Mark 9:14-29 Sermon Discussion Questions
How are you trying to minister the gospel to others by your own power? Who are the people you are trying to serve by your own power? What kind of frustration does this cause in your relationships? How could this affect your witness? In what ways will you turn from this small faith to faith in Jesus for the supernatural? What in your life right now is causing you to struggle with unbelief? How does the gospel give you every reason to believe? What are the ways we should fight unbelief? Specifically, how does the Bible, Church, Mission, [...]
Mark 6:30-44
Who are the people in your life for whom you are trying to be Jesus by your own power, provision, and wisdom? Why does this fill us with anxiety and strain our relationships? How will you remind yourself that you are not enough to meet the needs of others around you? How will you seek to point others in your to Jesus as the Shepherd who will feed them rather than seeking them to hope in you? What does it mean to say Jesus is the BREAD FROM HEAVEN? What does this teach us about the miracle of feeding [...]
Mark 6:14-29 Sermon Discussion Questions
Have you ever had someone become irritated or agitated with you for sharing the gospel with them? Why do you think this happened? Did this have more to do with you, the gospel, or the person you with whom you were sharing? Why? Why did John the Baptist call out Herod for his marriage to Herodias? How does this inform our witness in your present culture? What does this look like today? What areas in your life do you feel irritated or agitated by the word of God? What does this tell you about your sin? What must you [...]
Acts 17:22-34 Sermon Discussion Questions
How do you fill in the blank? “If only… then I could be really happy.” How are you looking to idols to satisfy you in ways that only God can? How does God completely satisfy you in ways that idols cannot? How does knowing God set you free from the temptation to turn to idols in your everyday life?Who are the people who have made God most known to you in your life? How did they make God known to you? Who do you need to make God more clearly known to? How will you commit to making God [...]
Mark 6:1-10 Sermon Discussion Questions
Unbelief seeks to depersonalize the gospel. How have you seen people try to depersonalize the gospel by making it about theological debate, philosophy, or personal experiences with the church. How have you struggled with depersonalizing Jesus? Unbelief causes the Savior to marvel. Why should we be shaken by the unbelief of others? How can we remind ourselves what is at stake in the unbelief of others? Jesus prepares us for the reality that unbelief is to be expected. How should this encourage you as you share the gospel? How does this change the way you think about persecution and [...]
Sermon Discussion Questions – Mark 5:21- 43
What moment in your life have you felt the most helpless? How did that moment lead you to look to Jesus? How should it have led you to look to Jesus? We see Jesus compassion in what we would call distractions. It seems that the person with the problem in the moment meant the most to him. Do you struggle adhering to your schedule instead of engaging the people who need you the most? How does the distraction of compassion we see in Jesus change the way you should interact with others? Do you struggle thinking there is sin [...]