The Gospel Project for Adults: Leader Guide - CSB - Summer 2025

Summer 2025 Study: Foolishness and Wisdom
(Covering 1 Samuel–1 Kings; Wisdom Literature)
by Emily Dean and Kima Jude

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 Leader Guide - CSB® equips the leader for the group time but also helps him/her to feel like part of the group. This resource includes:

• Additional study content for preparation, plus instructions for facilitating the whole-group activity
• All of the Personal Study Guide content – to see and experience everything a group participant does during the week of personal study leading up to the group meeting
• Bonus material available via QR codes

Purchase one for each leader.

Companion Resources:

• Personal Study Guide
• Commentary
• 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.