Growth Group Questions Week 9

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups
1. What are the implications of edification in worship applied to our culture? The
implications of order? How are these principles sometimes ignored in corporate
worship? Why does Paul so emphasize the importance of prophecy over
tongues? What might be applications for non-charismatics? Read more…



Growth Group Questions Week 8

How to Live for God
Galatians 2:20

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1. Jesus had said that if we follow Him, we must take up our own cross to do so (Mark 8:34). Given that crucifixion is such a painful and shameful death, why is such an extreme measure necessary? Why can’t anything be “salvaged” from our old life, our natural life? (See Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in John 3.) Read more…



Growth Group Questions Week 7

1. Paul says that he is anxious to preach the gospel to those in Rome, and then adds that he is not ashamed of the gospel. (Romans 1:15, 16). Why do you think Paul says this? What about the gospel might make someone apologize for it. Or what about the gospel might make it offensive to those in Rome or elsewhere? Why would anyone need to be embarrassed about Jesus? Read more…



Growth Group Questions Week 6

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups

  1. What is it about the gift of tongues that makes it so intriguing on the one hand and so divisive on the other? Have you seen the effects of this divisiveness in a church? Read more…


Growth Group Questions Week 5

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups:

 

  1. What impresses us most in others, their gifts or their Christlikeness? How do you measure whether or not a person is “loving”? Which builds the church better, great gifts or great love? Read more…


Growth Group Questions Week 4

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups:

1. How do we know or discover our gifts? Is it possible to misread

ourselves and think we have a certain gift when in reality we do not? How does the church validate our areas of giftedness? Read more…



Growth Group Questions Week 3

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups:   

  1. How has our consumer culture mentality made inroads into churches? Why have we become church shoppers and church hoppers rather than church builders and supporters? Read more…


Growth Group Questions Week 2

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups:   

 

  1.  What kinds of things might Paul have in mind when he implies that nature teaches us about gender differences? How do we correlate these ideas with their cultural expressions? How do various cultures publicly reflect and demonstrate the differences between the sexes? Read more…


Growth Group Questions Week 1

Going Deeper–For Growth Groups:  

1. Since we are not surrounded by literal idols and temples, we may be in danger of missing our own idolatry and that of our culture. What are our idols? What constitutes an idol? Why does Paul say that covetousness is idolatry in Colossians 3:5?

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