Simply Disciples Podcast

1. Were you taught about the Holy Spirit in your past in ways that differ from the teaching in this podcast? 2. Why do you think there is confusion about the Holy Spirit today? 3. The Nicene Creed is a summary of the Scriptures. What is the Nicene Creed seeking to make clear about the Holy Spirit? 4. Read and discuss what the Scriptures teach about the Holy Spirit in John 14:15-26 and John 16:7-15...

1. What does the Bible teach about the resurrection of Christ? Is it mythical or just a spiritual metaphor? (read and discuss 1 Cor 15:1-19) 2. How does 1 Cor 15 (and other portions of Scripture) answer the objections that the people who saw Jesus were just hallucinating, or that it was made up by the disciples? 3. Is it enough for a Christian to claim that the resurrection is true because Jesus l...

How would you respond to the following questions: 1. “Isn’t God unfair to punish Jesus, as a substitute, in our place?” (Rom 6:23; Heb 4:15; John 3:16; John 10:18) 2. “Isn’t God’s reaction to sin disproportionate to the crime? Does sin really deserve eternal hell and punishment? (Rom 1:18ff) 3. “How can an eternal penalty be paid for by one act of suffering for a few hours by one man, Jesus?” (How...

1. Prior to this podcast, if someone asked you why Jesus died on the cross, what would your answer have been? Did your answer change at all as a result of this podcast? 2. How does the Old Testament give us insight on the purpose of the cross? (Isaiah 6:1-8; Ps 7:11-12; other passages?) 3. How do God’s commandments reveal our guilt before a holy and just God? (Ex 20:1-17; Mt 22:37-40; Matthew 5:21...

1. Where would you go in Scripture to make the case that Jesus was truly man? (John 1, Rom 1, Phil 2:5-8; Matthew 1:18-23; Luke 3, etc.) 2. What is the incarnation of Christ and why is it crucial for our salvation? Why did the Son of God need to become man? (Heb 2:14-18) 3. We often hear Jesus died for in our place, but why was it crucial that Jesus also lived a perfect life in our place? 4. What...

1. Why are the views of Arius, Mormons, Jehovah Witness, etc. so dangerous to our understanding of who Jesus is? 2. What’s the connection between Exodus 3 and John 8:56-59? 3. Read and discuss Heb 1:1-3; John 1:1-3; Col 1:15-20; Phil 2:5-6 regarding the deity of Christ. What similarities do we find in these passages? 4. Read and discuss the significance of the statements about Jesus in the Nicene...

1. How were you taught to read the Bible? (fragmented? a book of morals? a book of heros)? Specifically, how does Jesus’ conversation in Luke 24:13-35, 44-47 help us understand how to read the Bible? 2. How does the Old Testament trace God’s promise to send a Deliverer through a family? (Gen 3:15; Gen 12:1-3, Jacob, Joseph… David… Gal 3:7-9, 14) 3. How does the Old Testament trace God’s promise to...

1. Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Do you hear the versions of Jesus that were mentioned in the podcast? What other versions of Jesus do you hear outside of the church? 2. Why do we need to be careful how we portray Jesus? 3. How should the 2nd commandment in Exodus 20:3-5 shape how we portray Jesus? 4. How are you tempted to shape Jesus in your own image and make him look l...

1. How is the covenant of grace different from the covenant of works? Specifically, what is different about the elements (parties, conditions, penalties, promises)? 2. What is significant about Genesis 3:15? And how do we see the promise of Gen 3:15 played out in Gen 12:1-3; 15:1-21; 17:1-14? 3. What elements do we find in the covenant with Moses? 4. What elements do we find in the covenant with D...

1. Prior to this podcast, how would you have answered the question, “How does the Bible fit together?" Has your answer changed? 2. How has this podcast helped you to understand the concept of covenant? What is a biblical covenant? What are the elements (or parts) of a covenant? 3. In Genesis 1-3 we have the “covenant of works” - what are the elements (parties, conditions, promises, penalties)? 4....

