Timothy Keller is the New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God, The Meaning of Marriage, The Prodigal God, and Jesus the King. Read below for his Bible study Gospel in Life, and Bible studies based on The Reason for God, The Prodigal God, Jesus the King, and The Meaning of Marriage.
Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything
An eight-week video Bible study on the gospel and how to live it out in all aspects of life—from your community to the world at large.
Gospel in Life begins with the city, your home now, the world that is. The final week closes with the theme of the eternal city, your heavenly home, the world that is to come.
Throughout this eight-week ascent—from earthly work to the final revelation of grace—you’ll learn how the gospel can change your heart, your community, and how you can live as a disciple of Jesus Christ in this world, right now, even as you look forward to the promise we have in him. Discover how grace really does change everything.
Watch the first session here →
The Reason for God: Conversations on Faith and Life
This discussion guide will help you learn how to dialogue with those who share common doubts and objections to Christianity.
In the video sessions, Timothy Keller and six panelists hold candid and unscripted discussions about the broad scope of people’s discomforts with God, the Bible, and Christianity in general:
- Discussion 1: Is the Bible a myth? Has science disproved Christianity?
- Discussion 2: Is there only one way to God? Are other religions as valid?
- Discussion 3: Clashes with Christian morality and ethics – why are there so many rules?
- Discussion 4: Why would God allow suffering and evil.
- Discussion 5: Injustice and hypocrisy in the church.
- Discussion 6: Objections to God’s wrath and judgement.
The Reason for God small group discussion guide can be used individually or in a group setting by anyone engaging with friends who don’t share his or her beliefs. Using literature, philosophy, and Scripture, Keller explores the truth and challenge of Christianity in this six-session small group conversation starter.
You and your group will be challenged to wrestle with your friends’ and neighbors’ hardest questions and engage those questions in ways that will spark honest, enriching, and humbling dialogue.
Watch the first session here →
The Prodigal God: Finding Your Place at the Table
In The Prodigal God Bible study, Timothy Keller uses one of Jesus’ best-loved parables – the Prodigal Son – to illustrate the depth of God’s love and how his grace extends into some very unexpected places.
Taking you beyond the traditional focus on the wayward younger son, Keller helps you glean insights from each of the characters in Jesus’ parable: the irreligious younger son, the moralistic elder son, and the Father who lavishes his love on both. Inside this guide, you’ll explore questions for group discussion and personal reflection, and exercises that will help you experience the truths of Jesus’ parable in your own life. The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion, but something else entirely. Whether you’re a devout believer or a skeptic, The Prodigal God will challenge you to see Christianity in a whole new way.
Watch a clip from the video here →
Jesus the King: Exploring the Life and Death of The Son of God
Jesus’ story has been told in hundreds of different ways for thousands of years. What more can be said about this man?
Timothy Keller will help you and your group to unlock new insights into the life of Jesus Christ as he explores how Jesus came as a king, but a king who had to bear the greatest burden anyone ever has. Jesus the King helps you discover the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark.
Keller shows how the story of Jesus is at once cosmic, historical, and personal, calling each of us to look anew at our relationship with God. It is an unforgettable study of Jesus Christ, and one that will leave an indelible imprint on your group’s journey through the Gospel of Mark.
Watch the promo here →
The Meaning of Marriage: A Vision for Married and Single People
Timothy and Kathy Keller will show you a portrait of marriage as it’s meant to be according to the Bible…by first throwing out most of what we’ve been taught about love.
Modern culture would have you believe that everyone has a soul mate; that romance is the most important part of a successful marriage; that marriage does not mean ’til death do us part, but merely for as long as my needs are being met; and that when serious differences arise, divorce is the best solution. But all of these modern-day assumptions miss what marriage is really about.
In The Meaning of Marriage Bible study, Timothy Keller, along with Kathy, his wife of forty years, draws a profound portrait of marriage from the pages of Scripture that neither idealizes nor rejects the institution but points us back to the relationship between God and man. The result is a vision for marriage that is refreshingly frank and unsentimental, yet hopeful and beautiful.
This study is for anyone from singles to couples considering marriage to those who have been married for any length of time.
Watch the first session here →
