The first study looks more at the overall reasons for our faith and how we understand it, rather than at specific areas of life, which will come over the following six weeks. This first week explores how we can start to think about applying the Bible – both Old and New Testament – to the different issues faced by Christians struggling with how to express their faith in a culture that is often hostile towards it, doesn’t understand it, and has very different values. Understanding Christianity as a religion that is fundamentally about right relationships helps us to engage with it more fully at a personal level in the decisions we make every day.

Other resources

Mark Greene, The Best Idea in the World: How putting relationships first transforms everything (Zondervan, 2009)

Michael Schluter and David Lee, The R Option: Building relationships as a better way of life (Relationships Foundation, 2003)