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APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. Why does Luke describe the two companions on the Emmaus road as “looking sad”? What was their disappointment? What circumstances cause you to be disappointed with God? 2. What does it mean that “their eyes were kept from recognizing him” (Lk 24:16)? Were they blinded by emotion or blinded by God? 3. Why does Jesus ask Cleopas and his companion, “What things” (Lk 24:19)? D...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. Why does Luke describe the two companions on the Emmaus road as “looking sad”? What was their disappointment? What circumstances cause you to be disappointed with God? 2. What does it mean that “their eyes were kept from recognizing him” (Lk 24:16)? Were they blinded by emotion or blinded by God? 3. Why does Jesus ask Cleopas and his companion, “What things” (Lk 24:19)? D...

Application Questions: 1. What does it mean to walk in the fear of the Lord? 2. Why don’t people fear the Lord? 3. Who are the wise, the simple, and the fool in the book of Proverbs? 4. If you choose to live in godly fear, what would it change about your life on day one?

Application Questions: 1. What does it mean to walk in the fear of the Lord? 2. Why don’t people fear the Lord? 3. Who are the wise, the simple, and the fool in the book of Proverbs? 4. If you choose to live in godly fear, what would it change about your life on day one?

Application Questions: 1. What is the difference between your ideal life and real life? How does the book of Proverbs reconcile the two? 2. Who wrote Proverbs? What can be learned from his life? 3. Defined the categories (1) wise, (2) simple, and (3) foolish. How does each category relate to your decision making? 4. Who is the hearer and listener in Proverbs 1:1-6?

Application Questions: 1. What is the difference between your ideal life and real life? How does the book of Proverbs reconcile the two? 2. Who wrote Proverbs? What can be learned from his life? 3. Defined the categories (1) wise, (2) simple, and (3) foolish. How does each category relate to your decision making? 4. Who is the hearer and listener in Proverbs 1:1-6?

Why study Jonah? It is highly theological, extremely personal, and intensely missional.

Why study Jonah? It is highly theological, extremely personal, and intensely missional.

Application Questions: 1. What did Paul and Barnabas do in the first visit to Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe? What did they do on the return trip? Compare and contrast the purposes for each trip. 2. How does a person enter the Kingdom of God? Why is the path littered with tribulation? 3. Who listens to Paul and Barnabas “declare all that God had done with them”? How does this story inform missionary a...

Application Questions: 1. What did Paul and Barnabas do in the first visit to Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe? What did they do on the return trip? Compare and contrast the purposes for each trip. 2. How does a person enter the Kingdom of God? Why is the path littered with tribulation? 3. Who listens to Paul and Barnabas “declare all that God had done with them”? How does this story inform missionary a...

Application Questions: 1. What is the involvement of church members in Jerusalem and in Antioch? How does this influence the doctrine of congregational polity? Who makes decisions in the local church? 2. How should a church resolve conflict? What issues call for deference? What issues call for division? Who decided and lead on these decisions in Antioch? 3. What four abstentions did the Jerusalem...

Application Questions: 1. What is the involvement of church members in Jerusalem and in Antioch? How does this influence the doctrine of congregational polity? Who makes decisions in the local church? 2. How should a church resolve conflict? What issues call for deference? What issues call for division? Who decided and lead on these decisions in Antioch? 3. What four abstentions did the Jerusalem...

Application Questions: 1. How many prophets and teachers are listed for the church at Antioch? Does the New Testament teach a plurality of local church leadership? Why or why not? 2. Who are separated and sent from Antioch for global evangelism? What can a local church learn from this model of missions? 3. Have you ever fasted and prayed? What was the circumstance and the outcome? What spiritual g...

Application Questions: 1. How many prophets and teachers are listed for the church at Antioch? Does the New Testament teach a plurality of local church leadership? Why or why not? 2. Who are separated and sent from Antioch for global evangelism? What can a local church learn from this model of missions? 3. Have you ever fasted and prayed? What was the circumstance and the outcome? What spiritual g...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. What do you know about Antioch? What can 21st Century churches learn from the church that thrived in that city? Why is there no New Testament letter to the church at Antioch? 2. How can you see grace? What does it mean for Acts 11:23 (“And when he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad”) to describe the church at Antioch? How can the church today nurture a grace cultu...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. What do you know about Antioch? What can 21st Century churches learn from the church that thrived in that city? Why is there no New Testament letter to the church at Antioch? 2. How can you see grace? What does it mean for Acts 11:23 (“And when he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad”) to describe the church at Antioch? How can the church today nurture a grace cultu...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: 1. Is worship and doubt mutually exclusive? What does it mean to doubt in this context? How can a Christian doubt anything about God? 2. What divine characteristics of Jesus does the Great Commission depend on for fulfillment? Will the Great Commission be accomplished? 3. What does it mean to be a disciple? How have you been discipled by others? How are you discipling others...