On Identity | 3.17.2024
Colossians 1:15-23
1. In what ways do you see some within the popular culture as defining themselves primarily by their appetites and desires? How is image bearing (Genesis 1:27) a categorically different means for self-identification?
2. What might be the connection between Jesus’ comments in Matthew 22:18-22 and Genesis 1:27? How might these connections have led to both the anti-slavery movement and the anti-abortion movement?
3. Why was it significant for us that Jesus is both fully a human and fully God (Colossians 1:15-23)? What was Jesus able to accomplish as a result of being both fully God and fully man?
4. What are the ethical implications of Colossians 3:10 in light of Colossians 1:15, and how might these contribute to the preservation of a historically conservative and biblical sexual ethic (i.e., chastity for the unmarried and heterosexual lifelong monogamy for the married)?
On Security | 3.10.2024
Luke 12:13-34
1. How are you encouraged and challenged by Helen Dunkheld’s story?
2. How are you encouraged and challenged by the story of St. Patrick?
3. What activities in your daily/weekly life are aimed at being rich toward God? What might you want to remove from your daily/weekly schedule in order to make more room for growing rich toward God? What might you want to add to your daily/weekly life in order to grow rich toward God?
4. Where would you say your treasure is, and how is that reality reflected in your heart?