Nehemiah 2 Sermon Discussion Questions
As you have considered God’s faithfulness, what are some specific ways God has displayed his faithfulness in your life? How have you seen God’s faithful this week? Has God's faithfulness ever led you to a specific courageous next step of faithfulness? How did God prove faithful in light of this decision? What opportunities or doors has God opened for you to act courageously? What provision has God blessed you with that need to be stewarded for His glory? In what ways has God displayed His faithfulness to you through the church? How does His faithfulness in the church give [...]
Nehemiah 1 Sermon Discussion Questions
What situations are you tempted to compromise God’s glory for comfort and security? Are there burdens in your life that distract from being devoted to God’s glory? What would it mean for each of these burdens to see them as opportunities to make Jesus supreme? What circumstances do you most doubt God’s goodness? How does God’s faithfulness in Jesus change the way you see these circumstances? How should God’s faithfulness despite your unfaithfulness cause your to serve His purposes with greater faithfulness? Why are we frustrated when we approach life by saying, “Here’s my plan. God be faithful to it.” [...]
1 Kings 19:19-21 Sermon Discussion Questions
Why is submission necessary for discipleship, for disciples, and for disciple-makers? How does failure to faithfully submit to Jesus as his disciple make it harder to make faithful disciples? What bad examples are you setting for your disciples and other Christians that by God’s grace you will repent of and submit to Jesus? Who are you personally discipling? How will you submit to Jesus to make disciples this year? How will you personally be involved in discipling college students this year? What will that look like practically for you in the days ahead? What are some of the greatest [...]
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 [...]