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The Great Commission 15.06.2025 35:22 ↓

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” What is the main thing for the Church? What things tend to distract us from the main thing? 2. Have doubts ever made you feel unqualified for the mission? How can seeing the doubts of the disciples and the grace of Jesus encourage you? 3. In what ways is Jesus’ authority the foundation of our mission? How should Je...

Laodicea: Lukewarm 08.06.2025 37:57 ↓

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. What did Jesus mean when he called the church in Laodicea lukewarm? Have you ever been lukewarm in your Christian life? Have you ever been in a church that was lukewarm? 2. What caused Laodicea to be lukewarm (see v. 17)? How might we be in danger of this? 3. What does Jesus mean in verse 18? What does it practically look like for you to buy from Him? 4. How have you exper...

Sardis: Wake Up 25.05.2025 33:25 ↓

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. How can a church or an individual Christian have the reputation of being alive, but really be dead? Is there anything we can do to see past a false reputation? 2. Jesus said that their works were incomplete in the sight of God. What do you think that means? What might that look like in your life? 3. What kinds of things does God use to help us to recognize our true state?...

Thyatira: Tolerating False Teaching 18.05.2025 36:12 ↓

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. In what ways should the church be tolerant? In what ways should the church be intolerant? 2. Jesus commended the church in Thyatira because their latter works exceeded the first. What does this mean? In what areas of your walk with Christ have you grown? Where are you stagnant? 3. How should the church in Thyatira have responded to Jezebel? To those who were following her...

Pergamum: Some Have Compromised 11.05.2025 35:16 ↓

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. Why does Jesus describe himself as the one who has the sharp two-edged sword? Why do we often think of God’s judgment first coming to the outside world? Why is it important to remember that judgment begins at the household o God? 2. How does opposition to Christianity look different in our culture than it did in Pergamum? Are there any similarities? 3. In what areas do you...

Smyrna: Do Not Fear Suffering 04.05.2025 35:06 ↓

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. In what ways has suffering been a part of your story? Have times of suffering ever made you question your faith? Have you seen suffering be used to help strengthen your faith? 2. The church in Smyrna was poor and suffering but Jesus said they were rich What does this mean? Does anyone come to your mind when you hear this description? What should this mean for our lives? 3....

Episode 2 | Prayer | Timmy Ta 13.03.2025 7:45 ↓

INTERSECTIONS is a FirstSF podcast series that discusses the merging of faith and life from different members of our FirstSF family.

Praying Earnestly for Others 26.01.2025 28:37 ↓

Sermon Discussion Questions 1. How do we see Paul’s love for the people of God in these verses? Do we have that same type of love for other believers? What are some things that tend to diminish our love for those in the Church? What are some things that help our love to grow? 2. Read 1 Thessalonians 3:9-10. How are these verses similar to what we’ve read in other passages in this series? Is there...