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Sharing the Christmas Story
SIMPLIFIED CHINESE TRADITIONAL CHINESE Sharing the Christmas Story hristmas is significantly more than just a festive holiday for those who understand the true meaning of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, our world is...
Belief Beyond All Boundaries
Belief Beyond All BoundariesBY BENNETT ROLAN, BSF DIGITAL EDITORFaisal doesn't take a single BSF meeting for granted. For decades, Faisal and his family lived in a country where churches are scarce, prayer is hidden and Bibles are rare. Though they've been gone for...
Leadership Lessons From Abram
Leadership Lessons from AbramLooking at Crisis from God's Point of ViewBy Chad Lackey - BSF Former Chief Administrative OfficerAs I picked up the phone, I knew something was wrong. My wife was crying. The doctor had just pronounced our 2-year-old son profoundly deaf,...
Testing Ourselves in Challenging Times
Testing Ourselves in Challenging TimesBy Darrell Bock - Dallas Theological SeminaryNo one doubts we are living in challenging times: massive cultural change at an exhausting pace, a world full of anger and an array of frustrations, all topped off by a pandemic leaving...
Where Is God When Your World Is Shattered?
Where is God when your world is shattered?By Bennett Rolan - BSF Editorial ManagerCatherine Barker can still picture 7-year-old Samuel’s “jaunty run.” With arms outstretched, jacket flying and rain boots splashing through the field behind their South Wales...
Addressing Hard Topics with Children
Addressing Hard Topics with ChildrenGod Welcomes Your Child's Questions By Dana Wilkerson - Former BSF Curriculum Development DirectorChildren are certainly unpredictable. When they say something extremely funny, we know what to do – either laugh or try to hide your...
Resisting Temptation When Willpower Won’t Work
Resisting Temptation When Willpower Won't WorkBy Bennett Rolan - Digital EditorI am not typically an angry person. I even received the Gentle in Spirit Award as a young Christian camp counselor. But if you scan my browser history, you will find a recently read article...
How not to teach Genesis to kids
How NOT to teach Genesis to Kids5 mistakes to avoid in your teachingBy Dana Wilkerson — Former Curriculum Development DirectorGenesis is full of exciting stories: Creation, Noah’s ark, Abraham (almost) sacrificing Isaac, Jacob tricking Isaac, Joseph’s brothers selling...
BSF Online reaches new people, places
BSF Online reaches new people, placesrom missionaries in isolation to members in far corners of the world, God is delivering in-depth Bible study to those previously beyond our reach. BSF Online was created to meet the needs of people without...
A Biblical Response to Racial Injustice
A Biblical Response to Racial InjusticeBible Study FellowshipAs we watch the horrific acts of recent days and as we engage in conversations with one another, we are reminded of the depth of racial injustice and the pain it has caused and continues to cause. As we see...
Borrowing Joy
Borrowing JoyHow One Family Found God's Joy in Struggle and SacrificeBy Bennett Rolan - BSF Editorial ManagerAs a veteran teaching leader, Adele Funk knew how to balance work, family and ministry. But last fall, as she prepared her opening lecture for the Acts and...
Finding God in the Midst of Crisis – Home Training Lesson
SIMPLIFIED CHINESETRADITIONAL CHINESESPANISHFinding God in the Midst of Crisis uring this time of a global pandemic, it can be easy for adults and children to be anxious and fearful about what might happen. It can also be difficult to know...
Embracing our weakness
Embracing Our WeaknessBY BENNETT ROLAN | BSF Blog EditorLying in a hospital bed, weighing just 89 pounds, Susan Smith was “a total wreck.” “I fell apart. Our marriage fell apart,” Susan said. “I was truly at the end of myself.” For four years, Susan and her husband,...
The ‘Why’ Behind the BSF Discussion Group
The 'Why' Behind the BSF Discussion GroupBy Susie Rowan - Former BSF Executive DirectorIn the Acts and Letters of the Apostles study, we learn from 1 Corinthians 12:27, “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” This chapter teaches us that...
Conquering fear with faith
Conquering Fear with FaithBy Bennett Rolan - BSF Editorial ManagerLying facedown, Joy Machunga was prepared to die. Her leg throbbed after being brutally kicked, but she did not date to move. Shots sounded overhead, and Joy prayed in silence. “I just said, ‘Lord, take...
The Surrendered Life
The joy of a surrendered lifeBy Nate Thoreson - Regional Director, BSF Field Development Just over a year ago, I was riding a mower across five acres in Idaho, comfortably involved in my BSF class and enjoying a fairly “normal” life. What a difference a year makes. ...
Introducing Word Go
WordGo: A New Generation of Bible Study BY BENNETT ROLAN BSF BLOG EDITOR n 2018, a cross-country move left me feeling lost and alone. I desperately missed fellowship in God’s Word and longed for the BSF group I had left behind. As the wife of a...
“It happened in BSF…”
"It happened in BSF ... "By Casey Santos - Teaching Leader, FloridaSometimes God gives us glimpses into His personal work in someone else's heart ... and we realize from a different perspective just how magnificent He is. "He is always proving to me that He doesn't...
Sharing in Our Brokenness
Sharing in our brokennessBY SANDY ALLEN & BENNETT ROLAN andy Allen was on her knees, begging God for a way out. As a long-time BSF teaching leader, she was steeped in God’s Word and committed to seeking Him in prayer. But Sandy knew her...
Worshipping out of the depths
DOWNLOAD FREE HYMN >Worshipping "out of the depths"BY KEITH AND KRISTYN GETTYKeith and Kristyn Getty occupy a unique space in the world of music today as preeminent modern hymn writers. They have created a catalogue of songs teaching Christian doctrine, crossing...