Believing that study and application of Scripture in the context of Christian community can greatly enhance the transformative power of the preached message, in Bringing Home the Message Robert Perkins aims to help pastors integrate small group ministry with their preaching. Perkins lays out the biblical, theological, historical, and sociological basis for the importance of hearing God's Word in the context of community, and provides a practical methodology for implementing sermon-based small group Bible studies. This helpful book also includes a sample fourteen-part series of Study Guides and Leader's Notes for the Gospel of Luke. Step-by-step instructions illustrate how to prepare effective inductive Bible study questions for small groups that will challenge members to grow in their faith and discipleship through understanding and applying God's Word together.

Robert Perkins is the senior pastor of Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church. A graduate of Stanford University (BS, MS), Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (DMin), Robert has pastored churches in Massachusetts, California, and Bangladesh, and served as a missionary in India and Thailand. Robert lives in the east San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and their twin sons.