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Daily Bible Study Fall 2025
by Robin Wilson Timothy Merrill Gregory M. Weeks Betsy Haas Rhoda E. PrestonLet God’s Word become the foundation of your day.Rediscover the beauty of Scripture and deepen your faith with Daily Bible Study. Perfect for busy individuals, this thoughtfully designed resource fits seamlessly into your day, offering everything you need on a single page. Each daily devotion includes a Scripture reference, a relatable faith-based question, a practical explanation of the passage, and a heartfelt prayer to guide your reflection.Let’s face it, studying the Bible can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re just starting or feeling isolated in your spiritual practice, building a meaningful connection with Scripture can seem like a challenge. That’s why Daily Bible Study was created—to make your time in God’s Word approachable, inspiring, and impactful.The themes spanning 4–5 weeks in this quarterly resource, aligned with the liturgical calendar, will help you uncover the richness of the Bible’s overarching story and explore the nuances of individual passages without feeling lost. Each theme is brought to life by a single author, ensuring it feels cohesive, personal, and clear. Over time, you’ll feel like you’re connecting with an old friend who understands your spiritual walk and encourages your growth.Whether you’re seeking a consistent devotional habit or a fresh, guided approach to Scripture, this resource helps you experience God intimately, strengthen your spirit, and focus on meaningful growth.Fall 2025 Theme: Struggle. Perseverance HopeThis fall, Daily Bible Study presents a series of readings supporting the theme “Struggle. Perseverance. Hope.” These readings reacquaint us with faithful Hebrew women who lived through difficult circumstances with strength and hope. They also point us to prophets such as Jeremiah, who provide us with models of sincere and honest commitment to God’s will and perseverance in the face of adversity. They culminate in New Testament texts that offer insights into living in love, faithfully imitating what is good, and praying with confidence. The writers are Robin C. Wilson, Timothy Merrill, Gregory M. Weeks, Betsy Haas, and Rhonda Preston.While this is a product for individuals, it also serves as an excellent companion resource for those using the Adult Bible Studies curriculum with their small groups.The Curriculum Resources Committee of The United Methodist Church endorses this resource.
Multiplying Love: A Vision of United Methodist Life Together
by Paul W. ChilcoteA Vision of United Methodist Life Together.Our world needs love during these desperate days of radical polarization and division. Our United Methodist churches yearn to embrace love more completely because God first loved us. Our “faith” (including doctrine) is important; Christian “hope” (including renewal) is important; “love” of God and neighbor is more important. Multiplying Love underscores what matters most and stands in contrast to divisive misreadings of essential Methodist teachings. Chilcote helps us embrace anew the Wesleyan vision of love of Jesus as central to what we believe and how we live.When I finished Multiplying Love, I found myself jumping up and down shouting, “Yes, yes, yes! Gosh, do we need this!” We are at a remaking moment in the church. Dr. Chilcote beautifully articulates the deeper theological vision that beckons and sustains us. Multiplying Love helped me more thoroughly embrace the kind of loving people we are hoping to become. That’s what it’s all about to me, and this book nails it!—Rev. Christy Allen Holden, co-creator of The Channel UMC, a new hybrid community of faith (@christyallenholden)Every United Methodist pastor would do well to invite their church council to read Paul Chilcote’s brief and powerful Multiplying Love. It recalls the power of the Wesleyan approach to the gospel and makes a compelling case for the future of The United Methodist Church. I loved this book!—Rev. Adam Hamilton, Kansas pastor and author of Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith
The Bible With and Without Jesus - Leader Guide: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
by Amy-Jill Levine Marc Zvi BrettlerScholars show how Jews and Christians read the same texts differently.The leader guide contains discussion questions and session plans for the study. It includes opening and closing prayers, optional activities, and weekly session goals. This leader guide, participant guide, and DVD are everything needed for an engaging study for your small group.In this Bible study based on their book, The Bible With and Without Jesus, esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. Passages include the creation of the world, the role of Adam and Eve, the Suffering Servant of Isaiah, the book of Jonah, and Psalm 22, whose words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” Jesus quotes as he dies on the cross.Comparing various interpretations – historical, literary, and theological - of each ancient text, Levine and Brettler offer deeper understandings of the original narratives and their many afterlives. They show how the text speaks to different generations under changed circumstances, illuminating the Bible’s ongoing significance. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings; it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all readers.