1. Why is the topic and question of human free will so controversial? 2. In the podcast we defined “libertarian free will” as the belief in human ability/power to choose moral goodness apart from God’s grace (meaning, sin does not affect our ability to choose moral goodness); whereas “compatible free will” acknowledges that humans have the capacity to choose moral goodness, but that capacity is af...

1. Regarding the question, “Are humans basically good?“, what answers do you hear in the culture? 2. How does the Bible speak to the question “are we basically good?”(Gen 1-3, Rom 3:10-18, Rom 5, Eph 2, etc.)? 3. How did the podcast define and explain “original sin”, and why does it matter? 4. Do you struggle to think of yourself as a sinner and to think of sin as a big deal? 5. At the end of this...

1. Everyone has an answer to the question, “What’s wrong with the world?” What answers do you hear from non-Christians? 2. How does Genesis 3 answer the question? What effects of sin do we see throughout the whole chapter of Genesis 3? 3. How does the New Testament speak to the sin that took place in Genesis 3 (i.e. Rom 5:12, Rom 8:20-22, Mark 7:14-23)? 4. What is the Bible’s solution to “what’s w...

2.0 Simply Disciples Spring 2024 by Deer Creek Church

1.14 Bonus Question And Answer Episode Season 1 by Deer Creek Church

1.13 How Should The Church Engage In Politics? Special Episode by Deer Creek Church

1. In your own words, how would you define or explain God’s providence? 2. Read Hebrews 1:1-3, Nehemiah 9:6, and Ephesians 1:19-22 - how do these passages speak to God’s providence? 3. How would you answer the question, “Does God have control over evil?” 4. How would you answer the question, “Do we have free will?” 5. How should the answers to the above questions affect how we live our daily lives...

1. Read Genesis 1:26-27 and WSC Q#10 “How did God create man?” A: “God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures” and discuss what it means to be made in the image of God (based on the Podcast discussion). 2. The podcast discussed that due to sin, we now image God not as a perfect mirror, but like a funhouse mirror...

1. What were some helpful answers in the Podcast to the first question - “Why is the Bible’s teaching on creation so important?” 2. Read through Genesis chapters 1 and 2 and discuss the following questions from the podcast: (a) Where did we come from (why is it important that we came from God)? (b) What is our purpose as human beings (towards God, others, creation)? (c) How should we live (as imag...

1. Westminster Shorter Catechism #6 is a summary of Scripture and states: “There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance, and equal in power and glory.” What are some ways that the Trinity is misunderstood? And how is the WSC #6 a helpful explanation? 2. If someone claims “all roads and religions lead to God” - how...

1. What three attributes best describe you? 2. In your own words, what’s the difference between incommunicable and communicable attributes of God? 3. Why is it significant that God’s communicable attributes are actually moral attributes? (Genesis 1:27, 1 Peter 1:16, Micah 6:8 as discussion points) 4. Why is it important that God’s attributes never conflict with one another (ie. love and justice),...

1. Westminster Shorter Catechism answer to question 4 states “God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.” Is that a helpful answer to you? Why or why not? 2. Why is it important for us to keep in mind God’s incommunicable attributes (how God is not like us - “infinite, eternal, unchangeable”)? 3. This episode mentioned a n...

1. What was most helpful about this podcast? 2. How does Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Psalm 19, and Psalm 119:105 speak to the question “can we understand the Bible?” 3. When someone deviates from the clear teaching of Scripture, but claims “that’s just your interpretation of those passages”, what are the assumptions they are making? How would you respond? 4. Were RC Sproul’s tips on how to read the Bible h...

(1) What was helpful about this podcast? (2) If someone says “we can’t know about God with certainty”, or “we need more than just the Bible to know who God is and how to live faithfully in today’s world”, how would you respond? (Read and discuss 2 Peter 1:16-21) (3) If someone asks “Does God speak today outside of Scripture?“, or “are there modern day prophets?” - how would you respond? Does God n...

(1) If you were to ask ten different people, “What is your ultimate authority in questions of truth and morality - what or who gets the final say?” what answers might you hear? (2) What’s the danger of a subjective truth (based on one’s personal experiences, feelings, etc.) rather than an objective truth when it comes to ultimate authority? (3) Is the Bible the word of man or God - what is the Bib...