Psalm 126 - Worship and Wisdom - Longing for the Restoration of Joy
What should we pray for in our relationships? Are we confident that restoration will come, whether in this life or the next? How can we rationally trust in the promises of resurrection and restoration?
Psalm 122 - Worship and Wisdom - Worship in Joy
How is worship a refuge for us? Why is it essential for us to have fellow believers to guide us and encourage us in healthy ways of worship? What is a proper attitude toward worship?
Psalm 120 - Worship and Wisdom - Deliver us from Lying Lips
Do we trust that every lie was proved wrong on the cross? Why aren’t we wholly people of peace? How can we live radically dedicated to truth?
Selections from Proverbs - Worship and Wisdom - Parenting
Are we attuned to our children and how they experience our discipline? How can we make discipline an invitation back into delight? What keeps us from cultivating discipline and delight well?
Psalm 10 - Worship and Wisdom - Praying for Justice
When we pray for justice, who are we praying for? How can justice prayer be an act of enemy love? What are we asking God to do in a justice prayer?
Psalm 32 - Worship and Wisdom - Being Forgiven
Do we believe that God isn’t reluctant to forgive us? What is the difference between true confession and complaining? How does confession make room for the blessing that is already ours?
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 - God Knows Us First
How are we actively involved in our own sanctification by dependence on God? Why should we focus on the destination and not the journey? What makes our hearts leap when they see glory?
Hebrews 13:18-25 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - The Blessed Trinity
How does blessing describe what God has done for us and to us? Why does living in right relationship with God enable us to live in love and peace? How does God give us the grace we need to do His will?
Hebrews 13:7-17 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Obeying Church Leaders
What are we imitators of? Why are we to follow the leaders that God has put in place? How do our concerns tell us about where our heart is?
Hebrews 13:5-6 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Free From the Love of Money
What are some of the pitfalls trusting in money as our security? Why can’t we love both God and money? How do we trust that God will provide security for us?
Hebrews 13:4 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Marriage and Fidelity
What is the aim of Christian marriage? Why should marriage be held in honor by all? How does God restore us when we are defiled?
Hebrews 13:1-3 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Love, Hospitality, and Visitation of Fellow Saints
What makes our love strange as Christians? Why is our hospitality a way in which we ought to move through the world? How is this call to love an invitation to the life we’ve always wanted?
Hebrews 12:25-29 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - A Final Warning
What is our response to God’s warning? Why is it vital to give thanks in the midst of our suffering? How does Christ keep our lives from being shaken?
Hebrews 12:18-24 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - The Hope of the Finish Line
What is the difference between true hope and shallow hope? Why should we slow down and become present in joy? How can we pour our hearts out to God in hardship, without fear of the future?
Hebrews 12:12-17 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - The Shape of Endurance
What does faithful endurance look like? Why shouldn’t we count our inheritance lightly? How does grace help us build resilience?
Hebrews 12:3-11 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Enduring Amid Discipline
What are the dangers we may face amidst our suffering? Why does our growth require hardship? How can we have hope intertwined with our grief?
Hebrews 12:1-3 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Enduring in Faith
What does it look like to believe that Jesus is better than everywhere else we search for joy? Why do we need more than just a perfect example? How can our confidence in promised future joy create present joy?
Hebrews 12:1-3 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Christ as the Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
Who do we believe Jesus is? How can we see God’s power and plan verified through Christ’s death and resurrection? What are we running toward in life?
Hebrews 11:4-40 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - The Feeble Faith of Giants
How do we keep our faith when we experience suffering? How can we find our satisfaction in knowing God? What does it mean to live faithfully?
Hebrews 10:39-11:3 - Christ Is Greater: Living by Faith - Faith in the Unseen
How can we entrust ourselves to God and His good future? How is faith compatible with doubt? What determines where we place our faith?