At a glance: this is a 22-week study and discussion guide for Love Does by Bob Goff, with 156 questions organized by reading assignment. Week 1 is free to read, with no card required.
Bob Goff's Love Does is not a theology textbook or a self-help manual — it's a collection of wild, funny, and deeply moving stories from a life lived with reckless, action-oriented love. Bob's central thesis is deceptively simple: love is not merely a feeling or a set of beliefs; love is something you do. Through tales of sailing the Pacific on a crate of canned meat, sitting on a bench outside a law school dean's office for seven days, eating ice cream with world leaders, and fighting for justice in Uganda, Bob argues that faith becomes real the moment it gets off the couch and into the world. Each chapter is a story, and each story is an invitation to stop merely admiring Jesus from a safe distance and start following Him into adventure.
This study guide is designed to be used one chapter per week, either individually or in a small group. Before each session, read the assigned chapter slowly — maybe twice — and jot down any moment that made you laugh, surprised you, or quietly convicted you. Use the discussion questions to go deeper, and let the closing prayer move what you've discussed from your head into your heart. There is no pressure to have the "right" answers; the goal is honest conversation and genuine reflection. Some questions are straightforward (what did Bob do or say?), some are personal (where do you see this in your own life?), and some are bigger (how does this connect to who Jesus is and what He calls us to?).
By the end of this guide, you will have spent time with one of the most contagiously joyful books in recent Christian writing. More importantly, you may find yourself a little less satisfied with a cautious, theoretical faith — and a little more willing to say yes to the next unexpected, inconvenient, delightful thing Love puts in front of you. That is exactly what Bob Goff is hoping for.