Small-group study guides that send you back to the text.
Acts 17:11
Be Still and Know
Companion guides to the Be Still and Know devotional podcast.
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A study on 1 Corinthians 10:13 — what the verse actually promises when temptation feels inevitable, and why the real promise is better than the slogan built on it.
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A study on Proverbs 3:5–6 — trusting the One who sees the whole road when you can only see the next faithful step.
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A study on Psalm 51:1–9 — David out of hiding, naming his sin plainly, and throwing himself not on his record but on the loyal love of God.
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A study on Psalm 51:10–17 — where confession turns the corner, and the same mouth that named the sin is thrown wide open in praise.
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A study on Isaiah 11:1 — a green shoot from a cut-down stump, and the King it pointed to all along.
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A study on Ephesians 4:27 — one short line about the devil, set not in a spooky battle but in the grudge you keep warm and the apology you keep avoiding.
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A study on Genesis 1:3 — how there can be light on Day One with no sun until Day Four, and why that “problem” is the whole point.
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A study on John 5:24 — the one verse where the Judge Himself tells you what He has already decided about you, and puts it in the past tense.
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A study on Revelation 3:20 — the most famous knock in the Bible, and the surprising door Jesus is actually standing outside of.
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A study on John 14:13–14 — what that phrase we tack onto every prayer actually means, and why it's better than a magic password.
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A study on 1 Timothy 6:10 — the misquoted verse about “the love of money,” and the quiet way a good tool becomes a cruel master.
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A study on Matthew 5:38–39 — turning the other cheek, what it means, and the crucial thing it does not mean.
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A study on Romans 12:1–2 — how to stop being pressed into the shape of the age, and be made new from the inside instead.
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A study on 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 — the prayer God answered with “no,” and the grace that turned out to be better than removal.
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A study on Romans 8:26–28 — the Spirit who prays for you when the words won't come.
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Deep-dive study guides to full-length expository sermons by J. P. Stoner.
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A study on confession, absolution, and the torn curtain — must grave sins go through a priest to be forgiven, or straight to God? Weighing the claim against Scripture.
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Session one of a three-week study on the birth of Christ — from a riddle no one could answer, through a royal family cut to a dead stump, to a teenage girl who said yes.
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Session two — the King arrives, God turns everything upside down, and a 700-year-old prophecy answers the riddle out loud: this child is “Mighty God.”
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Session three — outsiders worship, insiders miss him by five miles, a dragon waits at the delivery-room door, and it all traces back to the first promise in the Bible.
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A deep, four-part study of Isaiah 14:3–23 — the funeral where nobody cries, the famous word “Lucifer” that isn't in the Hebrew, and the true Morning Star who went down on purpose.
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Independent study guides based on the Live Free podcast (not official Lakepointe Church material).
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A viral accusation against a pastor blows up online and is everywhere within a week. Believe it? Spread it? Ignore it? Defend him? What does the Bible actually say?
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A study on praying to Mary and the saints, the veneration of relics, and the one Mediator who has already thrown the door to God wide open.
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A two-session study on the spirit of fear versus the Spirit of power, and what the Bible actually says about being baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit.
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A three-session study on religious liberty, the three God-given spheres, wise civic engagement — and the church's most neglected calling.
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A two-session study on what saving faith really is, and whether a genuine Christian can lose their salvation — the road to real assurance.
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A three-session study on finding and becoming a spiritual father or mother, whether there are still apostles today, and God's design for the family.
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A two-part study on spiritual warfare at the national level — and how to weigh a provocative theory with an open Bible.
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A four-session guide through the full episode — the Christmas thread, fear and faith, the Book of Enoch, and how we got the Bible.
Open the guide →What this is
Free, ready-to-use study & discussion guides for small groups — built around sermons and podcasts worth digging into. Every guide gathers the Scripture so you can open your own Bible and see if these things are so. Made by J. P. Stoner.