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REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Main Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Sermon Summary: Your position without God is just a position, but your position with God has a purpose. Discussion Questions: 1. How would you use the words position and purpose to describe your life? 2. Paul uses the word reconciled to describe both our pot...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Main Verse: John 21:15-17 Sermon Summary: Organizations pursue a purpose but the Church pursues a person. Discussion Questions: 1. How is the Church different than an organization or charity? 2. Is the tension that's held in family necessary for discipleship? If so, why? 3. How does Jesus re...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Summary: A better image comes through reflecting a better identity. Discussion Questions: 1. How does Luke 20:46-47 describe the teachers of the law? Why might being a law-based person lead to an image-based life? 2. Who does Romans 8:15 say we are? How does that identity set us free from tr...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ: John 16:33 "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Sermon Summary: "Peace" is about the absence of anxiety, "Shalom" is about relationship. Discussion Questions: 1. If we define peace...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Summary: It takes faith to have a past. Discussion Questions: 1. What does 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 say about our past? 2. How do we put the past behind us? Matthew 16:24; Galatians 2:20 Describe what “denying” and “crucifying” practically means. Why is that an act of faith? 3. Are there areas o...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Philippians 2:1-11 Summary: Relationship is perfectly designed to fall apart when it’s used to our advantage. Discussion Questions: 1. Read Phil 2:1-2 - Why do you think Paul correlates being a Christian with being unified with other believers? 2. Read Phil 2:3-4 - Why is humility essential...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 2 Timothy 1:7 – today we are looking at the Spirit’s gift of love. Summary: We receive love as we give love in faith. Discussion Questions: 1. According to Romans 5:5, what does the Holy Spirit pour into us? Using Matthew 6:14 as an example, what restricts the amount of love that God can pou...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 2 Timothy 1:5-7 Summary: The Spirit redeems power by being a loving source. Discussion Questions: 1. How do you feel that the Spirit exercises power through the Church (flawed people)? Is the messiness worth it? 2. Read Ephesians 2:1–2. Where else does power come from if not the Spirit? 3. 2...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 2 Timothy 1:5-7 Summary: Timidity quenches our faith; Spirit-filled courage ignites it. Discussion Questions: 1. What is Timothy commended for in 1:5? In 1:6, what would help Timothy grow his faith? In 1:7, what does God's Spirit does not give us? 2. How are faith and timidity opposites? How...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Ephesians 5:21-25; 6:1-9 Summary: To reverse the cycle of dominance and oppression we give and receive love. Discussion Questions: 1. Paul gives three examples of people submitting: wives to husbands, slaves to masters, and children to parents. Describe the attitude of those leading and thos...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Ephesians 4:20-32 Summary: What we wear reveals what we think our life purpose is. Discussion Questions: 1. What are Christians to “put off” and “put on”? 2. What are those new “clothes” meant to reveal (4:24)? 3. If we choose to wear our old “clothes” what does that say about what we think...

Main Passage: Ephesians 4:1-3 (w/ comments on Ephesians 3:6,16). Discussion Questions: -Did anyone feel like God was getting their attention with something that was said or happened on Sunday? -When you consider why people come together and unite, what are examples of the foundation of their unity? What is their unity built upon? -It seems Christians keep dividing. Speaking from your personal expe...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Passage Address: Ephesians 2:8-9 Discussion Questions: 1. In his letter Paul is making a case that the narrative of God provides for our life is better than any other narrative we could be a part of. Why does Paul begin chapter 2 with the word ‘dead’ . What do you think of that? 2. Paul uses...

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REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 1 Samuel 24:1-20 Discussion Questions: 1. How did David respond to Saul’s unjust attack? 2. According to verse 6, what was David’s motive for acting this way? 3. Where have you been unjustly treated? How does David’s example help you know what to do? (See Matthew 5:38-42 for further insight)...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 1 Samuel 20:12-16, 22:14-16 & 20-23. Summary Statement: During fearful times refuge is found in covenant relationships (1 Sam 22:23). Discussion Questions: It is easy to believe that the quality of our Life is based on the quality of our faith. Similarly we imagine that better planning a...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Passage Address: 1 Samuel 19:1-10 Summary Statement: We have a selfish instinct to kill our liberators. Discussion Questions: 1. Why is Saul so committed to killing David despite the benefit that David’s brought to the kingdom? 2. Read Acts 2:36 - What does Saul have in common with the peopl...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 1 Samuel 17 Discussion Questions: 1. 1 Samuel 16:7 says that God values our hearts more than our image. To know what kind of heart God values, contrast David’s heart (17:26,32, 37,45), Goliath’s heart (17:10, 42), and Eliab’s heart (17:24,28). 2. Why did David only use a sling? See 2 Corinth...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 1 Samuel 16 Summary: Sadness, fear, and assumptions can distract us from anointing Jesus as our King. Discussion Questions: 1. In 1 Samuel 16, Samuel struggled to anoint David as the new and better King for Israel. Verses 1, 2 and 7 each describe a struggle; what are they? 2. What does 1 Pet...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 1 Samuel 15: 22-23 Summary Statement: Obedience is better than sacrifice. Discussion Questions: 1. Why do you think this passage says that obedience is better than sacrifice? What's the difference? 2. Do you ever see obedience as an attempt to appease God? How is that affecting your ability...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Summary: Rely on God's Word, not external “evidence.” Discussion Questions: 1. Describe Israel’s first king, according to 1 Samuel 9:2; 10:1,6. What does Samuel then say about Saul in 1 Samuel 13:13-14? 2. What looks good at the beginning can turn out to be bad. Upon what then, should we bui...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. I Samuel 8 Summary: When we want a king like everyone else, we push away God’s heart Discussion Questions: 1. Are the concerns stated by the elders about the future leadership of Israel legitimate (8:1-3)? How might the elders have dealt better with their concerns? 2. Read Deuteronomy 17:14-...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. 1 Samuel 7:3–4 (ESV): 3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” 4 So the peop...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Summary: God uses life’s injustices to prepare us for His judgment. Discussion Questions: 1. In 1 Samuel 2:1-10, list the seven “reversals” that describe God's justice. How does Solomon’s prayer in 1 Chronicles 6:23 explain justice? 2. What is the warning that James 2:12-13 and Jeremiah 17:1...

REVIEW. “What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?” READ. Summary: When God is first in our hearts, our lives are blessed. Discussion Questions: 1. 1 Samuel 1 and 2 describe a tale of two families: Eli versus Elkanah and Hannah. Both families practiced good values, but what does 1 Samuel 2:29 say that Eli did wrong? How did their decisions affect t...