First Free Rockford offers a variety of Bible studies for Men and Women. The Bible studies change each semester usually occurring in the Spring and Fall. Bible Studies tend to have a round-table discussion format, centered on a specific curriculum, but also offer group prayer and encouragement. If you’re looking for a welcoming environment where you can deepen your understanding of The Bible, our Bible Studies are for you. The options below will be updated each semester.
Bible Studies
CURRENT BIBLE STUDIES
Winter 2019 Book Studies
God of Covenant by Jen Wilkins
Beginning with Genesis 12, walk alongside the fathers of our faith—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—to discern Jesus in the stories of His people.
In these 10 sessions, discover how God orchestrates everything for His glory and the good of His people, and see how the God of creation and covenant is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Discover how every story in the Bible points to Christ; Learn to view the lives of biblical figures in the larger context of Scripture; Challenge your basic understanding of familiar stories; Gain knowledge of who God is as He has revealed Himself through Scripture.
Winter 2019 Precept Studies
Precept Study: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
In this last course of our Kings and Prophets Series, you’ll see worsening religious and political conditions in Judah. The final chapters of 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles introduce us to the last kings of Judah – one the best since King David (“the Good”), the other the worst Judah ever had (“the Bad”). When God brings the Babylonians in to judge Judah and Jerusalem for their sins, everything gets really “Ugly.” Study hard and you’ll learn how God can keep you when your life combines “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”
Do Lesson 1 before the first week.
Precept Study: Galatians
As the gospel spread across the Roman world in the first decades after Jesus’ earthly ministry, conflict arose. Jews and Gentiles were believing the gospel, and a struggle over what it meant to be a Christian began. What does it mean to live under grace? Do you have to keep the Law to be a Christian? All of it or just part of it? Who is right? How will we know?
God used an apostle to write a letter to some churches that were struggling with this issue, a letter that still speaks today. Its message clearly defines the relationship between Law and grace, and how Christians live under grace, led by the Spirit, free from bondage.
Do Lesson 1 before the first week.
Crazy Love by Francis Chan
Move beyond the status quo and pursue the relentless, all-powerful love of God! In this insightful 10-week workbook for individual or group study, Chan offers thought-provoking teachings that will help you live like never before – selflessly and Christ-like. (Revised edition.)
