Home Study Guides


Home Study Guides are provided for you to work on the week before the lesson will be covered, as preparation for your small group time and the large group teaching.  The goal of these questions is to help you become familiar with the passage of scripture being studied and gain personal "insights" to contribute to your small group discussion.
To view or download a home study guide first select a study from the list below.
Each lesson is divided into four days so that you can work on them during the week (minus the day you attend your Insights group) and still have your weekends free.  If you are new to Insights or your time is limited, you might like to try doing just the questions marked with a boxed number.  These will cover the main ideas in the passage of scripture being studied.

Remember that homework is completely optional.  Much can be absorbed just from reading the passage and attending large group teaching and small group discussions.  It is the prayer of the leaders of Insights that no person ever finds homework a barrier to attending Insights.

If you are not in southeast Michigan or you are unable to attend one of the Insights sessions, ideally, you will meet with a group to discuss the Study Guide, and then watch the corresponding Teaching Video.  Most of the Study Guides will have a corresponding Teaching Video available shortly after the teaching takes place on a given Tuesday.  These Teaching Videos can be accessed from the menu to the left, although occasionally there may be a Study Guide that does not have a Teaching Video.

Types of Questions

Most of the questions in the main body of the Home Study Guide as you to observe things about the passage you are reading.  They ask "who, what, when, where, why, and how" questions about the text in order to help you analyze what the passage is saying.

"Applying the Word"  are questions for you to think about and/or discuss in your group.  These questions encourage you to apply the truths you have learned to your life.

"Optional Digging Deeper"  These questions probe further into the passage being studied or explore related topics to help you interpret the meaning of passages.