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Discovery Curriculum - Unit 3: Participant's GuideParticipants and Leaders Guides available as Free digital downloads This is the Participant's Guide for Unit 3, Seeking the Mind of Christ: Renewing Your Functional Worldview of the four unit series, Discovery: A Biblical Support Group Curriculum for Men Pursuing Sexual Integrity. A free Leader's Guide is also available for Unit 3. Harvest USAs Discovery series brings the power of the gospel into mens struggles with sexuality. Drawing on more than 35

Participant’s and Leader’s Guides available as Free digital downloads

This is the Participant's Guide for Unit 3, Seeking the Mind of Christ: Renewing Your Functional Worldview of the four-unit series, Discovery: A Biblical Support Group Curriculum for Men Pursuing Sexual Integrity. A free Leader's Guide is also available for Unit 3.

Harvest USA’s Discovery series brings the power of the gospel into men’s struggles with sexuality. Drawing on more than 35 years of discipleship through biblical support groups, Discovery makes Harvest USA’s discipleship model accessible to local church ministry. Participants dive deeply into Scripture, learning to apply the promises and comforts of the gospel beyond their behaviors to the deepest issues of their hearts. Their personal encounters with God’s Word are strengthened and expressed in the context of small group discussion, where they learn to live the gospel, giving and receiving truth and mercy together.

The entire series consists of four units with 13 lessons each. Designed to be used in order, these units guide participants through a course of Bible study that systematically draws out personal discovery of how the gospel transforms shaping life experiences, controlling heart desires, functional beliefs, and resultant behaviors. A corresponding Leaders Guide is available for each unit, with additional notes to help group leaders facilitate with skill and grace.

Unit 3, Seeking the Mind of Christ: Renewing Your Functional Worldview addresses a fundamental struggle for every believer: What we profess to believe about God and life often does not line up with what we functionally believe in our hearts. This unit challenges men to look deeply into what they truly believe, because transformed living will only come from a renewed mind in Christ.

Other units in this series include:

Unit 1, New Hope in Christ: Bringing Gospel Identity to Bear on Your Story starts with our gospel model for change that forms the structure of the entire curriculum. We then take a few lessons to establish a biblical understanding of the human heart. The second half of Unit 1 will help men bring new, gospel clarity to a variety of past and present experiences and situations that have exerted strong, shaping influence over our hearts.

Unit 2, Treasuring Christ: Transforming Your Heart’s Desires focuses primarily on the deeper desires of our fallen hearts that, apart from the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, will lead to idolatrous pursuits of sin. This unit not only shows men how Jesus transforms and redirects our desires but also illuminates the profound reality that, at our core, we are all much more alike than we are different.

Unit 4, Progress and Perseverance in Christ: Seeing Real Growth and Change shows how our hearts, circumstantial influences, desires, and beliefs all bear out in either good or bad fruit in our lives. This unit focuses on the good fruit men should expect and work towards through their union with Christ.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Discovery was written and organized by Jim Weidenaar and Mark Sanders. Jim and Mark also use Discovery in the biblical support group ministry that takes place in our Dresher and Pittsburgh offices.

Jim Weidenaar joined the Harvest USA staff in June of 2012 as Director of Church Equipping and the Greater Pittsburgh Region (GPR). He has a burden to help those struggling with sexual sin, that they will come to understand and experience progress in gospel repentance. Jim has a Masters Degree in Theological Studies (MTS) from Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI, and a Doctorate in Historical and Theological Studies (PhD) from Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA. He resides in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter.

 Mark Sanders joined Harvest USA’s Men’s Ministry in July 2015. Mark holds an MA in counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary and a BA in communications and integrated media from Geneva College. For five years, he taught English in South Korea, where he met his lovely wife. In addition to leading support groups and conducting one-on-one discipleship, Mark also serves on Harvest USA’s teaching staff and has produced all of their video resources. In February 2021, Mark became Director of Discipleship at Harvest USA.

 

ENDORSEMENTS

“I love this curriculum, and I will recommend it often. I appreciate that the gospel is the lens through which everything about sexual struggle and sexual integrity is understood. Here are three of the many ways I found the Discovery curriculum both unique and practically helpful. First, it is honest about the labyrinthian nature of sin. Second, it acknowledges the power of external influences and experiences on what a person thinks, desires, and does. Finally, it very importantly and helpfully roots change in our new identity and potential in Christ, not just in acknowledging the wrong thoughts and desires of the heart. This is a wonderful gospel tool addressing a very significant area of personal struggle and cultural chaos. May it find a huge audience and bear a wide harvest of good fruit.”

