Design and Destiny: Gender. Sermon Discussion Questions
What cultural expectations and pressures do you feel as a Christian when it comes to issues of sexuality and gender? Are there obvious ways you personally have been more influenced more by culture than the Bible when it comes to gender? What are they? God has made us equal in essence and purpose. How have you struggled to see this in your own life as a man or a woman? God has made men and women differently. How are you seeing these differences being minimized in our culture? How have you minimized biblical differences? Why does blurring the differences [...]
Matthew 28:16-20 Sermon Discussion Questions
Why is obeying the Great Commission an issue of Jesus’ worth or authority in your life? Why should worship fuel our obedience to the Great Commission? How does disobedience to the Great Commission display hypocrisy in our worship? If the gospel is the good news of Jesus' authority over sin and death. How would you explain this to someone who has never heard of Jesus? If making disciples is a command, how do you see yourself doing this? In your home, work, recreation, church, etc? Why is baptism important for the church and for the person being baptized? Why [...]
Sermon Discussion Questions: Psalm 2
Psalm Two describes rebellion as raging against the rule of God’s King. How do you see this displayed in our culture? How are men raging against the rule of Jesus? How do you personally fight against his rule in your life? Jesus’ rule is meant to bring us freedom. How have you experienced the freedom of submitting to Jesus in your life? How have you experienced bondage by rejecting His rule in your life? What areas of your life have you had to work to surrender to Jesus in order to experience freedom and life in Him? Why should [...]
A Story He Could Only Tell: A Love Stronger than Death
In Honor of My Grandad, Hoyte Haskins, February 25, 1934 ~ October 24, 2020 She sat in the passenger seat of a car with the window rolled down. Her eyes were full of tears. She stared over the mask on her face at her husband's body that lay in a casket twenty-five feet away from her car. This was the closest my grandmother had been to my granddad in over a week. After falling from his wheelchair, he had been taken to the hospital where he had tested positive for COVID. He came home for a brief stint only [...]
Mark 15:21-47 Sermon Discussion Questions
What comfort does it bring to know that Jesus chose to endure the full brunt of suffering physically, spiritually, and eternally on the cross for your sin? Why must we not only believe that Jesus suffered physical pain on the cross but He also endured the infinite wrath of God on the cross? How does the mocking of Jesus on the cross display the nature of your sin? In what ways have you mocked the creator? How have you lived as if you are the king and Jesus is the clown? Why is the centurion’s confession at the cross, [...]
Mark 15:1-20 Sermon Discussion Questions
How do you see the world fighting for power? How do you see unbelievers fight for power? How are we tempted to fight for power in the church? How does the gospel free us from this power struggle? How does the gospel give you leverage to serve others instead of fighting them for power? Who do you need to stop fighting for the upper hand and begin serving for the sake of the gospel? Mercy is not easy in every situation. Some conflicts are severe and need the difficult process of confrontation, confession, and repentance for reconciliation to be [...]