Going Deeper… (Galatians 5:22-23, “Joy”)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Galatians 5:22-23), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Because God is Triune, God is joyful, living in the sheer delight of eternal communion. This God made the world, and made us to share in his joy. But, in our… Read more »

Going Deeper… (Galatians 5:22-23, “Love”)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Galatians 5:22-23), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Paul could be saying that love is the chief fruit of the Spirit, with the following eight attributes (joy, peace, patience, etc.) being facets of love. What is love? How do… Read more »

The Fruit of the Spirit

(SERMONS AVAILABLE HERE) Paul writes in Galatians 5:22-23, “The Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” This Fruit perfectly characterizes the life of Jesus Christ, who has given us his own Spirit so that the same Fruit can also characterize our lives. As the Christ-centered Spirit helps us… Read more »

Going Deeper… (Galatians 5:13-26)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Galatians 5:13-26), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [13-15] Paul helps the Galatian believers to understand that they are no longer “under” the law, that the law no longer condemns them for having failed to keep it, that they… Read more »

Going Deeper… (Revelation 22:6-21)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 22:6-21), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [6, 8, 16] God, Jesus, the messenger angel, and John all bear witness to the truth of the prophesies recorded in the Book of Revelation. Do you consider this Book to… Read more »

Going Deeper… (Revelation 22:1-5)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 22:1-5), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-2] Read Genesis 2:4-14; Ezekiel 47:1-12; John 4:10. The river of the water of life cleans, revives, refreshes. It is a picture of the life of God flowing to Christians through… Read more »

Going Deeper… (Revelation 21:9-27)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 21:9-27), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [9-11] The New Jerusalem, the heavenly/eternal city, is the Bride of the Lamb, the church, the special people of God who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus and made… Read more »

Going Deeper… (Revelation 21:1-8)

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 21:1-8), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] In the future, after the End, will be a New Beginning. This earth (and heaven) will “pass away,” and will be made new. There will be no more “sea” (representing the chaotic… Read more »