Luke Part 7: Comfort and Affliction. (Luke 4:14-30)

October 20, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • What is your first response when something is difficult in your life? What is your standard approach to dealing with a problem you are facing?
  • What type of person do you think of as a “church person”? What type of person do you tend to think isn’t interested in attending church?
  • When are you least likely to talk about Jesus and His Gospel with others?

Categories: Luke Series


Luke Part 6: The Temptation of Jesus. (Luke 4:1-13)

October 13, 2024 | Aaron Britton

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • How does it help us in our own struggles to know that Jesus was tempted like we are?  How can we lean in to the “help” of that truth in our lives?
  • What are some scriptures that have been helpful to you when you are tempted to sin?
  • As you talk about #2 at your table write down any verses or passages that could help you right now in your life.

Categories: Luke Series


Luke Part 5: Introducing: The Son of God. (Luke 3:21-38)

October 7, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • What stood out in the passage today you haven’t seen before? How might that show the importance of theology?
  • Why do we tend to think that some people have a “head start” with Jesus? Why is it important to reject that false idea?
  • How is this passage Good News for my neighbor?

Categories: Luke Series


Luke Part 4: Repentance Prepares the Way. (Luke 3:1-20)

September 30, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • When you personally find it hard to repent, what are the factors? How does John’s message speak to those?
  • Why do you think John’s applications of repentance had to do with money? How is that  message applicable to our American culture?
  • John’s humility is a wonderful example of the posture we all should have. What is humility? How can we grow in it?

Categories: Luke Series


Luke Part 3: A Glimpse Into Jesus’ Childhood. (Luke 2:39-52)

September 22, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • Where are you in your understanding of who Jesus is?
  • Would you be more likely to forget Jesus was truly human or truly God? How would that lessen your joy?
  • How is the message that “it’s ok for us to be only human because Jesus is not merely human” good news for your neighbors?

Categories: Luke Series


Luke Part 2: Waiting for His Consolation. (Luke 2:22-40)

September 15, 2024 | Aaron Britton

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • How have you seen “steadfastness have it’s full effect” in your life?  How has waiting on the Lord affected you and helped you?
  • How have you seen God’s faithfulness in preserving You throughout your life, and in keeping his promises to You?
  • Pray for anyone at your table who finds themselves waiting on the Lord, or finds themselves, like Mary, looking ahead to hard things.

Categories: Luke Series


Luke Part 1: The Purpose of Luke’s Gospel. (Luke 1:1-4)

September 8, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • How certain are you that the Word of God tells the true story of the Son of God? This is a safe place to answer honestly.
  • What are the factors that have led you to your current level of certainty? What other steps of study or investigation do you need to take still?
  • What would a higher degree of certainty in the story Luke tells produce in your emotions and actions?
  • What do you hope to get out of our church’s extended study of Luke? What are you asking God to show you or work in and through you?

Categories: Luke Series


Consider Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2)

September 1, 2024 | Michael Bannon

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • What are some of the more common weights than slow Christians down?
  • What weights or hindrances slow you down?
  • What are your thoughts about the respectable sins among Christians? Are there sins that Christians seem to be more involved in?
  • What practices can I be involved in to help in my race?

Categories: Stand Alone Series


Refuge in the Gospel. (Psalm 16:1-11)

August 25, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • If refuge is running somewhere for peace or safety when life is hard, where do you typically run?
  • Which aspect of biblical refuge in verses 2-5 do you most struggle with?
  • Which attribute of God’s refuge in verses 6-11 do you most long for?

Categories: Stand Alone Series


Repentance (Psalm 32:1-5)

August 18, 2024 | Kolburt Schultz

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  • How would you define repentance? How is repenting to God or repenting to another person similar and different?
  • When do you most struggle to truly repent?
  • What do you think are some characteristics of genuine repentance?

Categories: Stand Alone Series