CrossWay Community Church | Bristol, WI

Sermon Application Questions 1. Cain’s murder of his brother started with pride, a feeling that he deserved God’s approval. Why is pride so dangerous, and why is it so hard to see in ourselves? 2. Can you identify any areas of your life in which you struggle with anger towards others? How might that anger be a manifestation of pride? 3. God has called his people to love their neighbors as they lov...

Sermon Application Questions 1. What should we learn from the fact that the instruction to 'be fruitful and multiply' is repeated so many times throughout the book of Genesis? 2. What should we make of the fact that the instruction to 'be fruitful and multiply' grows out of God’s design for human sexuality (1:27) and God’s design for marriage (2:24)? How important is that? How would you respond to...

Sermon Application Questions 1. What does the fact that both Jesus and the Apostle Paul refer to and quote Genesis 2:24 say about this verse? 2. What tells us that Genesis 2:24 applies to all humanity and not just to Adam and Eve? 3. How does the fact that marriage grows out of human sexuality—remember the 'therefore' at the start of Genesis 2:24—shape our understanding of marriage and singleness?...

Sermon Application Questions 1. Which of the four truths about human sexuality from Genesis 1 and 2 do you find most vigorously challenged in your interaction with people—designed, distinct, different, or determined? 2. Have you experienced the pressure of being forced into either the position of compromising on biblical truth or being considered someone guilty of hating certain groups of people?...

Sermon Application Questions 1. What do you think are the different implications of receiving the 'breath of life' from God (Gen. 2:7) as opposed to being made 'in his image' (Gen. 1:26-27)? 2. There are many ways we can be guilty of not honoring or protecting the sanctity of human life—some very obvious, some less obvious. Think through what some of those ways might be and how they might show up....

Sermon Application Questions 1. What comes to your mind when you think of yourself or others being 'in the image of God'? Is there anything in Genesis 1:26-27 or the surrounding verses that help you understand what that phrase means? 2. In the sermon it was said that being made in the image of God is the central and defining truth about our identity. Do you agree with that? What other things that...

Sermon Application Questions 1. The meaning of Proverbs 27:19 is not immediately clear. How do you initially respond to the second part of that verse? 2. Do you feel like you are aware, on a regular basis, of how important what is going on in your heart is? What might keep you from being attentive to your heart? 3. At the end of the message, three lines of pastoral counsel were given: 1) We guard...

Sermon Application Questions 1. What does strength and vulnerability look like in Proverbs 31:8-9? 2. Where do you sense strength in your life right now? Where do you sense vulnerability? 3. If you're a follower of Jesus, how do you remember what God has done for you? 4. What would/does it look like for you to practice proximate care?

Sermon Application Questions 1. Is there anyone in your life that models repentance well? What does it look like? 2. Are there any areas in your life that you need to be quicker to confess when you sin (to God and others)? 1. How do you think the gospel can help keep us from both wallowing in sin and concealing sin?

Sermon Application Questions 1. In what areas of life do you need to exercise some degree of self-control every day? See how many you can name. 2. What area of self-control do you find most consistently challenging? Why do you think that area in particular is so challenging for you? What could happen if you continue to have trouble exercising self-control in that area? 3. Look at Titus 2:11-14. Wh...

Sermon Application Questions 1. Is there some situation you are regularly in where you are tempted to “whisper” or to listen to “whisperings”? How might you best void sinning in that situation? 2. The second half of Proverbs 26:22 says that the words of a whisperer “go down into the inner parts of the body.” What do you think that is trying to communicate? What is God warning us about there? 3. Lo...

Sermon Application Questions 1. Of the two proverbs found in Proverbs 26:4-5, which one are you more naturally inclined toward? Do you think that is due to a character strength or a character weakness? 2. How might you develop your ability to exercise the wisdom in the proverb you didn’t choose in question 1? What specific Christ-like character might need to be strengthened? Humility? Gentleness?...

Sermon Application Questions 1. Can you think of a time you were more concerned about “expressing your own opinion” than “taking pleasure in understanding” someone else? What was the effect of that? 2. Which of the four characteristics laid out in the message—self-restraint, understanding, humility, and love—was most compelling to you? What is it about that characteristic that makes you want it? 3...

Sermon Application Questions 1. Does the strong language of Proverbs 11:1 surprise you? Why do you think God's Word uses such strong language in connection with simple, everyday business dealings? 2. Look back at Proverbs 1:1-3. How does Proverbs 11:1 fit into this category of wisdom? 3. What are ways a 'false balance' might show up in your life? Where are the places you face temptation in this ar...

Sermon Application Questions 1. Have you ever made the connection between Jesus and Solomon before? Look at Matthew 12:42 and Colossians 2:3. What does the connection made in these verses tell us about how we might hear Proverbs? 2. How does Proverbs 1:1-7 keep us from thinking that wisdom is just something that has to do with our minds? 3. What comes to your mind when you read the words 'The fear...