JULY 2010
Spadework – Carl Beech
Synopsis
Now the world cup is over you church may be awash with men with nothing to do. Or maybe you have a men’s fellowship group which struggles to find speakers or interesting topics to explore. Does your church have a Bible Study group, but find that men are much more reluctant to attend then women? If any of this is true, then this may be a helpful book for you.
Spadework is a refreshingly ‘blokey’ book of Bible based discussion starters, 52 of them- enough for a whole year of interesting investigations into the Bible and how we share our faith with others, particularly how to connect with men. Like all workbooks it works best if you use if flexibly to suit your group rather than addressing every question or activity, but there is enough in this book to stimulate every men’s group in the church. Each session takes a male figure from the Bible as it’s theme – from ‘big name’s’ like Adam, Moses and Noah, to lesser known Hezekiah, Achan and Caleb. After a short and readable introduction to the Biblical character, each chapter concludes with a few simple questions for discussion and some suggested responses or actions you might try as a result of what has been shared.
This book might not be everyone’s cup of tea in its perspective, style or theology – but it’s refreshingly different and direct enough to be well worth exploring and allowing yourself to be challenged by and to challenge the material inside.
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