CrossWay Community Church | Bristol, WI

Discussion Questions  Sermon Overview:  When we’ve been wronged, God avenges and acts for our good. Digging Deeper:     Read Psalm 94 1. If God is the “God of vengeance” and “the judge of the earth,” what does that say about the injustice we face and our need for justice? 2. In what ways does this text help us wait for God's intervention? 3. How have you been struggling with injustice and wrongdoe...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview:  When the world is out of control, trust in God, our supreme king. 1. What authority does God have? God permanently governs over his world.  2. How strong is God's authority? God is stronger than all he has made—he is greater than the things that are greater than us.  3. How has God used his authority for our good? God has come near and spoken for us to enjoy...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  God shows us his greatness, that the hearts of his people might overflow with joy-filled praise. 1. God shows us his greatness by his works.  2. God shows us his greatness in his righteous judgment of the wicked. 3. God shows us his greatness in his care for the righteous. Digging Deeper     Read Psalm 92 1. Look at vv. 1-5. What of God’s work does the writer...

Sermon Overview: God protects those who trust in him. 1. Who protects? God 2. Who is protected? Those who trust in him 3. What are those who trust protected from? All sorts of earthly trouble and anything that could eternally harm. 4. How does God protect? He tenderly and strongly gives himself and his angels. Digging Deeper:     Read Psalm 91 1. What troubles you? What keeps you up at night? 2. W...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview: 1. Because God is the Everlasting God, we should turn to Him for refuge in our human weakness, sin, and troubles. 2. God is Eternal: We turn to him because he's eternal, and we are not.  God gives Widsom Because as we see our sin and the troubles of a fallen world, we need wisdom from him.  3. God is abundant in Mercy: And because in him is found an abundance...

Sermon Overview: God desires for us an increasing experience of what we have in Christ.   1. Peace 2. Love with Faith 3. Grace 4. Love for the Lord Jesus Digging Deeper: Read Ephesians 6:21-24 1. In verse 23, Paul prays for "peace". How have you experienced this peace in the context of the people of CrossWay? 2. How does the Gospel bring this peace?  3. Though imprisoned, the Apostle Paul can stil...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview:  Stand against our spiritual enemies in the protection God has provided in the gospel. 1. Why we need God's armor: we have spiritual enemies we must stand against. (vv. 10-13) 2. How to put on God's armor: we must live out what he has given us in the gospel (vv. 14-17) Digging Deeper: Read Ephesians 6:10-17 1. Why do we need God’s armor according to vv 10-13? ...

Sermon Overview:  1. In your work, exercise and respond to authority as a servant of Christ.  2. Obey those in authority over you as one serving Christ. (vv. 5-8) 3. Do good to those under your authority as one accountable to Christ. (v. 9) Digging Deeper: Read Ephesians 6:5-9 1. What is challenging about obeying those in authority over us? Where do you need help? 2. How does working for Christ ch...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview:  Families, live wisely by fulfilling your God-given roles.  1. Children, honor your parents (6:1-3) 2. Fathers (and mothers, too), bring up your kids (6:4) Digging Deeper: Read Ephesians 6:1-4 1. What does it mean for children to obey their parents “in the Lord” (v. 1)? 2. Kids, what makes it hard for you to obey your parents? 3. Kids, how does it affect you t...

Sermon Overview: Married Christians, in your use of and response to authority, imitate Christ and the church. 1. Wives must respect their husbands' authority. (5:22-24) 2. Husbands must love their wives sacrificially and for their spiritual good (5:25-33) Digging Deeper: Read Ephesians 5:22-33 1. Verses 22-24 and 33 refer to the respect for the Husband’s authority.  How did the sermon help us unde...

Sermon Overview  Be careful to live in a way marked by wisdom and the work of the Spirit. 1. Wisely use time according to Christ's will. (5:15-17) 2. Welcome the work of the Spirit. (5:18-21) Digging Deeper: Read Ephesians 5:15-21 1. Verse 16 says, "Because the days are evil".  How did the sermon help us understand this?  How does it inform our use of time?   2. Verse 17 calls us to understand the...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview: Pursue God-pleasing purity together Because you are light in the Lord… Flee impurity of body, heart, and mouth (vv 3-7, 11a) Give thanks (v 4c) Bear fruit (vv 8-10) Expose evil in the world and one another (vv 11b-14) Digging Deeper:     Read Ephesians 5:3-14 The passage describes two lifestyles, one that God’s people should pursue and another that God’s peopl...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview: Relate to one another in the church according to God's sacrificial love for you. 1. General principle: Imitate God's sacrificial love in your every day relating to one another (5:1-2) 2. Specific application: When sinned against, imitate God's kindness and forgiveness (4:31-32) Digging Deeper:     1. The main point of this passage was that we should relate to...

