These questions are connected to the message, Agony in Gethsemane: The Power of Prayer, from Sunday, March 12, 2023. You can watch it here. Read Luke 22:40-46 again. What new insights stood out to you from this passage or sermon? Did anything challenge your previous understanding of this scene? What challenges if any, does it …
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The questions are connected to the message, Faith Despite Religion, from Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. You can watch it here. What encouraged you or challenged you about this message? Read the passage again (Luke 17:11-19). Notice that Luke does not identify these men by their ailment. He doesn’t say “10 lepers,” he says “10 men …
These questions are connected to the message, Blind Spots, from Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. You can watch it here. What encouraged you, challenged you, or confused you about this passage/message? If you grew up in the church, what rules did your family hold onto? Do you see a disconnect today, looking back on it? Robyn …
These questions are connected to the message, Fear Factor, from Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. You can watch it here. What challenged you, inspired you, or encouraged you from this message? Robyn said, “Fear is a completely human condition,” but throughout the Bible, Jesus tells us not to fear. What gets stirred up inside you when …
Emmanuel, God with us. There’s a lot riding on that little word “with.” What exactly does “with” mean? The Hebrew scriptures describe God as being “with” the first people, walking with them in the garden in the cool of the night. Later God was with the Israelites in different forms as they fled Egypt and …
These questions are connected to the message, Why Would Anyone Want to Follow Jesus? from Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. You can watch it here. What challenged you or encouraged you from this message? Read this passage (Luke 14:25-35) again. What would YOU title it? And why? In 21st century North America, we can follow Jesus …
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These questions are connected to the message, Eat, Drink, and Be Changed from Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. You can watch it here. What challenged or inspired you about the passage or sermon? What was new? If you didn’t grow up in the church what was your impression of communion when you first experienced it? If …
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These questions are connected to the message “Is _____ a sin? (Deep Faith, Wide Embrace, Part 3)” from Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. You can watch it here. As you think back through this sermon (and the past two (Part 1) and (Part 2)), is there anything that was new? Challenging? Inspiring? Complicating? Discuss or journal …
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These questions are connected to the second part of the message, Deep Faith, Wide Embrace, from Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. You can watch it here. Were you able to enter into the discomfort that the disciples and early Jewish Christians felt with the establishment of a new covenant? If so, how did you gain greater …
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These questions are connected to Part 1 of the message, Deep Faith, Wide Embrace from Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. You can watch it here. Try reading Acts 15:1-29 in The Message. Was there anything that challenged, inspired, or intrigued you about the Acts 15 passage or sermon? How has experience played into your understanding and …
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