Parables: Putting Jesus's Stories in Their Place
by Josh ScottRead the stories of Jesus in a new light.When Jesus taught in parables, he was doing more than telling simple morality tales. His stories were grounded in the world in which he lived and his vision of the Kingdom of God. This book explores six parables that give us a window into Jesus’s message and movement, and, once they are heard in their own context, ask what they might mean for us today. Parables include: the New Wine and Wineskins, the Mustard Seed, the Leaven, the Wedding Party, the Workers in the Vineyard, and the Wicked Tenants.Other components for the study include a leader guide and teaching video are available.
Rooted in the Wild: Revitalizing the Church in a Blended Ecology
by Michael Adam BeckDiscover the blended ecology model for modern churches.How can the church adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing culture while staying true to its roots? With churches facing declining attendance and outreach struggles, Rooted in the Wild offers a timely and inspiring solution. Author Michael Adam Beck introduces the concept of a “blended ecology” of the church. This groundbreaking approach combines the “deep roots” of traditional practices with the “wild branches” of fresh, unconventional expressions of faith. From biblical foundations to real-world examples, Beck explores how churches can honor their heritage while reaching new people in unexpected places, such as homes, tattoo parlors, and dog parks.This isn’t just a lofty vision – it’s a practical, hands-on guide filled with actionable strategies for revitalizing your church community. Whether you’re a leader in an established congregation or someone pioneering innovative ways of doing ministry, Rooted in the Wild shows how tradition and innovation can work together to create meaningful transformations. This book serves as a roadmap to bridge the past and the future, helping your congregation grow as a community while expanding its ministry to all.
Give Up Something Bad for Lent: A Lenten Study for Adults
by James W. MooreWrap your arms around the Good News for Lent.During Lent each year, Christians give up something as an act of sacrifice and spiritual discipline. Often it is something like chocolate, knowing that after Easter Sunday they can once again enjoy what they have given up. James Moore challenges readers to take it further—to give up something spiritually that they would be better off not doing. He invites all to seek God's help to focus on eliminating one habit or attitude that is destructive. Imagine giving up envy, jealousy, self-pity, apathy, procrastination, gossip, resentment, or negative thinking, how much better life would be.The forty days of Lent are ideal to use this study and prepare to give up something bad while preparing to fully embrace the Good News of Easter. Study includes seven sessions, one for each Sunday in Lent and Easter Sunday. Each session features a Scripture reference, a personal reading, questions for personal reflection or group study, and closing prayer.
Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith
by Adam HamiltonDoes your faith make room for questions?Everyone has doubts. Where is God when bad things happen? Does God hear our prayers? Is there a heaven? How can we know? Often, we treat such questions as the enemy of faith. But uncertainty doesn’t mean our belief is lacking. Doubt can be a path to a deeper, richer encounter with God. In Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith, join best-selling author and pastor Adam Hamilton as he discusses some of our most significant sources of doubt and shows how a steady trust in God can emerge from them. You will delve into questions like: “Does God exist? How can I know?” “Is the Bible true?” “Why do prayers go unanswered?” Hamilton approaches these sources of doubt with honesty and insight, drawing on the rich wisdom of the Bible, Christian tradition, and his experience walking with thousands of people on their spiritual journeys. Whether you’re a longtime Christian or someone brand new to faith, this book will lead you to a trust in God that gives you the courage to ask tough questions. Though you may wrestle with doubt, you’ll discover a faith that—rather than providing simple answers—includes belief and trust as well as uncertainty and mystery. The book can be used anytime throughout the year and can be read alone, used by small groups, or as an outreach gift for visitors. Components include a comprehensive Leader Guide, a six-session DVD featuring Adam Hamilton (with closed captioning), and a digital worship and sermon series, making this perfect as a group study and churchwide program done throughout the year.
