Zechariah: God's Big Plan for Struggling Christians [Good Book Guides]

Christians struggle. We struggle with ridicule and being ignored in a 'day of small things'; with opposition to the message that Jesus is the only way to God; with our own failures and the devil's accusations that make us question whether God accepts us. False teachers, false religion, and false priorities plague and distract us.

In Zechariah's day, Israel had returned from exile, but home was certainly not all they had hoped for. Zechariah's task was to bring comforting words to the struggling people of God.

These six Bible-studies open up Zechariah's reassuring and revitalizing message for God's discouraged people, including God's great international building project; His solution to sin; His promised Shepherd-King; His great Day of judgement and salvation. Constantly focusing on what these things mean practically for Christians today, this course aims to help Christians live a life shaped, not by 'these days', but by 'that day' when God's big plan comes to glorious fruition.

Tim Chester is involved in The Crowded House, a church-planting initiative in Sheffield, England. He is the author of Awakening to a World of Need, The Promise of Salvation and The Message of Prayer.