Coram Deo Church — Bremerton, WA

Discipleship Questions 1.  How have you experienced distress in your life? How has your distress affected your heart towards God? 2.  How does knowing that God is your righteous Judge encourage you when you suffer? 3.  So often, anger can lead to sin.  What are some examples of individuals experiencing anger that does not lead to sin? 4.  The joy of knowing God far exceeds the joy of “grain and wi...

Discipleship Questions 1.  Do you feel to approach God with your pain, sorrow, or fears?  Why or why not? 2.  What does it mean for God to be our shield?  How has God been your shield in the past? 3.  In the sermon, Pastor Jon talked about bring the truth of the gospel to bear on our experiences.  How does David do that in this Psalm?  How does it transform him? 4.  What areas in your life do you...

Discipleship Questions 1. Think of time in your life when things felt out of control. How did this affect your faith in God? Why? 2. In the midst of the nations raging, God is unmoved. What does this reveal about God’s attributes? 3. How can these verses give you hope and steadfastness in the midst of conflict? 4. This text speaks of the entire earth belonging to Jesus. How does this truth affect...

Discipleship Questions 1. The Psalms are full of powerful and meaningful images. What images of contrast can you identify in Psalm 1? What do they mean? 2. What does Psalm 1 teach us about what it means to be flourish as a human being? 3. What is the outcome of a life lived in defiance to God and his law? 4. What is the outcome of a live lived in submission to God’s law?

Discipleship Questions. 1. Of the evidence provided to support the resurrection account (empty tomb, personal encounters, appearing to large crowds) which do you find most compelling? Why? What questions do you have regarding the resurrection of Jesus? 2. Mark tells us that the disciples were very reluctant to believe the Jesus had risen. How can this fact encourage you in your own discipleship? 3...

Discipleship Questions 1.  Have you ever lost a close friend or dearly loved family member?  How did you feel?  How might your own experience provide insight to how Jesus’ friends felt after his crucifixion? 2.  Read 1 Corinthians 15:14 & 17.  Why do you loose the gospel when you loose the resurrection? 3.  Jesus plainly told his disciples multiple times that he would be crucified and would rise o...

Discipleship Questions 1.  The crucifixion is the world’s verdict against God.  What does the verdict reveal about the world and the way it sees God? 2.  Why do you think the manner of Jesus’ death lead to the centurions confession? 3.  Multiple times, Jesus was offered a drink that would have eased his suffering.  Each time, he refused.  Why do you think he chose not to receive what was offered?...

Discipleship Questions. 1. How would you describe the actions and words of the crowd in this text? In what ways can you relate with them? 2. How would you describe the words and actions of Pilate? In what ways can you relate with him? 3. Read Psalm 115:3-8. What does this text teach us happens as a result of rejecting God? How have you experienced this principle in your own life? 4. The release of...

Discipleship Questions 1) How do you respond when attacked unjustly? What does Jesus response teach us in these moments? 2) What ways does it cost a disciple to follow Jesus closely? 3) In what ways are you tempted to follow him from a distance? 4) How does God use your brokenness and shortcomings in life to display his glory?

Discipleship Questions 1. Read Isaiah 53. In what ways do you see Jesus as the fulfillment of this passage? 2. How does Jesus’ previous teaching on prayer in Matthew 6:9-13  relate to the disciples’ command to pray and be watchful? 3. How does believing the gospel help you be alert and watchful over your soul? 4. Are there certain areas in your life or your desires that you need to be alert and wa...

Pastor Brandon shares the one another command to serve one another in love from Galatians 5:13

Discipleship Questions 1. What is your initial reaction to hearing the interaction between Jesus and the disciples? 2. Do you find yourself resonating with the disciples? Do you find yourself agreeing with Peter’s devotion, or Peter’s denial?  3. How does denial and faith work in this text?  4. How does Jesus keep us ‘faithful’?  5. What has shaped you in how you believe in the Gospel today?

Pastor Brandon shares the one another command to encourage one another with the words of the Gospel

Discipleship Questions 1. Verse 10 tells us that we are God’s workmanship, or his poem. What does that mean to you? How have you struggled to believe this truth of Scripture in your life? 2. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of good works God has prepared for you? 3. How has God used the “ordinary” life of others to influence you? 4. In the sermon, Pastor Jon talked about l...

Pastor Brandon shares the one another command to show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

Discipleship Questions 1.  Read Matthew 5:43-48.  Jesus identifies two loves or two ways of loving.  How are these two loves different?  With which love would you prefer to be loved? 2.  The Bible teaches us that Jesus is our propitiation.  What images of propitiation can you identify in the Old Testament?  Why do we need propitiation? 3.  How does the cross of Christ transform our understanding o...

Pastor Brandon shares the one another command to be bearing with one another and forgiving each other.

Discipleship Questions. 1. God speaks to us through His Word (the Bible). In what ways does reading God's Word help us grow in our love for God? 2. In what ways has God's Word been changing you? 3. In what ways can you gather around the Word this week with your friends or family? 4. What can you do this week to prepare for the Word of God as you gather for worship this upcoming Sunday?

Pastor Brandon​ shares the one another command to confess your sin and be in prayer.

Discipleship Questions 1. Jesus shared many meals with people. What makes for a memorable meal? 2. In what different ways does the passover meal and communion meal tell us about Jesus? 3. Read Jeremiah 31:31-34. In what ways does Jesus fulfill the new covenant Jeremiah speaks of? 4. How does feasting with Jesus in heaven give you hope for today?