surface behaviors to the internal world that Jesus so valued. In a culture (and a church) full of people who are skimming through life, GCL presses you to pay attention to the conversations in your head and the motives in your hearts, and to bring all of it under the lordship of Christ and into contact with the power of the gospel. It is easy to use and strikes the rare blend of being applicable and accessible to both the seasoned believer as well as the person considering faith for the first time. We found doing it in all our small groups created a church-wide conversation that had real impact in terms of people’s discipleship and understanding of how great the gospel truly is."

Alex Kirk, Lead Pastor, Chatham Community Church, Chapel Hill, NC

"As we seek to make disciples of Jesus, I am continually looking for resources which rightly emphasize true heart-change over mere behavioral-modification. The Gospel-Centered Life is one of the most effective tools we are using in that regard."

Brian McCurry, Small Groups Pastor, Fellowship Memphis, Memphis, TN

"We have used The Gospel-Centered Life on our Summer Projects, in our discipleship groups on campus, in our small groups at church, and personally among our staff. It has proven to be a very effective way to both ground new believers in an understanding of the richness of the gospel as well as highlight its implications in their lives. In short, it's a home run."

Mike Jackson, Regional Director, Campus Outreach, Central Illinois

"Working with young people brings many unique challenges and adventures that can only be truly impacted by the gospel of Christ. The Gospel-Centered Life has helped draw these issues out of our relationships in surprisingly practical ways by going deep quickly enough to grip our affections, yet broad enough to connect with all types of students."

Kenny Hayes, Campus Outreach Director, Bradley University, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois.

ISBN-13: 9781942572923

Author: Robert H. Thune and Will Walker

Partner Organization: Serge

Publication Date: 04/15/2016

Format: eBook

Page Count: 96

Case Quantity: 24

Series: The Gospel-Centered Life

BISAC Category 1: RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth

  • 5 stars: 32 (80%)
  • 4 stars: 6 (15%)
  • 3 stars: 2 (5%)
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Randy Turner

Chapter 1 and 2 are more than worth the price of admission! THis is one of my favorite books to give away

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Jeffrey R. Crawford
Quality of Matetials

Our pastor in our reformed Orthodox Presbyterian Church review this material with each of his elders and then the elders reviewed this material with each of the men in our relatively small church.

I describe this as basic Christianity 101 and believe it’s the best way I have seen Grace – based teaching about the gospel ever represented.

One of our elders reviewed, at my request, the entire manual with one of my sons.

I’m glad I found this material so I can purchase more workbooks and offered to do with each of my older sons, if they are willing to.

I benefited greatly from this material. I would recommend it to any Christian.

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Adam Brown
I loved this book!

I loved this book! I went through this book reading the first half on my own, then sharing my answers with a leader and this book was so beneficial for me and my faith, and I think this book would have significant impact for any Christian no matter where they are at in their walk of faith, anywhere from someone who is new in their faith to those who have lived in their faith a long time, this book is so clear and also very in depth in its content. I plan sometime in the future to go through this book again, and I think it would be a great tool for individual or group settings.

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Megan Feterolf
2024/5 women’s small group/discipleship reading material and discussion.

2024/5 women’s small group/discipleship reading material and discussion.

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Hannah Deaton
I enjoyed walking through this book with our community group.

I enjoyed walking through this book with our community group. It was helpful to have the leader's notes in the back of the book. The book had short but impactful chapters on different aspects of the gospel in order to get a well rounded view. I would highly recommend this book for all people; seekers, new believers, experienced believers, ex-believers. Jesus truly worked on my heart and transformed it after walking through this book. The only criticism I had for this book is... I felt the last chapter didn't evenly tie the book together with a nice bow. It seemed like the "Mission" chapter could have been a better ending chapter.

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Karissa Brar
really enjoyed this workbook! I

really enjoyed this workbook! I completed it with a summer discipleship group, and I think it would definitely be appropriate for small groups/ discipleship groups/ community life groups etc or even one-on-one or self study. Probably best for adult readers! in many ways it goes through the very basics of our faith and the Gospel - salvation, forgiveness, reconciliation, and lots more - but it's still well suited + challenging for Christians of all maturity levels. - not specifically written for non-believer audiences, but definitely has tools that can illustrate the gospel better for people who are unfamiliar !!

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EA Kellogg
SO practical and rich!

