Calvary Bible Church-NH

As we start Ephesians 5, we take a deep look at God's expectation for us to love others, and how we measure and model that love.

Today we study what it means to walk the new life in Christ by putting off the old self and renewing our minds. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. How do we lay aside the old self and put on the new? 4. What are some ways that we...

Picking up where we left off in Ephesians 4:12-16, we continue God's pattern for growth and unity, His purpose for it, and the power behind His pattern. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. In light of what we have studied the last...

As we continue in Ephesians 4, we take a look at the gifts of unity, focusing on the grace that only Christ provides. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. If every believer is empowered by grace to fulfill their responsibility in th...

In Ephesians 4:1-6, we study how true unity of the Church is not the result of external structure but rather internal attitudes of the heart that must be pursued daily. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Which of the four inner at...

As we close out Ephesians 3, we study Paul's approach to prayer, his petitions within, and his praise to God for the work of the Holy Spirit in His church. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. What can we learn from the two prayers...

In Ephesians 3:1-13, we study the mystery of the Church (revealed by God to the Apostle Paul), how God instituted His church with His followers as stewards of His message, and how the mission of the church demands sacrifice and commitment. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did th...

Today we focus our study on what the Church is: the reality of the relationships within, a key component, and the ultimate purpose. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. How has being made a citizen of Christ's Kingdom and members of...

Continuing through the book of Ephesians, we study the unity of believers in Christ Jesus. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. After the last few weeks of studying the Gospel, how would you explain the Gospel to your unsaved neighb...

As we come to Ephesians 2:1-10, we study this famous passage that details how, while we were dead in our sins, God made us alive, and that we are saved by grace through faith. Our salvation is not about what we have done, but what God has done for us! // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What ques...

Today in Ephesians 1:15-23, we'll study Paul's prayer that the church at Ephesus will comprehend hope, value, and power. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Why should our faith in Christ lead to loving one another? 4. Of the three...

Join us as we continue our study in Ephesians, looking at God's plan of salvation, and how our lives should reflect the greatness of the inheritance that awaits us. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Paul never seemed to get over...

Today we examine the beginning of Paul's letter to the Ephesians, which talks about the identity of the church, God's sovereign election, and His intentions for the church. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Why is it important to...

Today we begin our series in Ephesians with an introductory overview, as well as reading the entire letter. // Small Group Questions 1. How did God speak to you today through the reading of His Word? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions came to your mind as His Word was read today?

Today we conclude our study with the Tenth Commandment found in Exodus 20:17 - You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the...

Today we study the Ninth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:16 - You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Share some examples when speaking the truth was difficult and the result of d...

Today we study the Eighth Commandment found in Exodus 20:15 - You shall not steal. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. What are some examples of stealing that are often overlooked when considering the Eighth Commandment? 4. What do...

Today we study the Seventh Commandment found in Exodus 20:14 - You shall not commit adultery. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. God gifted us relationships, especially marriage. Why is it so important that we honor God with our r...

Today we study the Sixth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:13 - You shall not murder. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. How can we be peacemakers in a culture that continues to spiral into division and strife? 4. What are some prac...

Today we study the Fourth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:8-9 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. How might ceasing from work and regular...

Today we study the Third Commandment, found in Exodus 20:7 - You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. What is...

Today we study the Fifth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. If your mom is on thi...

As we look at the Second Commandment, we study how God has commanded us to worship Him. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. After considering Exodus 20:4-6, what examples of improper worship can you think of in the modern church to...

Today we look at the First of the Ten Commandments: "You shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3), and we study how we can ensure that God (and God alone) is the only one we look to for life. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mi...

As we continue our sermon series on the Ten Commandments, we study why they matter and what their purpose is. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Review the Ten Commandments together and come up with summary statements for how we a...