The Gospel Project for Adults: Commentary - CSB - Summer 2025

Summer 2025 Study: Foolishness and Wisdom
(Covering 1 Samuel–1 Kings; Wisdom Literature)
by Mike Leake and Chad Meeks

After the period of the judges, the Israelites wanted a king to lead them, and God gave them what they wanted. Israel’s kings were to lead the people in God’s ways and not the ways of the pagans around them. But being human, these kings had their strengths and weaknesses, their times of faithfulness and times of faithlessness. When they followed God’s wisdom over man’s, they excelled. When they didn’t, they revealed their foolishness. Through the example of their lives and their Spirit-inspired teachings, God continues to guide us in wisdom. Now, with Jesus, the true King intended for us from the beginning and the promised King from David’s line, we can learn better what true wisdom is—trusting Christ, fearing God, and walking in His ways. (14 sessions)

The Gospel Project for Adults Commentary - CSB® provides leaders with supplementary content for personal study and preparation for each week’s meeting. This resource can serve as an additional or alternate personal study guide for group members in groups that prefer a lecture-with-discussion format. It features:

• Content based on the CSB translation of the week’s focal passages
• The same reflection questions found in the Personal Study Guide
• Large-print text for easier reading

Companion Resources:

• Personal Study Guide
• Leader Guide
• Leader Pack

Throughout the Old and New Testaments, the common thread in every biblical story is Jesus. That’s why The Gospel Project for Adults is a chronological, Christ-centered Bible study that continuously traces the need for redemption in those stories and in our stories, too.