For Justice and Enduring Peace: One Hundred Years of Social Witness
by Jessica Mitchell SmithA look at the Methodist tradition of social witness.Since the beginning of the Methodist movement, “Methodists” have spoken to the issues of the day as an expression of the Wesleyan commitment to social holiness. The General Board of Church and Society upholds the Wesleyan commitment to social holiness through witnessing to just social policies and practices. This 100-year commemorative book will utilize archival materials from the agency’s historic publications to tell the story.
Church Culture: How to Assess It, Shift It, and Shape It
by Jim Ozier Yvette ThibodeauxLearn to understand culture and implement positive change. A church’s culture is the launchpad for everything a church does, the starting point for every ministry. If the culture is “off,” everything else will be out of kilter. Church Culture equips every pastor and leader with the tools necessary for culture change. Authors Ozier and Thibodeaux, both experts in this area of church leadership, teach the basic concepts so readers can understand what culture is and why it’s so crucial. Even more importantly, they provide a step-by-step process leaders can use to diagnose and gently shift the culture in their church. For some churches, wholesale change is in order, but most need only to make some crucial adjustments. The book provides a full set of tools for implementing the process in any setting. The pastor's top priority is creating and maintaining the church’s culture; Ozier and Thibodeaux make the tasks easy to understand and show leaders how to proceed capably and carefully.
Middle School Math Solution, Mathbook, Course 2
by Sandy Bartle Finocchi Amy Jones Lewis Josh Fisher Janet Sinopoli Victoria FisherNIMAC-sourced textbook
Being United Methodist Christians: Living a Life of Grace and Hope
by Andy Langford Sally Langford Ann Langford DuncanLearn what it means to be a United Methodist Christian.How may we describe United Methodists? Where do we come from? What do we believe? How do United Methodists act? What are our distinctive characteristics? What is required to be a member of our denomination? How do we grow as disciples of Jesus Christ within this great communion?In this resource, we offer answers to these questions and others in broad strokes as we describe our United Methodist Church. We will introduce you to how United Methodists live and think as followers of Jesus Christ.The United Methodist Church possesses the characteristics of many other Christian traditions but has its own distinctive profile. Our denomination combines knowledge and vital piety, believing that serious theological reflection and spiritual practices are both part of the Christian life. United Methodists link personal and social holiness, expecting high personal integrity and deep concern for social justice. We are both evangelical and sacramental, showing concern for people who have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and honoring the transforming power of Baptism and Holy Communion. We welcome people with many different theological perspectives. Finally, United Methodists are both local and connectional, expressing our faith in local congregations, regional associations, and global missions, so that we might do more together than any of us could do separately.This book will help readers:· hear and claim for themselves the story of God’s love, God’s redemption, and God’s ongoing presence and power through Jesus Christ.· explore and claim for themselves the unique beliefs and emphases of United Methodist Christians.· identify ways to live day by day as United Methodist Christians as individuals and in community with other Christians.We invite you to claim for yourself the continuing story of God’s mighty acts of creation, redemption, and power through Jesus Christ within our great denomination. As you begin or continue to see yourself within this living, dynamic part of the universal body of Jesus Christ, we invite you to live, be, and grow as a United Methodist Christian.The book includes reflection questions. Supplementary resources include a downloadable Sermon, Worship, and Study Series outline.
