Bible Study Ideas for Adults
It is important that Christians study God's Word so that they will know how to live. The Bible teaches us about creation, Jesus, life and death, and gives us principles that will help us with everyday living. Christians may want to get together with other adults for a Bible study. Each of these adults may have something unique to contribute to the Bible study that will help the entire group get more out of what they are studying. Once one study is finished, you can move on to another one.
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Books of the Bible
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Get together with your group and decide on a book of the Bible that you would like to study more in depth. Once you have the particular book picked out, you can begin doing some research. Before the class begins you will want to have a print-out of the background information about that book. This should be the time it was written, who wrote it and what was going on at that time. You can get this information from a Bible commentary, your pastor, or by looking it up online. You will also want to have each adult read the chapter to be discussed that week ahead of time. Each adult should be encouraged to answer the questions who, what, where, when, and why about the passage. They should also have any verses that they did not understand circled. When the group gathers they can go over the questions and answers and help the other adults with verses that they did not understand.
Topics
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Adults that are interested in similar topics can get together to study what the Bible says about each topic. This could be marriage, finances, child-rearing, anxiety or evangelism. Once the group picks a topic, a group leader can search for a Bible study lesson book that has already been published, or he can gather information for the study himself. The group leader will need a concordance to look up all of the words that pertain to the subject. For example, if the topic was finances you would want to look up the following words: money, finances, wealth, poor and wages. Provide a list of all of the passages that go along with these words to the rest of the adults in the group. Spend time each week going over what these verses are saying and how you can apply the principle to your own life.
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Gender Specific
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Adults may choose to separate in to gender groups to study the Bible. The men can study to find out what kind of man God created them to be. The women can study separately to find out what kind of woman God created them to be. Each group can study some of the heroes of the Bible that are in their gender and discuss what made that individual stand above the rest. They should answer the questions, "What was God's purpose in using this person?", "Was this person open to God's calling, or did they resist?", "What happened as a result of the individual obeying God?" They can take the answers to these questions to see how they too can be used to serve God as either a man or a woman.
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