– Paul David Tripp, Author, New Morning Mercies, How People Change, and Sex in a Broken World

“For nearly four decades, Harvest USA has been helping men pursue sexual integrity. So it’s not surprising to me that these lessons are biblically anchored and oriented toward life in the local church. I heartily recommend this curriculum.”

– Michael Horton, Professor of Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California

“Harvest USA’s Discovery series is more than a spiritually insightful, biblically faithful guide for Christian men struggling with sexual sin. It gets behind behavior to the desires that move us, the experiences that form us, the worldviews that guide us, and the actions that reveal us, all so that we might grow in the freedom and knowledge of Christ. May God use these studies to bless thousands.”

– Rev. Dr. R. Carlton Wynne, Associate Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA) (Atlanta) and Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at RTS-Atlanta

“Sexual sin is harming men, women, and children more than we fully understand. Harvest USA’s Discovery series has practical help and gospel hope for men who want to change. Based on decades of theological reflection and informed by real experience with men whose lives are being formed into the image of Christ, this biblical, rich curriculum is proven to produce spiritual freedom through sexual purity.”

– Philip Ryken, President, Wheaton College

“When navigating issues of human sexuality, brokenness, and redemption, I find myself returning to the cumulative wisdom and experience of the Harvest USA team. This latest support group curriculum for men pursuing sexual integrity is yet another example of that. Grounded and soaked in biblical truth, it is also brimming with the lived experiences of counselors whose lives have been dedicated to helping men in this area. I cannot commend it more highly to be used in your church, your small groups, and your care ministries.”

– Jonathan D. Holmes, Executive Director, Fieldstone Counseling, and Pastor of Counseling, Parkside Church (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)

“In my 25 years of working on college campuses and in the church, this is the best curriculum that I have discovered to help men feeling defeated by sexual sin. It has been tested in the suffocating fires of disillusionment, doubt, and discouragement—and, like pure gold, the result is incomparably precious.”

– David Kieffer, Associate Pastor of Adult Ministries, Westminster Presbyterian (PCA) (Lancaster, PA)

“This Harvest USA group curriculum isn’t full of false promises or easy answers. It points us toward a long haul through the wilderness, but with God’s presence, his provision, and his people to sustain you. It can be a hard journey, but traveling there as a group makes it much more doable. This guide will take you there through Bible study and Christian community.”

– Rev. Michael Gembola, LPC, Author, After an Affair: Pursuing Restoration

“This is more than a curriculum—this is a warm and personal pathway out of dark struggles toward a walk with Christ in the light. Expect not just realism and practical wisdom, but a grace-filled journey together that will lead many to nothing short of renovation of the heart. As a struggler, I need this resource, and, as a pastor, I will use it.”

– Ste Casey, Pastor, Speke Baptist Church (Liverpool, UK), and Executive Member and Tutor, Biblical Counselling UK

“Connecting the mind and the heart is no easy task, but it is a critical element of healing for any sexually compulsive man. By combining penetrating biblical insight with carefully guided written and oral self-disclosure over a many-month period of time the Harvest USA Discovery group curriculum is a powerful tool to not only make the connection, but to significantly address and resolve the shame that binds the hearts and minds of the sexually broken.”

– Randall B. Hicks, Clinical Psychologist, PsyD

“I’ve served for fourteen years as Harvest USA’s Women’s Ministry Director and journeyed with hundreds of wives who have been devastated by their husband’s sexual sin. The majority of these dear women represent Christian husbands who don’t understand why they are in bondage to these devastating behaviors. Many of these brothers come to Harvest USA after years, if not decades, of being stuck in sin and desperate for someone to give them practical, Christ-centered guidance that results in true and lasting change in their hearts, emotions, thoughts, and decision-making. I am so grateful for my colleagues Jim and Mark and their faithful years of discipleship to men, which now bears out in this wonderful workbook. Grab all four of these workbooks, which apply the gospel with biblical wisdom and brotherly compassion from two men who have been in the trenches day after day with men seeking a way out of sexual addiction.”

– Ellen Mary Dykas, Women’s Ministry Director, Harvest USA, and Co-author, Sexual Faithfulness: Gospel-infused, Practical Discipleship for Women

“We have found the Discovery curriculum very helpful in our men’s small groups. It has been great to focus on reading Scripture, interpreting it, and applying it to our lives. The discussion questions encourage men to think deeply about the roots of their struggles and to pursue Christ to be changed, and the Leader’s Guide makes sure we get all we can out of our group discussion.”

