Relevant Verses: Acts 6, 10, 11, 15 Leading Question: How does a community, or an individual, know when a conflict is one that needs to be solved by firm confrontation, or by finding a way...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Relevant Verses: John 10:1-18; 1 Pet. 2:9; Exod. 19:5-6; 1 Cor. 3, 12 Leading Question: How does the New Testament build on an Old Testament foundation when it comes to illustrating the idea of unity? Although...
Relevant Verses: Acts 1-2, 4- 5 Leading Question: With reference to unity, how should one assess the NT evidence: Positively? Negatively? Or as a toss-up? In light of what one finds in the New Testament and...
Relevant Verses: Ephesians Leading Question: Among believers today, does being “in Christ” transform everything? The vision in the book of Ephesians is incredibly expansive, the memory text for this week makes this bold assertion: “And this...
Relevant Verses: John 13-17, Mark 9:38-41, John 10:16 Leading Question: Is oneness (in Christ) so important that we should seek unity at any price? In his famous “unity” prayer, Jesus asked that his disciples be “one,”...
Relevant Verses: Deut. 28, Judges, 1 Kings 12, Jer. 3:14-18; 1 Cor. 1 Leading Question: If Paul admonishes us to think on what is true, honorable, just, and pure (Phil. 4:8), are we justified in...
Relevant Verses: Genesis 1, 3, 11 Leading Question: Why should one little sin in the Garden of Eden Leave such a huge imprint on the human family? Our topic this quarter is “Oneness in Christ,”...
Relevant Verses: Acts 27-28 Leading Question: Have you ever had someone who is a good person, but a bad traveling companion? What sort of a traveling partner would Paul have been? 1. Paul had always...
Relevant Verses: Acts 24-26 Leading Question: Have you ever had to testify on your own behalf in a court of law? What was that like for you? 1. Following Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem, he was...
Relevant Verses: Acts 21-23:30 Leading Question: Are religious beliefs personal and private, or are there some religious differences that are worth arguing—even fighting—about? 1. Acts 21 begins with a recitation of the stages in Paul’s...
Relevant Verses: Acts 18-20 Leading Question: The Christian church speaks quite a bit about baptism. Acts takes that word “baptism” and forces us to use the plural “baptisms”. So, how many types of baptism are...
Relevant Verses: Acts 15:36-18:10 Leading Question: Can good, Christian people disagree so strongly that they can no longer work together? 1. Some time after their return from their first missionary journey, Paul suggested to Barnabas...
Relevant Verses: Acts 15 Leading Question: At the end of their missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas return to the church that sent them in Antioch. When they give their mission report, not everyone is happy....
Relevant Verses: Acts 13-14:26 Leading Question: All three of Paul’s so-called “missionary journeys” started in Antioch. Why were the believers in this city so supportive of these missionary endeavors? 1. According to Acts 13, the...
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