A fourteen-session inductive study of the theology of Baptism for parish groups. The group traces water through the whole of Scripture: the Spirit brooding over creation, the flood, the Red Sea and the Jordan, Naaman washed clean, and the prophets’ promise of a new heart. The New Testament arrives at the Baptism of the Lord, the new birth spoken to Nicodemus, and the blood and water from the pierced side. Apologetic in spine and devotional in tone, it presents every major objection at full strength before answering it from the text. Leader guides and take-home sheets for every session.
Born of Water and the Spirit runs 14 sessions. Every session comes with a complete leader's preparation guide and a printable take-home sheet for the people in the room, and the full text of each night can be read on a phone from the list below. All of it is free to download, print, and share, with no sign up and no cost.
Every title below opens the full leader's guide for that night, set to read on a phone. Nothing is held back and nothing asks for an email address.
You do not need to be a theologian to lead Born of Water and the Spirit. The leader's guide carries the questions, the answers, and the background, so the group can discover the text together. There is a short guide to hosting a Bible study if this is your first one, and a set of six questions that will help you choose a study if you are still deciding.