History, Places, and Cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Southwest Pacific: Eastern Hemisphere
by Dinah Zike Richard G. Boehm Jay McTigheNIMAC-sourced textbook
Florida Wonders [Grade 4], Reading/Writing Companion, Units 3 - 4
by McGraw-Hill EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Treasures Old and New: Wesleyan Faith for Life Today
by Steve Harper Michael Adam BeckThe way forward requires both old ways and new ways!Step into the world of Wesleyan beliefs and practices with this small, insightful, and impactful book! Join the Wesleys on their journey through early Methodism, and unlock hidden treasures that are still relevant today. Harper and Beck expertly guide readers towards a new era of Christian experience, combining old traditions with modern approaches for a revitalized church community. With its compact size, this book is perfect for leaders looking to unite their congregations around Methodist identity and future direction. Don’t miss out on this essential resource for shaping the next chapter in your faith journey!This book is a must-read for anyone in the Wesleyan faith stream, those involved in fresh expressions and other unconventional faith communities, and leaders within Wesleyan communities. Discover the heart of Methodist tradition, envision its relevance today, and boldly share these timeless treasures and new visions with others.
Florida Wonders [Grade 4], Reading/Writing Companion, Units 1 - 2
by McGraw-Hill EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2020/2024
by No Proposed ContributorsUnited Methodist take a stand, make a difference, and shape a better future.Discover the power of an active faith as United Methodist in your daily life with The Book of Resolutions. This new edition offers models for making a real impact on the world around us, as decided at the latest General Conference.Explore over 200 carefully curated positions on a wide range of subjects, conveniently organized into seven sections:The Natural WorldThe Political CommunityThe Nurturing CommunityThe World CommunityThe Social CommunityThe Economic CommunityOther ResolutionsWith a fully indexed format, finding the information you need is a breeze. Whether you're searching by resolution title, Scripture reference, or topic, this book has you covered.Available in English only.
Wesleyan Vile-tality: Reclaiming the Heart of Methodist Identity
by Ashley BogganLearn what it means to “submit to be more vile” for today’s Methodists.Wesleyan Vile-tality calls us back to the roots of our identity. Centered on the moment John Wesley “submitted to be more vile" in spreading the love of God to all people, Ashley Boggan argues that Wesleyan vile-tality is at the core of who we are as Methodists. As rule-benders, rabble-rousers, and outcast-embracers, those early Methodists stood out and stood up. She traces how that original identity was lost as the predecessor denominations to The United Methodist Church grew and began to embrace respectability over “vile-tality.” In an accessible and engaging account of a fascinating history, these stories of our past call us to understand who we were, question who we are, and reclaim who we should be. Each chapter includes questions for personal reflection or group study.
A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader
by Rueben P. JobA Wesleyan Spiritual Reader provides resources for a 26-week devotional experience. The volume includes Scripture, spiritual readings (primarily quotes from the writings of John Wesley), and an essay by the author. This material is woven into a pattern for daily prayer and reflection. This devotional experience will lead readers to live with Wesley's ideas and spirit as a window or vehicle for reaching God. Among the 26 themes explored are: Scriptural Christianity; Life in Christ; Reaching Out to the Poor; The Means of Grace; Holiness of Life; Justifying Grace; The Ministry of All God's People; Sanctifying Grace; and God's Love and Ours. While intended for devotional use by both clergy and laity, pastors will also find this a helpful resource for sermon preparation. This wonderful guide to deeper spirituality will become a cherished companion for all who seek to grow in faith and knowledge of God.
Let the Children Lead: Models for Worship with All Generations
by Nelson CowanNurturing Children (and all) as Disciples through Worship.Discover a new approach to ministry with children and families, one that goes beyond simply increasing attendance numbers. Dive into five innovative congregational models that faithfully and intentionally engage children in worship. Gain insight from real-life success stories and learn how to contextualize and scale the models, implementing them with the laity and leaders in your congregation.The models include pray-grounds, sensory sensitive worship practices, outreach-oriented experiences, school partnerships in the arts, and leadership in band-led worship settings.The book offers theological perspectives on the importance of worship in children’s faith formation. And it provides practical help as your congregation learns to support and serve children not as a means for church growth but as an act of faithfulness. See the Holy Spirit at work as you follow Christ’s example of embracing young hearts into the worship community.