I have heard pros and cons about this group. I think it depends upon who is hosting and leading the group. The wife of a buddy of mine in MO attends BSF and absolutely loves it. In fact, and this is rather sad, it has replaced what she and her husband have as far as teaching at their local church. In other words, she gains more out of BSF spiritually and doctrinally than what she gets out of the sermon on Sunday. I consider my friends to both be solid, Calvinistic Bible believers, and though they would point out that the emphasis of BSF is not to teach Reformed theology per se, my friend's wife says she has yet to encounter anything that she discerns as being unbiblical.

On the one hand, I do not care for the fact that the group in general discourages commentary usage when studying a book of the Bible. I find that down right dangerous and leads to a group of folks sitting around telling everyone what each individual thinks HE or SHE believes the Bible is saying, rather than discovering the true meaning of the scripture.

Fred

"Ah, sitting - the great leveler of men. From the mightest of pharaohs to the lowest of peasants, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" M. Burns