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Better Than You Can Imagine – An Easter Sermon | Jeff Suhr
March 31, 2024 21:02 - 50.2 MB1 Corinthians 15:20-23 & Revelation 21:1-5
David vs. Goliath: Standing Up to our Fears
February 11, 2024 21:56 - 56.2 MB1 Samuel 17:1-11, 17-24, 26, 28-29, 31-33, 37-50
Gospel Waltz: How to Preach the Gospel to Yourself
January 21, 2024 22:30 - 43.6 MBGalatians 2:16-20
Recapturing the Wonders of Christmas: God’s Timing
December 03, 2023 21:14 - 48.8 MBGalatians 4:4-5
Finding Meaning and Purpose in Your Job
November 12, 2023 20:59 - 53.2 MBEphesians 6:5-9 1. How would you currently describe your attitude towards your work? Why do you feel the way you feel? 2. How does knowing that all work can bring glory and pleasure to God change the way you approach your work? Is there anything you do at your job that you feel is “off-limits” to God’s purview? 3. What difference would it make for you to make “eye-contact” with God while you worked? What would change? 4. It’s one […]
Foundations for Godly Parenting- Part 2
November 05, 2023 21:55 - 49.2 MBEphesians 6:1-4 1. Share some of your favorite parenting experiences and moments. 2. What does discipline look like in your house? How do you help your children see the error of their ways? (If you’re not a parent, how was discipline administered in your family growing up?) How do you know when discipline is biblical or sinful? 3. When we are frustrated with the insufficiency of God’s law, we tend to take matters into our own hands and employ […]
Foundations for Godly Parenting- Part 1
October 29, 2023 23:15 - 49 MBEphesians 6:1-4 1. If you have kids, share one of your proudest moments as a dad/mom. Also, share one of your most embarrassing moments as a dad/mom. 2. When you envision success as a parent, what do you see? What does successful parenting look like? 3. If you saw yourself more as an ambassador rather than an owner, what differences would you see in the way you relate to your kids? 4. How can you tell if you’ve crossed the […]
How to Honor our Parents
October 22, 2023 19:39 - 42.4 MBEphesians 6:1-4 1. How would you describe your relationship to your parents? What are some challenges that you currently face when it comes to “honoring” them? 2. For better or for worse, in what ways has your parents shaped you to be the person you are today? What are some characteristics/aspects of your life that can be traced back to your upbringing? 3. In this stage of life, what are some practical ways you can “honor” your parents? 4. Why […]
How Do Wives Submit in a Barbie World?
October 15, 2023 21:03 - 47.6 MBEphesians 5:22-33 1. How would you describe your parent’s marriage? What was healthy about it? What was unhealthy? 2. How do you feel about Ephesians 5:22? What are the first thoughts that come to mind when you hear it? 3. Of the four misunderstandings that were shared, which one do you resonate with the most? 4. Which verse do you think is more misunderstood, verse 22 or verse 25? 5. How is the world’s concept of marriage different the Bible’s […]
What does God expect of husbands?
October 08, 2023 22:24 - 60.1 MBEphesians 5:22-33 Read Ephesians 5:18-33 The sermon this past Sunday surveyed (1) the heart of marriage, (2) the desired outcome of marriage, and (3) the dance that husbands and wives play out in marriage. 1. In your observation, what would you estimate are the the predominant reasons for why people get married today? How might those reasons be in line with God’s design for marriage, or contrary to God’s design for marriage. 2. Describe some of the differences between “consumer” […]
How to Tune Your Heart to Sing
October 01, 2023 22:32 - 43 MBEphesians 5:18-21 1. How important is music in your life? Who are your favorite artists? If you were stuck on an island and could only choose 3 artists, who would be on your playlist? 2. What role has music played in your faith journey? How has this changed over the years? 3. Do you find it easier to read the Bible or sing to Him? Why is that? When was the last time you really sang to our Lord? What […]
The Mystery of Christian Contentment | Tony Wang
September 24, 2023 22:19 - 59.8 MBPhilippians 4:10-13 1. What does the passage of Philippians suggest about the relationship between contentment and material possessions? 2. The sermon talks about the paradox of Christians being both the most contented and unsatisfied people in the world. Can you explain this paradox in your own words and provide examples from your own life or experiences? 3. How does the idea of contentment in Christian faith differ from contentment in secular philosophies like Stoicism? 4. The sermon emphas...
Shining Light in a World of Darkness
September 17, 2023 21:09 - 50 MBEphesians 5:8-17 1. Everybody has a center, a center that their lives orbit around. If someone watched a video of your life this past month, what would they say is your center? How does a life centered on God more healthy than the one you are currently living? 2. How would you compare your consumption of the world’s messaging vs. your consumption of the Word? What do you think you could do to help increase your exposure and digestion of […]
How to Deal with Anger, Bitterness, and Forgiveness
August 27, 2023 23:09 - 60.7 MBEphesians 4:25-32
Daughter | Nicholas Davis
June 18, 2023 21:53 - 45.2 MBMark 5:21-34 (ESV) 1. Share with the group an “It’s not fair!” scenario that you’ve experienced. What made this “not fair?” 2. How was Jesus not helping Jairus’s daughter an “it’s not fair” scenario? Explain. 3. Step into the sandals of Jairus. How would you have felt if Jesus ignored your immediate need to help another person instead? How might this relate to the Christian life? Have you ever had to wait on the Lord’s timing for prayers to be […]
Trophies of Grace
June 11, 2023 21:40 - 43.4 MBEphesians 2:1-7 1. When it comes to appreciating your salvation, do you tend to focus more on what God saved you from or what God saved you to? Why do you think that is? 2. What are some examples of the principle of federal headship that you can see in our society? 3. What goes in your trophy room? What are some of your greatest achievements? 4. How does it feel for you to know that God boasts in you, […]
The Walking Dead
June 04, 2023 20:10 - 47.1 MBEphesians 2:1-7 1. What is your favorite zombie movie or tv show? 2. We all complain from time to time. Right now, at this moment, what is one thing that you find yourself complaining a lot about? 3. How does the doctrine of Original Sin make sense of the world we live in? 4. Can you describe the moment when the truths of the Bible became real to you? How old were you? What truths became real? What happened? 5. […]
How Can I Know God Better
May 28, 2023 20:54 - 58.3 MBEphesians 1:15-23 1. What are Paul’s petitions in Ephesians 1? Summarize them in your own words. Do you regularly pray for such things? Why or why not? How can you improve 2. Of what relevance to your prayer life is the stunning conclusion clusion to Paul’s prayer, where he records the best analogy to the power he wants to see operating in every believer’s life? 3. What does this passage teach us about how to pray under the sovereignty of […]
An Inheritance Worth Dying For
May 21, 2023 21:40 - 45 MBEphesians 1:11-14 1. When you get to heaven, what is the first thing you’ll think you’ll do? 2. Israel find life in the Promise Land disappointing. What are some experiences you’ve had where something you really looked forward to, ended up not being as fulfilling as you thought it’d be? 3. If you knew that an amazing inheritance was waiting for you in the future, how would that impact you today? 4. The greatest wonder of the Gospel is not […]