Coram Deo Church — Bremerton, WA

Discipleship Questions. 1. When Jesus was questioned about marriage and divorce, he referred to Genesis creation. What does this teach us about the origin and purpose of marriage? 2. How does having a shared Biblical understanding of marriage help to protect and encourage us? 3. What part of the text seems most controversial to you personally? Why? 4. Read through Ephesians 5:21-33. How does Bibli...

Discipleship Question: 1. Ephesians 1 provides us with a list of our spiritual blessings in Christ. Why do you think Paul mentioned spiritual blessings instead of physical blessings? 2. Take a moment to meditate on the blessings that are ours in Christ (election, adoption, redemption, forgiveness, eternal inheritance, sealing by the Spirit). 3. How does these blessings change us in the here and no...

Discipleship Questions. 1. Before you came to understand the gospel, what did you think was the purpose of the law? How has faith in Jesus changed your understanding? 2. Romans 3:21 teaches us that the Law and the Prophets (short for the Old Testament) point to the gospel. What are some examples of this? 3. How might justification by faith alone affect the way you see and relate to others who stru...

Pastor Justin Guy from Keyport Bible Fellowship speaks about the Protestant Reformation at a special event hosted at Hale's Ales Barrelhouse in Bremerton, WA

Discipleship Questions. 1. Ephesians describes our condition outside of Christ as death and slavery to sin. What did this look like for you before you came to faith in Jesus? 2. Why is it important to understand what we have been saved from? 3. According to this text, what are some of the implications or benefits of being “in Christ”? 4. How does this text challenge your understanding of God’s lov...

Discipleship Questions. 1. The doctrine of Sola Scripture states that the Scriptures are the only infallible authority for the church. How can this doctrine protect the church from corruption, both morally and doctrinally? 2. What other “authorities” are you tempted to submit to in place of the Scriptures? 3. Take some time to read through Psalm 19. What does this Psalm teach us about the two prim...

Discipleship Questions. 1. What ideas or beliefs, if any, did you have about hell growing up? How have they changed? 2. Why do you think Jesus speaks so graphically about the reality of hell? 3. How does what we know about Jesus character from Mark affect the way we hear his challenging words from this text? 4. What would be some practical implications for a solid Biblical understand of the doctri...

Discipleship Questions. 1. What do you believe Jesus is primarily concerned with in this text? How would you sum up with Jesus is saying in this text in your own words? 2. Jesus instructs his disciples to violently oppose their own sin. What areas of sin in your own life have you neglected to address? 3. How is it that grace can be free and costly at the same time? 4. How has God been transforming...

Discipleship Questions. 1. Why do you think the idea of a dying King would have been so unexpected for the disciples? What about our own day? 2. Mark reveals that the disciples hearts were bent on personal greatness. How does Jesus redefine our definition of “greatness”? 3. What is most challenging about “receiving children”? Who are the children that Jesus is calling you to receive? 4. Rivalry an...

Discipleship Questions. 1. If you had approached the scene in this text, what would have been most shocking to you? Why? 2. What does Jesus’ response of frustration in verse 19 reveal about the way he sees the world? 3. How has God used times of desperation or suffering in your own life to grow your faith and dependance upon him? 4. Jesus teaches us that there is a direct correlation between perso...

Discipleship Questions: 1. The transfiguration story is loaded with imagery. What are the images and how do they draw attention to Jesus? Why are these images used? 2. The cloud speaks, “This is my beloved Son; listen to Him.” What are the disciples to listen for? What is Jesus saying? 3. How does Mark 1:14-15 fit in with the transfiguration text? 4. How does the transfiguration story apply to the...

Discipleship Questions: 1. Consider a time when you had a wrong view of someone. How did this effect your ability to love or relate to them? 2. How might people in your life answer the question “who do you say I am?” How does our culture's view of Jesus differ from what Jesus has revealed about himself through the Bible? 3. In what areas of your life do you need to exercise self-denial as a way to...

Discipleship Questions: 1. The Gospel of Mark confronts us with the reality of Jesus as King. In what ways does King Jesus challenge you or challenge the way that you approach life by default? 2. When the Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign, they are not coming to Jesus for help in their faith but rather are confronting Jesus with the challenge that he prove himself to them. This kind of approach to Go...

Questions. 1. There are a number of odd and potentially offensive elements to these two stories. What elements stand out to you most? Why? How do they challenge your view of Jesus? 2. Mark clearly portrays Jesus as the Messiah who embraces the “other”. While we may not call people “dogs” we all have people that we consider as “then”. Who do you tend to label this way? Why? How can the gospel chang...

Discipleship Questions 1. What stands out to you about the rituals of washing hands and observing traditions? 2. In what ways do you struggle with justifying yourself before God or others through rule following and obeying? 3. What is challenging for you to believe when Jesus says that the heart is what defiles us? How does the Gospel speak good news into this? 4. In what ways can you share the go...

1. Take a moment to list some of the miracles recorded in Mark thus far. What sort of picture do the miracles paint of Jesus? 2. What does this text teach us about the prayer life of Jesus? How does this challenge/encourage/convict you? 3. Why do you think Jesus chose to reveal himself in the midst of a storm? 4. In what ways have you experience the peaceful presence of Jesus in your life?

Discipleship Questions: 1. How do you respond when your plans are interrupted by the needs of others? What does your response reveal about your priorities and commitments? 2. The disciples assessed their situation in light of their own resources. In what situations are you most prone to trust in your own ability and neglect the power and provision of God? 3. In compassion, Jesus taught the crowd m...

1. Read Psalm 20:7. Take a moment to consider what “horses and chariots” would have meant to people in that day. Take some time to identify what things you are tempted to trust in other than God. 2. Read through Mark 6:14-29. Make a list of the ways you see Herod’s idolatry affecting his life as well as the people around him. 3. Take some time to consider how your own idolatry has affected you and...