The Upper Room Fellowship

Values In The Kingdom #9 - Generational Sins

Values In The Kingdom #8 - Emotional Maturity  // Chris H.

Sermon Questions - * Accessing abundant wholeness is counter-cultural and our spiritual enemy will fight when you attempt to live in it. Define abundant wholeness - "Thriving in complete joy and living from abundance because of Jesus' love and work on the cross, opening the way for complete salvation, complete healing, and complete deliverance." * Review John 10:10 - Do you struggle with the...

Values Of The Kingdom #5 - The Prophetic // Chris H.

India Update // Jacob B.

Sermon Questions - * Review 1 Kings 19 - It is the human condition to avoid sadness (We are afraid to be alone). * Review Push and Pull Phenomenon - There are forces inside and outside of us that conspire to work against our attempts at silence. * If God were asking you the same question he asked to Elijah (in the midst of his fear and exhaustion), how would you answer "What are you doing her...

Values Of The Kingdom #4 - Abnormal //  Chris H.

Values In The Kingdom #4 - Stay Aware // Chris H. 

Do the Next Thing // Karen Hawkins

Values In The Kingdom #2 - The Kingdom of Heaven Has Come Near // Chris H.

Values In The Kingdom #1 - Jesus Our Rabbi // Chris H.

Mental Health Awareness with Maureen Waybright - Poor audio at beginning

Questions - * What is something that stood out to you or something that spoke to you during the sermon? * Read and review Jesus' prayer in the garden - John 17:1-20. * What is Jesus' "...so that"? What does the world gain when the church walks in unity? * Have we seen the church walk in unity at certain points in history? Where was that and what was the result? * What does unity really look like,...

The Sex Talk - Question & Answer Sunday

Sermon Questions - * What stood out to you/spoke the most to you in the sermon? * Have you asked hard questions of your faith by inviting people for discussion, reading, and praying to check if and how you've 'unbundled' your religion in some ways? * Living in a culture that is post-Christian, how do you feel or respond to Chris's comments about the idea of living in exile? * Review Jeremiah's req...

Sermon Questions - * What stood out to you or spoke to you about this week's sermon? * When Jesus says to come and drink from him, what does that really mean? *  Review John 4:10-14 where Jesus is at the well with the Samaritan woman.  What is Jesus doing as he moves the conversation from 'come to me and drink ' towards 'you have had 5 husbands'? What's the point of that for us? * The se...

Sermon Questions - * What stood out to you or spoke to you most in the sermon? *  Genesis serves as a reminder to us that Christian spirituality is not about individualism.  Whether you'd married of not, do you purposefully do life in a relational way? If you tend to lean more into individualism, how do you purposefully invite others into your life? * Chris discussed that we tr...

Sermon Questions for Discussion - * Read and review Matt 22:36-38. Have you taken these verses really seriously? Have you viewed these commandments as true commandments (not optional) or as advice? *  Review the word agape (a love that is active and self-sacrificial). As Weslie spoke about the word used for love, agape, what went through your mind about the way you currently live? Do you...

Sermon Questions: * Review - What has it meant to you as you've been discussing and thinking about imaging God? * What idea or comment stood out to you in this sermon? * Read/Review Matt 19:1-12. Discuss how differently Jesus sees people, marriage and the purpose of our lives versus how the American church and/or current society sees. * What is expressive individualism and why does it hurt people...

Sex Talk #1 - The Exchange // Chris H.

Make The Most Of Every Opportunity // Chris H.

Sermon Questions - * Often we find Jesus shattering molds and breaking up people's categories. When is the last time you let the holy spirit shake up your preconceived notions? How has that changed you? * If you'd like, you can read and review Matt. 3:13-17. Jesus is our perfect substitute. We can't save ourselves. In what ways have you admitted your helplessness? Has this been a difficult process...

The Eternal Value of Words // Josh Osborn

Sermon Questions - * What is something that stood out to you or spoke to you in this sermon? * Review that comparison does two things: makes you feel superior or inferior. Neither honor God. Have you been looking for approval? Have you been feeling superior or inferior? * Who or what has been my reference point for whether I'm doing or being enough? Whose estimation do I believe and whose estimati...

Sermon Questions - * What is something that stood out to you or something that really hit you from Chris's sermon? * Review the dilemmas that forgiveness solves: 1) rumination - I think it to death. 2) retribution - I plan justice for myself. 3) repression - I suppress my feelings. * Which dilemma do you usually fall into, how does it affect you, and how has forgiveness released you from that dile...