– Steve Roskos, Partner Ministry Leader

“Harvest USA has been pivotal in my fight against sexual sin. The combination of Christian community and a Christ-centered curriculum provided me with powerful tools in this fight. The curriculum is comprehensive, taking students through lessons on so many important topics, including desires, beliefs, behaviors, and past influences. Every lesson is solidly connected to Scripture so that we were able to see what God’s Word has to say about our struggle and how to best fight. Each week involved personal reflection and application so that our group went from intellectual understanding to heart change. Working with this curriculum over a period of 18 months really had a huge impact on my life, and I continue to refer to it as I fight my battle and grow in Christ.”

– Paul, Harvest USA Ministry Recipient and Men’s Support Group Participant

"After struggling for decades with pornography, Harvest USA’s Discovery series helped me rightly deal with my deep-seated sin. Working through each section with a caring men’s group, I realized how I was haunted by deeper issues, how my sin was triggered by unacknowledged fears and anxieties, and—through it all—how Christ can truly satisfy my deeper longing for love and peace.”

– Jim, Harvest USA Ministry Recipient and Men’s Support Group Participant

“The Discovery curriculum has been a wonderful resource for both my facilitation of a group and also for me to personally learn more about the hope Jesus gives in the battle with sexual sin. As an inductive Bible study, we are pointed to the source of truth every week. Participants are directed to see how their own experiences, beliefs, and desires are what ultimately generate the fruit in their lives and how what has been fallen can be renewed in Christ.”

