Deuteronomy 7-10 - Fidelity and Mission - The Blessing and Responsibility of Election
What does it mean to have God's love set upon us? How are we to live as God's chosen people? What should our response to election be?
Deuteronomy 6 - Fidelity and Mission - Covenant and Mission: The One Faith
Do we allow anything to rival our allegiance to our one God? How do we live in total covenant love and loyalty to God? In what ways does God want to renew and bless us?
Deuteronomy 5 - Fidelity and Mission - The Law: A Manual for Mission
Why does love not oppose the law? Does love or obedience come first? How does the law bring us freedom?
Deuteronomy 4 - Fidelity and Mission - The Joy of Obedience and the Supremacy of God
Why do we have a natural recoil to obedience? Where are our fears and conceptions of obedience rooted? How is our obedience for others too?
Deuteronomy 1-3 - Fidelity and Mission - Our Story and God’s Faithfulness
Why must we remember our story? Do we trust that God will remain faithful to us? How can we renew our story and reconnect to God's story?
Psalm 133 - Worship and Wisdom - Dwelling in Unity
How is unity separate from uniformity? Do we recognize that God created us to dwell in His presence in unity? In what ways do we contribute to conflict and division?
Psalm 127 - Worship and Wisdom - God’s Building and Ours
In what ways should our ministry look like Jesus' ministry? Do we have confidence that God is at work in us as we work to grow? Why might we change in ways which we don't anticipate?
Psalm 139 - Worship and Wisdom - Knowing and Being Known
What do we do with our innate desire to be known and loved? How can we find confidence in God’s knowledge? Do we trust that God is still with us and knows our suffering?
Matthew 6:5-8 - The Heart of Prayer
Do we believe that God wants to be with us just as we are? What should our focus be in prayer? Are we praying to God or to ourselves and those around us?
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?