CrossWay Community Church | Bristol, WI

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview  Welcome the independent, inescapable authority of Jesus. I. Jesus' authority is independent of whether we recognize it (vv. 1-8) II. Jesus' authority is inescapable by those who reject it (vv. 9-19) Digging Deeper     Read Luke 20:1-19 1. The religious leaders wanted to trap Jesus with their questioning, but he questions them instead. Why isn't Jesus concerne...

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview  Receive Jesus as the king who restores peace with God for all creation. Digging Deeper    Read Luke 19:28-48 1. What role does waiting have in your life currently as a follower of Jesus? What role should it have? What does it look like to wait well? 2. It was Jesus’ intention to communicate clearly that he is the long-awaited King. What are some of the things...

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview  As you wait for Jesus, live as a faithful steward and you will reign with him forever Digging Deeper     Read Luke 19:11-27 1. How does verse 11 help us understand what Jesus wants to teach through the parable in v. 12ff?  2. Luke 19:12 says, He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.”  Who should...

Discussion Questions: On break until January

Discussion Questions: On break until January 2026

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Hope in the King whose righteous rule will produce perfect peace. I. His qualification is unquestionable (vv. 1-3a) II. His rule will be righteous (vv. 3b-5) III. His peace will be perfect (vv. 6-9) IV. His majesty will be magnetic (v. 10) Digging Deeper     Read Isaiah 11:1-10 1. What injustices in our world make you wish for peace? What does the coming of Je...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Our hope for endless peace rests on a child who will reign forever. I. The future for God's people is a dawn that drives out darkness (vv. 1-3) II. This dawn will mean the end of enslaving enemies (vv. 4-5) III. God will make this endless peace through a child who will reign forever (vv. 6-7) Digging Deeper     Read Isaiah 9:1-7 1. “To be in darkness is to see...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Those who enter the kingdom depend on Jesus completely and treasure him supremely. I. Who enters: those who depend on Jesus completely (vv. 15-17) II. Who enters: those who treasure Jesus supremely (vv. 18-30) III. How Jesus makes entry possible: suffering in our place (vv. 31-34) IV. How entry looks: dependent faith produces joyful following (vv. 35-43) Diggi...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Come to God, trusting not in yourself, but in Jesus. God's saving mercy and grace are only for those who know they don't deserve it. Digging Deeper     Read Luke 18:9-14 1. In our passage, the Pharisee comes to God trusting in himself (and how good he is). Where do we see this in the text? 2. What are subtle or obvious ways we can trust ourselves instead of Je...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Jesus' sure and sudden return calls for wholehearted loyalty and persevering prayer. Digging Deeper     Read Luke 17:20-18:8 1. Did this sermon help you in your understanding of what the Kingdom of God is? How so?  2. How does Daniel 7:13-14 shed light on what Jesus meant when he spoke of “the kingdom of God” and “the Son of Man”? 3. The coming of the Son of M...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  The whole Christian life is enabled by faith in Christ. Digging Deeper     Read Luke 17:1-19 1. Faith in Christ gives us a sort of superpower to do things that are really hard (some would say impossible). From the passage or the sermon, what kinds of things does faith enable? 2. After all the hard things Jesus has been calling the disciples to, they feel that...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Because death reverses the wrongs of life, the living should hear God now and respond. Digging Deeper     Read Luke 16:19-31 1. Money is a recurring theme in Luke 16. What does Jesus say about money? Why do you think he talks about it so much? 2. When you think about someone spending an eternity without God, do you struggle with whether it is just? Why, or why...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Pursue a God-pleasing righteousness from the heart, including in your marriage I. The righteousness God seeks is from the heart (vv. 14-15) II. The kingdom Jesus brings fulfills the law but does not relax righteousness (vv. 16-17) III. God's enduring desire for righteousness is shown in his enduring instruction about marriage (v. 18) Digging Deeper     Read Lu...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Followers of Jesus shrewdly manage mammon now for eternal purposes. Digging Deeper     Read Luke 16:1-13 1. How was the crooked manager in the parable shrewd? 2. If you’re a follower of Jesus, what would it look like to be shrewd for kingdom purposes? Mammon can be defined simply as money and possessions (like in verses 9 and 11). And it can be understood as a...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Disciples should share Jesus' joy in lost sinners becoming found sons. Digging Deeper     Read Luke 15:1-32 1. Do you now, or have you ever felt estranged from God? If so, what is/was it like? 2. In the sermon, Brett mentioned that happiness dependent on something that could be lost is fragile. What makes you happy? How durable or fragile is it? 3. Have you ev...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Not all who are interested in Jesus are disciples of Jesus (v. 25) Digging Deeper     Read Luke 14:25-35 1. What does Jesus mean when he says in verse 26 that to follow him means hating our family? What other passages in the Bible can help bring clarity? 2. Are there any dynamics within your family that can, at times, make it challenging to put Jesus first? Ho...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  The Pharisees were too busy building their own kingdom to bother with following Jesus in his.  Digging Deeper     Read Luke 14:1-24 1. We can all, at times, find ourselves living for the “kingdom of self” rather than for the Kingdom of God. What are some of the ways you see that happen in your life? (e.g., work, responsibilities, possessions, activities, etc.)...

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Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Rejoice in the restoration God's kingdom unstoppably brings. 1) Jesus has come to restore and set free (vv. 10-17) 2) This restoration will spread quietly but unstoppably despite opposition (vv. 18-21) Digging Deeper     Read Luke 13:10-21 1. God often furthers his Kingdom on earth through the weak and unimpressive (like the disabled woman in the passage) to s...

Discussion Questions: Sermon Overview  Main Point: Escape from death by turning to God while there's still time. Repentance is the only escape from death (vv. 1-5) The opportunity to repent will soon end (vv. 6-9) Digging Deeper     Read Luke 13:1-9 On Judgement and Death 1. The passages of the last few Sundays have had the theme of judgment. How did Pastor Brett’s illustration about the instructi...

Discussion Questions: On Summer Break

Discussion Questions: On Summer Break

Discussion Questions: On Summer Break

Discussion Questions: On Summer Break

Discussion Questions: On Break for Summer