First Persons COMPLETE DOWNLOADABLE STUDY PROGRAM

"Our class started with twenty two people and, by the time we finished, we had grown to thirty. This approach generated more interest and discussion than anything else we have done." Rob, Knoxville

"I was leary about how a book of stories could teach the truth of Scripture but it really works. With the excellent leader's material, it really drew the class into the Bible in a powerful new way." Stanley, Portland

"I have never liked traditional Bible studies very much but this one was special. It made the people of the New Testament come alive more than anything else I have studied." Charlene, New Rochelle

First Persons by Ronn Kerr is a totally new concept in a study program for adults and older youth. Each of the thirteen weekly lessons evolves around a Biblically-accurate story of a person living in New Testament times who witnessed an event in the life of Jesus. A shepherd boy who was at the birth cave. A magi's apprentice. A wine merchant who saw the baptism of Jesus. The wife of a potter in Nazareth who saw Jesus get thrown out of the synagogue. A fisherman who witnessed the call of Peter, Andrew, James, and John. The wine steward at Cana. The sister of an adulterous woman. The centurian at the cross. And others.

Each story in the Student Book is Biblically-accurate, based on specific Scripture references for study, and filled with detail about life in First Century Palestine. Students not only learn about the particular event in the life of Jesus, they learn how the people of his time lived and played and worked and worshiped. And, they get more deeply involved in study of the Biblical text than with traditional Bible studies.

Most important, because the stories are powerful accounts filled with drama, humor and descriptive detail, students really enjoy reading and preparing for class sessions more than with traditional Biblical studies. In fact, in test classes, "I really enjoyed reading the stories for the class!" was the most common response.

The completely downloadable First Persons Study includes the 80-page First Persons Student Book in two sizes (a 5.5 x 8.5" booklet and an 8.5 x 11" large print document), the 104-page First Persons Leader's Guide, the 184-frame Teaching PowerPoint show and the 32-page color First Persons PowerPoint Guide. And, all of these resources are downloadable for easy and economical printing on your inkjet or laser printer as often and as many copies as you wish. If you should lose or damage any of the files, they can be downloaded again up to three times without further cost to you.

The Teaching PowerPoint frames are Holy Land pictures, paintings, charts, maps and other images pertinant to the stories in the popular First Persons Student Book and do not require you to have PowerPoint software. The PowerPoint Show and the textual PowerPoint Guide add another level of teaching material to that which has been so successful in the First Persons Student Books and Leader's Guide.

The First Persons PowerPoint Guide has pictures of every slide as well as a brief teaching description which, along with the extensive Biblical background material in the First Persons Leader's Guide, makes teaching this course a snap without the need of additional resources.

The PowerPoints can be run on any computer with or without PowerPoint software because the download is a pps file which can be run on any computor using the easily downloadable and free PowerPoint viewer. The PowerrPoint Guide can be printed in either color or grayscale.

The extensive 100-page Leader's Guide is 8 1/2 x 11" and can be divided up to be distributed to various session leaders without having to make sure the Leader's Guide gets to the right person every week. Individual sections can be saved out of the main file and emailed to instructors. The Leader's Guide contains scholarly Biblical background material, leadership suggestions, and creative discussion starters tied to each story.

This thirteen-week course is a perfect substitute for those quarters when dated studies like the International Lesson Series just don't work. When that time comes, try First Persons and then return to the dated studies the next quarter.

Availability: Click here to purchase and download the complete First Persons Study.

P:astor Darryl on 11-04-2019 08:36 PM

I taught this course three years ago using the student books and it was, frankly, the best Bible study I ever led. The stories led to much greater participation and the new Powerpoint show really adds a lot and makes it even easier to teach. The members of the class liked the Holy Land pictures of the places where the stories took place.. This time, I didn't get books for everyone but simply broke the student book on the CD down into individual chapters and emailed them to everyone and they printed their own copies.. I would enthusiastically recommend this.

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