SO practical and rich! even though the purpose is to lead groups through this study, i benefited from it in my personal development. i specially loved the graphics & visuals provided for gospel centered thinking

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Rynn Cox
I highly recommend this book

I highly recommend this book to everyone who believes Jesus is their Lord and Savior. It does a great job of creating a strong foundation of what it means to live as a follower of Christ.

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Margaret
Great, humbling & convicting resource for having vulnerable conversations

Great, humbling & convicting resource for having vulnerable conversations

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Kathryn Kollmansberger
Great Resource

It indeed took a long time to finish this one as we studied it for Bible study this whole year. Lots of solid concepts; I struggled, however, with making it applicable for a wide range of spiritual backgrounds/current realities. We facilitated it, though! Praise God.

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Nathan Webb
Great workbook for personal growth

Great workbook for personal growth, but it’s best used in a group setting. I used it to disciple 5 guys and the material was great! Foundational enough for new believers but deep enough for everyone to grow in ways every single chapter. Can’t recommend it enough!

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Patrick
Pretty good book on how to grow in the faith. The advice is practical, and all of it is rooted in...

Pretty good book on how to grow in the faith. The advice is practical, and all of it is rooted in the bible.

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Garrett Wishall
Central to Discipleship

This book is my go-to for establishing key discipleship principles like source-level idols, how we are a story-formed people, forgiveness and conflict resolution, all with the gospel at the center. Highly, highly recommend.

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Anna Gillis
Definitely recommend!!!

Went through this book for discipleship and it was SO good each chapter was so incredibly written and I learned so much about the Gospel from it and living it out in our day to day life! Definitely recommend!!!

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PS
Great read

Every person should read this once!

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Noah Hosking
Banger, would give this to any new or mature Christian. Awesome book to read as a group or with s...

Banger, would give this to any new or mature Christian. Awesome book to read as a group or with someone

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Luke Ramussen
An excellent small group resource.

An excellent small group resource.

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Christian Smith
Very concise but extremely helpful and practical. Will definitely use this with discipleship in t...

Very concise but extremely helpful and practical. Will definitely use this with discipleship in the future!

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Claire Heston
Gospel

Easy read

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Jacob Templeton
Gospel Centered Living Packet

Great material!

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Matt
Excellent resource

This book communicates the Gospel so clearly, as well as what the Gospel isn't.

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Greg Forseen
Excellent Material

I used this material to teach an Adult Equipping Class. It rightly focuses on aspects of the gospel and helps apply it to our daily lives. The articles are well written and very engaging. Challenging the readers to consider the application of the Gospel in their lives. It is an outstanding study every disciple should study and apply.

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Judy Bisonett
The Gospel-Centered Life

This is a Bible study guide for small groups with nine lessons. It was written to help the author’s churches
grow in the Gospel. Its purpose is to promote transformational conversations among groups of mature Christians, new Christians, and non-Christians. It requires no extra work outside of the group setting. A Gospel overview is presented—excellent for new and non-Christians. Each lesson has an article to read together (three or four pages) and an exercise with application questions to discuss together. There are many topics that all Christians need to revisit many times, such as forgiveness, conflict resolution, missions and service. I enjoyed this Bible Study and I know it will get used in our church library. It is appropriate for ages sixteen and up.

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Corey Cochran
Lead Pastor

I had the opportunity to read through Gospel-Centered Life, before recommending it to my church for Family Groups, and it was an amazing read! It is rich with doctrine and theological application. If you are starting a small group, have someone struggling with their faith, or just looking for an encouraging read this is the book for you. I love the simple set- up and how easy it’s to maneuver around the contents of this book. All around good work! Pastor—Corey Cochran.

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Steven David
Five Stars

Excellent study of the gospel for anyone

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Sharon Braswell
Just Okay

Was hoping for more of a study book.

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Marisa Billington
Five Stars

Wonderful and easy-to-use curriculum. Ideal for bible studies with believers at any stage.

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Bronson
Lots of useful and knowledge

Great book for our study group. Lots of useful and knowledge.

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Andy S.
Life-Changing

This book is so helpful in truly understanding how to apply the gospel to all of life. Truly life changing.

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Gabriel Gonzalez
Good for Home Fellowships

Our home fellowship group used this as a study guide and it was helpful to guide the conversation and keep it gospel/doscipleship focused.

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Jack Totherow
Five Stars

This book is a great help in teaching the Gospel Centered Life.