One of the challenges of talking about faith is that the word has so many different connotations. As you reflect on the questions below, it may be valuable to list the many different ways in...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
This quarter, our discussion guide explores two related elements of the Christian life: doctrine and experience. Each week, we will focus on one theme and, as Bruinsma suggests, we will “attempt to maintain a careful...
Before using this discussion guide, the reader should be aware of several assumptions made by the author. First, I assume this study guide will be used in close connection with the Adult Sabbath School Study...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What do we know about Isaiah with regard to his background and ministry as a prophet? Basic facts of his life may be gleaned not only from Isaiah itself...
Questions and observations for discussion: While our study is about Philip the Evangelist, there were two known ‘Philips’ who were followers of Jesus, the Evangelist we meet in Acts and Philip the Apostle who preceded...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What can we know about Daniel’s family background and early formative circumstances of his life? (The following observations are taken from Z. Stefanovic, Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise: A...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What was the social standing of women in the first century A.D. among Jews? What legal rights did they have if any? First of all, from the perspective of...
Questions and observations for discussion: Although Peter was impetuous, ambitious, and could be even rashly violent, Jesus saw through this roughness a faithful commitment and loyalty and a teachable spirit that would make him not...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What are the basic facts about Peter’s background? Peter is most likely the best known disciple of Jesus, a Galilean fisherman, the brother of Andrew (Mark 1:16-20) and the...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What can we glean from the N.T. about the personal background of John the disciple of Jesus Christ? John (together with his brother James) was a son of Zebedee...
Questions and observations for discussion: Compassion is a feeling and an attitude of the heart that manifests itself at different levels and is more-or-less predictable for certain relationships. A predictable manifestation of compassion is that...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. When it comes to witnessing for the Kingdom, what message does the diversity of those Jesus called to be his disciples have for us? 2. In the record of...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. Basically every Christian must ask the question, “What is the truth of the gospel?” What is it that made and makes the N.T. revelation of God in Jesus Christ...
Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What do we know of John the Baptist’s background? In Luke 1:11-38 we find the birth stories John and Jesus intertwined by revelations given by Gabriel. One is born...
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