Engaging Bible Study Topics for Young Adults to Explore

Engaging Bible Study Topics for Young Adults to Explore

Top 10 Bible Studies

My husband and I moved to a new home in Michigan a few weeks ago. It did not take long for volcano of chaos to erupt in our lives. One night a police officer issued my husband a ticket for a busted taillight. The next morning water flooded our entire ...

These top ten digital studies cover a variety of topics to help you grow your faith. Each curriculum gives you a digital PDF participants guide, along with resources to lead a group.

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1. Biblical Marriage 101

Use this 13-session marriage course to discuss how to express grace and love to one another.

13 Session Bible Study

This 13-session course on marriage will be ideal for your Sunday school quarterly curriculum or to use in your small ...

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Fathers play an important role in the lives of their children. They have the opportunity to set an example of what it means to live a righteous life. Great responsibility comes with this role, and the demands and temptations of everyday life can make ...

Thanksgiving is a time for reflection that inspires gratitude. Through the joys and trials of life, we find hope in God that makes us thankful. But the path to thankfulness is sometimes complicated. These studies will help you focus your heart and experience ...

The Christmas season is rich with opportunities to learn about God's love for us and praise him for the gift of his Son. There are many aspects of the Christmas story that can encourage us in our daily spiritual walk. These studies will guide you ...

Mothers have a special calling to love and care for their children and raise them to know God. With this calling come many questions, challenges, and joys. From guidance on raising godly kids, to refreshment for your soul, these Bible studies will equip ...

God invites each of us to travel with him along life’s highway, and he has a divine road map to prepare you for the journey. Along the way, we'll deepen our understanding of God and discover the kind of life he desires for us.

We long ...

I didn't grow up observing Lent. Now, though, I observe Lent each year, and I learn so much about God and myself in the process. I've found that Lent is much richer than simply giving up chocolate. In the past few years, I’ve fasted from ...

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With Valentine's Day right around the corner, this is the perfect time to work on our closest relationship. With that in mind, here's a look at the 10 Bible studies that people like you downloaded most from ChristianBibleStudies.Com on the topic ...

Topical studies are great for honing in on what the Bible says about a particular issue. However, nothing beats studying an entire book of the Bible to get the intent of the original writer. When you read an entire book, you understand the context of ...

A Quick Bible Study, Vol. 152: Gold Medal Winner Of Top 10 Favorite Bible Verses

Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was published in December. 

Event Alert: My friend, Rabbi Aaron Allsbrook, is hosting a Messianic Jewish Passover Seder on April 6 at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Brown – well known to Townhall readers. Buy tickets early! 

“This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Ps.118:24).

That Psalm verse was placed on my heart because the Lord knows how blessed I feel to announce the gold medal winners of the Top 10 favorite Bible verses contest. Blessed because readers take the time to write and submit meaningful lists that enrich our Townhall Bible study virtual community. This contest is still open, and I plan on posting a faith-filled entry once a month.

A few housekeeping details before you see the winning list. Eagle-eyed readers will notice that I wrote “gold medal winners.” Yes, there are two. Let me explain. I narrowed the entries to two finalists and could not choose the winner. Then, over the weekend, I conferred with an 11-year-old family member who studies the Bible and is amazingly knowledgeable. (At his age, I was religiously reading MAD Magazine!) When I asked my young Bible scholar to break the tie, he also had difficulty and suggested two first-place “gold medals.”

So, drumroll: Congratulations to Ken from Ionia, Michigan, and Robert Littman from Savannah, Georgia! However, due to space limitations, I can only post one today and chose Ken’s because his list arrived before Robert’s. In fact, Ken’s was the first entry I received when the contest was announced on January 15 in Vol. 148. 

Then, on March 19, Robert’s list will be featured.  

And now, without further ado, here is Ken's “Top 10 Favorite Bible Verses and What They Mean.” Ken’s commentary appears after the verse and, where applicable, a “Note from Myra” follows.

1. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

It would seem this verse was written specifically as an appeal to our nation at this time.

Note from Myra: If readers want to dig deeper into this famous verse, read Vol. 5 from March 29, 2020, headlined “God’s Warning.” Briefly, verse 7:13 before 7:14 sheds more light on God’s warning but is usually omitted. In bold, verse 7:13 reads:

"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name will humble themselves… (2 Chronicles 7:13 -14).

Thus, adding 7:13 makes what Ken described as “an appeal to our nation” even more poignant. 

2.  "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions" (Psalm 107:20).

This verse keeps me thankful.

3.  "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye"  (Psalm 32:8).

What better guide is there?

Myra’s Note: Ken’s verse reminded me of another Psalm “guide” verse: “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (Psalm 119:105).

4.  "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness..." (2 Timothy 3:16).

We can feel confident when reading of Messiah throughout the Old and New Testaments. 

5.  "The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD"  (Jeremiah 33:11).

My wife and I chose this as one of the verses read at our wedding. I read it as looking forward to the great wedding with Christ.

6.  "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).

The creation of a universe out of nothing is miraculous by anyone's definition.  All miracles written thereafter in the scriptures are easy to believe when this is understood.

Myra’s Note: The most famous reading of Genesis 1:1 was when astronauts circled the earth on Christmas Eve, 1968. I remember hearing it live. Comment if you did too. 

7.  "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).

Apparently, through trials and tribulations in this life, God is seeking character. 8. "He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he" (Deuteronomy 32:4).

If God created you, then He is your nearest kin.

Myra’s Note: He is “Our Father, who art in Heaven..”

9.  "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

Read and study and try to live it.  

10. "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).

There is no one I know that is deserving of such consideration. But our heavenly Father does this anyway.

Myra’s Note: What an uplifting ending to Ken from Michigan’s co-winning entry. And again, congrats to Robert Littman, whose gold medal list will inspire us next month.

Myra’s Note Take Two:  Writing your Top 10 favorite verses and what they mean to you is a godly exercise that can strengthen your faith, especially when you share your list with others who love the Word of God. Amen to that! 

Myra Kahn Adams is a conservative political and religious writer with numerous national credits. Her book, "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible," reprints the first 56 volumes of this popular study. "Part 2,” with the same title, reprints Vols. 57-113. Order it here.  

Myra is also the Executive Director of SignFromGod.Org and the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit. Both are donor-supported ministries dedicated to Shroud of Turin education. Contact: MyraAdams01@gmail.Com and Twitter @MyraKAdams.

Religious Studies KS2: The Holy Bible

Three young Christians give us three different perspectives on what the Bible means in their lives and how they read it.

They each talk about how it gives them guidance and they also show how they use different versions of the bible: childrens versions, adult versions, books and online versions.

They tell us about stories they enjoy and parts they find difficult to understand.

The Christian Bible is described: made up of 66 books, two ‘Testaments’ (39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament).

It’s been translated into over 500 languages and over 5 billion copies have been sold: the best selling non-fiction book ever.

For Christians, it is God’s word, full of guidance and wisdom, containing everything you need to know about salvation, about being right with God.

This clip is from the series My Life, My Religion: Christianity.

Teacher Notes

Show pupils some children’s versions of the story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den – or read it with them from the book of Daniel.

Ask pupils to make a 6 or 8 frame for this narrative, using their literacy skills.

The point of the story seems to be about things like bravery, trust, wisdom and principle.

Discuss the possible meanings of the story. Ask pupils why they think it might be Nathan’s favourite story: can they suggest at least three reasons?

The discussion might include thinking about how the Bible gives Nathan ideas and guidance, and about how he chooses to live as a young Christian.

Curriculum Notes

This topic will be relevant to teaching Religious Education at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 2 or 3 in Scotland.