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Ryan MacDonald // Matthew 11: 28-30 Community Group Questions.... 1. How do you pursue rest in your life?  2. What ways have you felt let down by the false promises of self-care and self-denial?  3. How does the picture of Adam and Even in the garden of Eden help us understand the importance of abiding in and obeying God?  4. Read Matthew 11:28-30 aloud. Once at a regular speed. And a second time ...

Matt Henderson // John 13 : 1 - 17

Kevin Meisch // John 12 : 37-50 Questions for Community Groups - 1. What signs have you seen God perform in your life that have led you to believe in Jesus? 2. John 12:40 says some people did not believe in the signs Jesus performed because God "has blinded their eye and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” What tho...

Ryan MacDonald // John 12 : 1-11 Community Group Questions: 1. What is your reaction to Mary's extravagant act of worship? 2. When people observe your life is it evident that you love and cherish Jesus?  3. How has Jesus taken you - like Lazarus - from death to life?  4. How is Jesus calling you into deeper devotion and relationship with Him? 5. How can you adore and show gratitude to Jesus this w...

Mbonisi & Tashinga Malaba // Mark 7: 24-30

Ryan T // Matthew 28:18

Alan Frow // John 10 Sermon Questions: Jesus is the good shepherd. All who come to the Father through him will receive his love and care. Jesus knows us, providing what we need. Jesus guides us, keeping us safe from the enemy's plans to separate us from God's love and salvation. Jesus leads us, even when we can't make sense of our circumstances. And Jesus lays down his life on the cross, bringing...

Alan Frow // John 9 Spiritual blindness is hard to detect. It's difficult to see your blind spots. Thankfully the healing of the blind man in John 9 shows us that Jesus can give us the spiritual sight we need to believe in his name. Once we believe, we can also grow in seeing more clearly by testifying about God's goodness and worshiping his holy name. 1. How have you seen God reveal himself in yo...

Alan Frow // John 8 : 12-59 In John 8:12-59 we encounter a group of people who love Jesus' claim to be the "light of the world," yet try to kill him when he claims to be preexistent like Yahweh. The passage serves as both a warning and an invitation. The warning is against only believing in the parts of Jesus you like. The invitation is to accept Jesus as he reveals himself so that you can be deli...

Alan Frow // John 11:1-44

Alan Frow // Luke 19:28-43

Ryan MacDonald // John 6 Sermon Questions: 1. What temporary satisfaction are you most prone to pursue?  2. How have you experienced Jesus as someone who feeds and protects?  3. Can you relate to the disciples, exhausted and rowing in the storm at night? What is/was that season like for you?  4. When are you most tempted to grumble and complain?  5. How is God calling you to feast and abide with J...

Alan Frow // John 5: 16-29 Sermon Questions: 1. In this passage Jesus calls God "My Father" which is a statement that would eventually get him crucified as a blasphemer. Jesus is not just an important religious leader, a great healer, a moral teacher, or a prophet, he is God and must be honored as God. How does this change the way you see Jesus? How does this make him distinct from all other relig...

Matt Henderson // John 5:1-18

Kevin Meisch // John 4:1-26 Sermon Questions: 1. Nicodemus came to Jesus at night to publically debate with him, he wanted to be known and seen. The Samaritan woman comes to the well in the heat of the day, alone and full of shame, because she didn't want to be seen. Describe a time in your life when you have wanted to hide or felt like you were unseen? How does the truth that Jesus sees you and d...

Alan Frow // John 3:22-36

Joel Baker // John 2:23 - 3:21

Alan Frow // John 17:1-26

Alan Frow // John 2:1-12

Kevin Meisch // John 1:35-51

Alan Frow // John 1:19-34

Joel Baker // John 1:1-18, 20:30-31`

Alan Frow // Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-7

Matt Henderson // Matthew 1, Isaiah 9, 2 Samuel

Alan Frow // Ruth 1:8-17, 4:13-17