Des Smith is married to Suzie and they have four children. Des is the pastor at Trinity Church Lockleys, Adelaide, and has written several other studies in the Interactive Bible Study and Pathway Bible Guide series for Matthias Media.

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This Bible study resource is part of our series Pathway Bible Guides. This series aims to provide simple, straightforward Bible study material for:

• Christians who are new to studying the Bible (perhaps because they've been recently converted or because they have joined a Bible study group for the first time)
• Christians who find other studies (such as the Interactive Bible Studies) too much of a stretch
• groups with limited time for study

Accordingly, we've designed the studies to be short, straightforward and easy to use, with uncomplicated vocabulary. At the same time, the studies do justice to the passages and model good Bible-reading principles. They are simple without being simplistic; no-nonsense without being no-content.

The questions and answers assume a small group context but can be easily adapted to suit different situations, such as individual study and one-to-one.