Lots more Study Material
This page is about material to help study our faith, and about making it simple. It’s really aimed at ‘small group material’, though the same points apply if we want ‘easily accessible material for anyone’ - so this is an attempt to provide such material. There’s a lot out there, of course, but it often comes with fiddly conditions like having to log onto websites, download and show videos, buy books ... sometimes there's a cost for the course itself, and then there are copyright issues. All of that is fair enough but it adds hassle - so the material featured here has been chosen and formatted with a mind to it being 'cathedral friendly'.
Particularly useful is the SPCK website www.homegroups.co.uk, which hosts a lot of these courses. There's still a log in to access the material but it can be downloaded for legitimate and easy use by cathedral small groups and individuals ... which makes it very attractive.
Burning Heart (www.burningheart.org)
Courses don't usually get strong billing here if they rely on talking-heads videos; but the Burning Heart group have a mission to raise the standard of Christian video material from the frequent awful to professional. Because of this, and because their courses seem really good, here goes...
Wellness God's Way - 6 studies in Deuteronomy (essentially taking the book of Deuteronomy as a kind and wise guide for life, not the nasty schoolmaster we sometimes imagine. it to be.)
Prayer - Learning from Jesus (to come)
Struggling with Judgement (to come)
100 Stand Alone Bible Studies (Pauline Wilcock)
There's a book that collects these together, but everything is freely available from the SPCK website.
Celebrating Advent (3 studies)
Challenges of Pentecostal Theology (5 studies)
Lent Bible Studies (5 studies)
Themes from Matthew's Gospel (5 studies)
Themes from Mark's Gospel (5 studies)
Themes from Luke's Gospel (5 studies)
Themes from John's Gospel (5 studies)
Walking in the Light (15 studies)
Men of the Bible (17 studies)
Women of the Bible (7 studies)
Learning from the Life of Jesus (14 studies)
Jesus Things (Stephen Cottrell)
This is a catch-all title for a series of studies by Archbishop Stephen Cottrell, relating to Jesus' last few days. Strictly they all relate to books by Stephen Cottrell, but the material works well on its own.
The Things He Did (also in a Short Form)
The Things He Carried (also in a Short Form) (to come)
The Things He Said (also in a Short Form) (to come)
Salvation Army 'Age to Age'
Old age can be a time when, for instance, it's time to do some forgiving and mending fences ... perhaps even just with ourselves. These courses offer some Christian approaches to growing old with grace.
Age to Age – Trust
Age to Age – Forgiveness
Age to Age – Joy (to come)
Age to Age – Modern Times and Family (to come)
Age to Age – Growing Old Gracefully (to come)
Age to Age – Who Am I Really? (to come)
Bible studies from St Ebbe's, Oxford
Songs from the Heart - Psalms (63,73,84,86,91) (5 studies)
Ambassadors for Christ - 2 Corinthians (7 studies)
God’s Building Project - Ephesians (3 studies)
From cell.uk
The Four Ws - Welcome, Worship, Word, Witness
From UNITED SOCIETY FoR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL (USPG)
The Prophetic Voice of the Church (5 studies)
The Gospel in Action (5 studies)
Migration & Movement (6 studies)
Living an Authentic Life (to come)
All Things Are Possible (to come)
A Heart for Mission (to come)
Living with a World of Difference (to come)
From Other SPCK material not Mentioned above
If We Confess Our Sins - Studies on 1 John 1.9 (4 studies)
The Way - Small Group studies in the Beatitudes (9 studies)
Failure (3 studies)
The Gospel of John, from David Ford’s commentary (6 studies)
’Forty’ Women of the Bible (4 studies)
Christmas Stories with Children (4 studies)
Jesus’ Final Week (8 studies)
Other Cathedral material for Small Groups
Facing The Issues - 'issue-based' Studies from the Old Testament (5 studies)
Finding My Identity - Psalms 8, 26, 27, 73, 78 and 67 (6 studies)
Jesus' Birth and Childhood (3 studies)
Parables of Jesus (8 studies)
1 Peter (used at the Lambeth Conference, titled Global Journey, and used in Lent 2023) (5 studies)
What’s Good to Know About - The Old Testament
The Bible - 10 Studies
Also studies on any book of the Bible … rather than list them all here, please just ask Chaplain Colin
Shapes For Living (5-part 'Pattern of Life' course from the Diocese of Gloucester)
Shapes for Living: Course Booklet
Shapes for Living: Detailed notes and Leaders' Guides
Yale Divinity School
Bible Project
Fantastic videos, studies and summaries from the Bible Project