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More The Man, The Book - Group Study Guide
The book is the part you do on your own. You read the chapters during the week, at your own pace, wherever you read. This guide is for the part you can't do on your own: sitting at a table with other men, opening the Bible together, and telling the truth about where you are.Every week follows the same path. You'll hear the chapters in two minutes, in case life got in the way. You'll talk about the book. Then you'll spend most of your time in the Word, because the book is only helpful if it points you there. Scripture is the final word on every page of this guide, including mine. You'll leave each week with one thing to do and a brother praying for you while you do it.
Eight weeks. One book. One hour together each week.
During the week, read (or listen via Audible) the chapter(s) listed for that week in the book, More The Man. That's the only homework. If you fall behind, come anyway. Every session opens with a two-minute summary, so no man sits on the sidelines.
When you meet, this guide leads the hour. Every session follows the same path:
1. Open in prayer (2 minutes).
2. The chapter in two minutes (2 minutes). A short summary of what you read, for the man who did and the man who didn't.
3. Opener (8 minutes). One question every man answers.
4. The book (10 minutes). What landed, and what pushed back.
5. The Word (20 minutes). One man reads the passage out loud while everyone listens. That's how my own story turned: a pastor slid a Bible across a breakfast table and asked me to read Ephesians 2 out loud. Then: What does it say? What does it say to me? What will I do about it?
6. This week I will (7 minutes). Report on last week. Name one thing for this week.
7. Pray in pairs (5 minutes).