Discussion Questions Sermon Overview  Live out your new nature by doing purposeful good to one another. 1. Be truthful with one another (v. 25) 2. Do not sin in anger against one another (vv. 26-27) 3. Work hard to share with one another (v. 28) 4. Speak to build up one another (vv. 29-30) Ice Breaker What are some ways your life has changed from before you were a Christian to after you became one...

Discussion Questions  Sermon Overview:  Those who are new creations can and should live as new creations. 1. No longer be who you were (vv. 17-19) A. The lifestyle of non-Christians is the product of a futile mind (v. 17) B. Their hard hearts have led to dark minds, separation from God, and a surrender to impurity. (vv. 18-19) 2. How to become who you are (vv. 20-24) A. Remember how you learned (a...

Discussion Questions  Sermon Overview:  Jesus gives what we need to build his body to maturity. 1. Jesus has given gifts to every Christian (vv. 7-10) 2. He has given leaders to equip us to build one another up (vv. 11-12) 3. The goal of building is unity and maturity (vv. 13-14) 4. The way we build is speaking truth in love (vv. 15-16) Digging Deeper:     1. According to Eph. 4:7, who is the give...

Discussion Questions  Week of: April 28, 2024 // Sermon Text: Ephesians 4:1-6  Sermon Overview  Guard the unity God has given through love. 1. We have unity in and from God (vv. 4-6) 2. We are responsible to guard our unity through love (vv. 1-3) Digging Deeper:     1. What is the “therefore” in Ephesians 4:1 there for? How is Paul now transitioning to a new section in this letter?  2. As you look...

Discussion Questions  Sermon Overview:  The main idea of this week’s sermon was: We need God’s power to understand God’s love so that we might glorify God by being fully mature  Digging Deeper:    1. As part of Paul’s ministry to the church in Ephesus, he prays for them. Prayer for others is ministry. Do you agree or disagree?  Please explain / support your answer. Why do you think we can sometime...

Sermon Text: Ephesians 3:1-13  Sermon Overview:  The main idea of this week’s sermon was: The cause of spreading the gospel and strengthening the church is worth suffering for. 1. A mystery: God brings the nations into his people through the gospel (vv. 1-6) 2. A means: God gives his people the gift of spreading the gospel (vv. 7-9) 3. A goal: God displays his wisdom through the church (vv. 10-12)...

Discussion Questions  Week of: April 7, 2024 // Sermon Text: Ephesians 2:11-22  SERMON OVERVIEW  The main idea of this week’s sermon was: we who trust in Christ have been reconciled to God and to one another through his death. The three main points were: 1. Without Christ, we are separated from God and his people (vv. 11-12) 2. Through his death, Christ has reconciled those who believe to one anot...

Discussion Questions Week of: March 31, 2024 // Sermon Text: John 20:1-18 SERMON OVERVIEW The main idea of this week's sermon was that Jesus is persuasively, victoriously & reassuringly alive. 1. Jesus' resurrection is persuasive, finally helping the disciples know that he is truly alive. 2. Jesus' resurrection is victorious, one big step to his ultimate ascension, showing that he was well on his...

Discussion Questions Week of: March 24 , 2024 // Sermon Text: John 12:12-36a Sermon Overview: The main idea of this week’s sermon was: Jesus is the King who gives eternal life through his death. Digging Deeper: Read John 12:12-36a 1. So much of the crowd's excitement in John 12:12-13 is based on a prophecy many of them would have been aware of in Zechariah 9:9-17. Read the prophecy and describe wh...

Discussion Questions  Week of: March 17, 2024 // Sermon Text: Ephesians 2:8-10  Scripture Memory  Our church-wide scripture memory this year will be selected passages from Ephesians. This is a great opportunity to dive deep into the goodness God has for us from Paul’s letter.   Sermon Overview:  The main idea of this week’s sermon reminded us that God saves by grace, through faith, for good works....

Discussion Questions: Scripture Memory  Our church-wide scripture memory this year will be selected passages from Ephesians. This is a great opportunity to dive deep into the goodness God has for us from Paul’s letter.   Sermon Overview  The main idea of this week’s sermon reminded us that God makes the spiritually dead alive. The passage describes God’s method (vv. 5-6), God’s motivation (vv. 4,...