Category: Discussion Questions

Q. Who do people say Jesus is today?  Q. What is the definition of courage?  Q. What is the significance of Jesus saying we need to daily pick up our cross and follow Him?

Q. Have you ever encountered Legalism, Asceticism, or Mysticism in your walk with Christ? What impact did it have on your faith, and how did God lead you out of it? What truth did He use to set you free? Q. Psalm 146:3–5 warns us not to put our trust in human leaders or human…

1) Is the Bible still relevant today? Are we substantially unlike the churches Paul wrote to? 2) What are examples of the winds or storms in your life that stress your roots? 3) What is something you acutely struggle with that others don’t and vice versa? 4) Backing up to Colossians 2:4, Paul says “I…

1. What are you struggling with that you know will be beneficial to you later? 2. What do you make of the fact that Paul was able to rejoice in his suffering? 3. If you are a Christian, in what way have you experienced “Christ in you, the hope of glory?” 4. What are some loving ways you…

1) How can we have triumph, despite, and even through, suffering? 2) In your life, have you more often had to confront the lies of human wisdom or religious legalism more often? 3) Discuss how hope causes faith and love to spring up?

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either but right through every human heart and through all human hearts. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

(Leaders read together in your group Psalms 37:1-11)

Q. Have you ever experienced a time where your struggles eventually led to joy? How did that process strengthen your faith? Q. In Haggai, the Israelites delayed rebuilding the temple, focusing on their own homes. What modern-day examples exist of people prioritizing their own comfort over time with God and doing God’s work? Q. Psalm…