DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Why is it so important to build strong Christian friendships as we navigate life together?
How is the friendship between David and Jonathan both an encouragement and challenge to you in your friendships?
Who are the close friends that are in your life right now? Share the journey of the friendships growing.
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How do we find comfort from the truths of Psalm 23 in both our practical and spiritual needs?
How can we continue to cultivate our confidence in God? Personally?Collectively?
If you’re comfortable sharing, share a time when you’ve been walking through the valley of the shadow of death. How did you get through it? What would Psalm 23 have said to you?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How does trusting in God’s provision flow over into cheerful giving?
What makes it hard for you to give on a personal level? How can you commit those things to God?
What could it look like to wisely steward our finances as well as giving generously for you?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Trace the story of God’s judgement and salvation throughout the Scriptures following Jude’s writing. How does it relate to today?
What does it look like for you to ‘contend for the faith’ in your life circumstances now?
How has this series encouraged/challenged/helped you to live faithfully in these last days?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What connection is there between the judgement in the flood and the coming judgement of fire?
How could the example of Noah’s faithfulness in an unbelieving generation encourage you today?
What could it look like to wait with patience and hope for the coming of the Lord for you?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What are some examples of the deceptions false teachers sell to lead God’s people astray?
How can we be on guard and protect one another as members of HCC?
What deceptions can feel particularly tempting for you on a personal level?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How do the OT stories of God preserving a righteous remnant resonate with you today?
When do you find yourself caught between following the way of righteousness andwickedness?
What would it look like for you to be a light in the darkness of the current world?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What was one thing you learned from this passage?
In what ways is God bringing glory through suffering and pain in your life?
What are some ways you can apply this passage?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What was one thing you learned from this passage?
What does “being given over to death for Jesus’ sake” look like in your life?
What are some ways you can apply this passage?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How much credibility do you give to the eyewitness testimony of Peter and the other apostles? Why?
How confident can we be about the reliability of scripture?
If we are able to fully trust the eyewitnesses of Jesus’ ministry, and the infallibility of scripture, how should this impact our daily lives?
Where do you find yourself struggling? Believing the eyewitnesses? Trusting the infallibility of scripture? Faithfully reading and studying the word of God? Other? Why do you think that is?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
What does Peter want the church to remember when he’s gone? Why is this so important to him?
How do we reconcile having all that we need for salvation through Jesus but also being called to faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love?
Reflecting on Peter's exhortations, what areas of your life do you feel called to grow in? How can we support and encourage one another towards these things?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Why are the biblical characters important in the Bible?
What is the benefit of God “writing Himself” into the Bible?
How does the God of the Bible consistently show Himself to be “good for us”?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What are the reasons listed in the sermon for the suffering of the church (or Christians)?
What can the believers do in faith to reduce as much suffering as possible?
What is the reward from God at the end of our faithful suffering?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
When was the last time you suffered specifically for the sake of Christ; just for being a Christian?
What’s the difference between suffering needlessly and suffering for the sake of Christ?
Does the suffering for Christ’s sake feel worth it to you? Why/why not?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How do people “party” through the ages? How does antiquity compare to this day and age in Sydney, Australia, perhaps amongst your friends?
Compared to “debauchery”, how does “living in the spirit” look different?
How has God gifted you to serve others?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
In what sense is the resurrection of Jesus Christ “rooted in history”? What value is history versus simply a story or a lore or a legend?
What did it take you to “believe” in Jesus and His resurrection?
How should a Christian be motivated to witness and testify of Jesus’s resurrection? What is the connection between belief and the act of witnessing?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
How is each party in the verdict of Jesus’ execution guilty in their own way? Where do you see yourself?
What is the significance of the location and manner of execution?
How does the death of Jesus mean salvation for you? How ought that shape your faith today?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How are you experiencing suffering, whether presently or in the past? Please share if you’re able.
Of many knowable and unknowable reasons, why do you believe you are experiencing suffering when you do? Which of the many reasons covered in the sermon resonate for you?
In light of the message, how will you now convey the reason for the hope that you have? What is the role of “conscience” in your expression of hope?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How should the “equation” of the Lord being our portion be considered “both ways”?
How does our giving reflect our heart and attitude towards God as our “first portion”
Of all the ways God blesses you, as mentioned in the sermon on [Psa.16], what rings most true to your own heart?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Jesus conquered the world and won the hearts of His people, but how did He do that according to [1Pet.2:21 – 3:9]? How was Jesus different from other winners & conquerors?
Modern society scoffs at the biblical teaching on the postures of wives and husbands, but why is this the direct application of “following in His steps”? And how is “posture” different from “roles”?
Besides marriage relations, how should all Christians at all times live among the people of this world?
What was the most helpful/challenging/encouraging part of the sermon for you?