COVID-19 Update: Necessary Adjustments for Our Sunday Gathering
As your shepherd, I cannot express to you how much I love our church body. Faced with the reality that our worship and ministry may look radically different over the next few weeks has been gut-wrenching for me. Your love for the gospel challenges me daily. Your love for one another is unique. Making changes to the ways in which this is displayed is not a small thing. However, we are at a moment where significant changes must be made to our Sunday gatherings. We still plan to meet on Sundays. This will be a week by week [...]
1 Samuel 28
Have you ever felt distant from God only to realize it’s because you are neglecting Him and the community He has given you? How do you keep yourself from such distance? What sin in your life do you wish God would change His thoughts on? How do you justify your thoughts, feelings, and actions in these areas despite God’s word? What people or voices besides God’s word have helped you prop us such sin? Are there people you need to stop seeking advice and wisdom from because they contradict God’s word? How serious do you take God’s warning [...]
1 Samuel 26 Sermon Discussion Questions
Who has God unexpectedly and sovereignly placed in your life to give undeserving mercy? Have you embraced this responsibility? How can you? How does Jesus victory on the cross free you from the fear of losing when it comes to relationships and conflict with others? In what relationship are you most tempted to fight like a loser (to be unmerciful)? How does the cross free you up to fight with mercy? (Forgive / Be patient / Refuse to get the last word) How does David’s decision to be merciful help point us the mercy Jesus has personally shown [...]
2/16/2020 Sermon Discussion Questions (Revelation 7)
What are some ways that you and your BFG could make disciples of all nations internationally? What are some ways that you and your BFG could make disciples of all nations locally? What are some practical ways that you can prepare yourself and your family for Sunday morning worship so that you will be more passionate and more focused on Jesus? How does knowing that it is because of Christ that we and all Christians from all nations will be in his throne room with fullness of joy inspire you to treasure Christ more? What things are you [...]
Essentials: Gospel Friendships John 15:12-17
How has your view of friendship differed or fallen short of Jesus’ teaching of friendship? Why should Jesus be your closest friend? Does this make less of Lord, Savior, and King in your life? What does friendship with Jesus look like practically in your life? Why are our closest friendships those shaped by the gospel? In what ways have you been passive as a friend? How will you be a better friend in the gospel How will you be more vulnerable in your friendships? How will you organize your schedule for deeper friendships? Why should our mission to make [...]
Essentials: Are you serving?
How have you seen your gifts and unique abilities help our church fulfill our mission? How have you seen your gifts and unique abilities help our church to function healthy in unity? Are there people different from you when it comes to age, background, ethnicity who you will serve in the gospel at our church? Who are they? How will you serve them? What spiritual gifts do you have that you want to use in the church? How will you take initiative to use those gifts? What skills do you have that you want to use in the [...]