– Anonymous, Harvest USA Men’s Support Group Leader

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In a land where the Fae have nearly become only a legend and those who still posses even a morsel of the blood are few and far between, Morgan finds herself cast aside by most of society due to her rumored half-Fae lineage, including her brother, King Arthur. With the kingdom at the brink of war, Arthur entrusts her with a quest to retrieve a Fae weapon of legendary power: the sword of Perun, Excalibur. Accompanied by men she loathes, Captain Kairos Draven and Ragnar Whitehorn, she embarks on her long and unbeknownst perilous journey, only to find that things she once believed to be myth are in fact very real. With devastating twists, omitted truths, witty banter and fierce action, Queen of Roses leaves you begging to know more about the secrets of Aercanum! Wow, wow, wow! Going into this story, I did not realize that it was going to be a retelling of Arthurian legend, especially not one with a fantastical twist! The unique spin almost gave me The Witcher vibes and I think adding Fae into the mix was quite interesting. I knew the basics of the legend but after reading this book, it has piqued my interest and makes me want to learn more about it. My attention was snatched as soon as I finished the prologue and I knew that I was going to devour this story. I truly enjoyed the gender swaps and even how Arthur was portrayed as villainous. Morgan’s past and even her parts of her present is absolutely heartbreaking, and I felt for her at times. I can only recall one other book that made me hate characters the way I despised Florian and Arthur, leaving me with my blood boiling and feeling disgusted. Even after finishing the book, Draven is still a mystery to me and I cannot figure out how to feel about him. I guess they just means that the author did an excellent job at conveying each character’s persona! The rich world building and imagery made it easy for me to visualize the places that the group visited along their journey. I am truly engulfed in this story and I cannot wait to see wait fate awaits Morgan and how the Fae will be even more incorporated in the next book!. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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"Queen of Roses" by Briar Boleyn is a delightful and refreshing reimagining of the classic tale of King Arthur, with a captivating twist that places the spotlight on Morgan, a character who has often been overshadowed in traditional retellings. Boleyn's creative decision to shift the narrative perspective to Morgan breathes new life into the story, offering readers an intriguing and compelling look at the Arthurian world from an entirely different angle. One of the most commendable aspects of this book is its incorporation of Fae elements, which adds an enchanting layer of magic and mystery to the already familiar Arthurian setting. Boleyn skillfully weaves the world of the Fae into the narrative, creating a captivating backdrop against which the events of the story unfold. This addition not only adds depth to the world-building but also provides ample opportunities for twists and turns that keep readers thoroughly engrossed. However, while the book boasts numerous strengths, it does have one noticeable flaw: the characterization of Morgan. While it is reasonable to create a flawed and complex protagonist, it appears that at times, Morgan's character becomes overly difficult and hard to relate to. Her persistently negative perception of one of the main male characters, who is a potential love interest, despite his efforts to support and assist her, may come across as somewhat irrational and could test the patience of some readers. Striking a balance between a strong, independent character and one who can recognize genuine support and affection could have enhanced the overall reader experience. Nonetheless, the allure of "Queen of Roses" lies in its innovative approach to the Arthurian legend and its skillful blending of fantasy elements into a familiar narrative. Boleyn's evocative prose draws readers into a world where magic, destiny, and fate entwine, leaving us eager to uncover the mysteries that unfold within the pages. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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I loved this book! Queen of Roses is an Arthurian-inspired dark romantasy that is the first book in the Blood of Fae series. The story follows Morgan, the princess of Camelot who is rumored to be part fae. Fueled by prejudiced hatred and a mistrust of fae blood, Morgan’s abusive father strips her of her birthright and hands it to her half-brother, Arthur. Instead of becoming queen, Morgan is commanded to join the temple of the goddesses when she comes of age. However, Arthur turns into a psychopathic, power-hungry, fae-hating king as he ages. He develops malevolent plans and commands Morgan to find an ancient weapon with legendary power. Although Morgan is wary of Arthur’s intentions, she embraces the opportunity to go on a journey and potentially change her fate. The story picks up from there and we follow Morgan on her quest to find the ancient relic. It’s full of high stakes adventure, mystery, tension, banter, forced proximity, hidden magic, self discovery, and betrayal. This first installment of the series intricately develops the world building and character development. There’s little romance in this book, but it is evident that it is a slow burn that will continue to develop throughout the remainder of the series. Overall, I loved the world building, the epic fantasy, Morgan’s journey of self discovery, and all of the twists and turns that set the stage for the future installments. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
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A fae centered Arthurian tale unlike any I’ve read so far. The author did a great job at descriptive world building, with scenes easily playing out in my minds eye. There was plenty of action, suspense, and even a touch of horror. An enemies to lovers, slow burn romance, a quest, with plot twist and turns aplenty. There was a love triangle, which I’m not usually a fan of but, it played out well in this story line. The FMC, Morgan Pendragon, was so blatantly naïve, yet I typically expect as much in a ‘book one’ of a series, especially one that features a fairly sheltered princess. I was happy to read that in spite of this, she still showed a strong sense of morals, fire, and spine. Now our MMC? Kairos Draven, aka Void’s Edge. Oh, how I’m a sucker for a smoking’ hot grumpy warrior alpha with a witty mouth, and a strong sense of “touch her and die” attitude, so you know who held all my cards. That ending? Just made me swoon all the harder. Now add a battlecat that rivals the size of a horse…and well Ms. Briar Boleyn you have well and truly stolen my heart. I’m excited to see where the story goes from here, and follow along to see more of the characters growth. I went into this story fairly blind, and I think I enjoyed it all the more because of it. Once the story got going, it had me in an absolute chokehold and it was difficult to put down.
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3 stars Thank you Netgalley and Briar Boleyn for the ARC! A camelot/king Arthur retelling with fae. I was hooked by the idea of this book immediately and was eager to jump into this world. • slow burn • enemies to lovers • who did this to you Morgan Pendragon watched her mother die by her father's hand when she was just eight years old, hiding under the bed. Morgan is believed to have the tainted blood of the fae in her veins and is cast aside so that her fathers illegitimate son, Arthur, can become the king. She's seen his cruel treatment of the fae firsthand, so when he sends her on a journey to find a fae weapon she seizes the opportunity to do more with her life. Along the way, she finds more than she could have imagined. I don't know a whole lot about King Arthur and Camelot but I had a lot of fun with this story! The plot has some similar tropes to popular romantasy books (From blood and ash) but there's enough originality here that it doesn't feel like I'm reading a copy. I liked how the fae were different in appearance than what is typical in most fantasy books I've read. In this book they have blue hair, violet skin and a wide range of other characteristics. I thought that the world building was easy to follow and I could easily immerse myself into this world. After reading the blurb I kept wondering when she was going to go on the journey to find Excalibur and it doesn't happen until around the 45% mark. The story is a bit slow at times but starts to pick up once they begin their journey to find Excalibur. The John Wick style Inn was a fun concept that I enjoyed reading about. There are a lot of similarities to this and FBAA and I would have liked to have it be a little more different, but I'm hoping book two will have the story turn into something of its own. Overall I enjoyed reading this story and I'm looking forward to reading book two especially after that ending.
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