Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 4), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-2] John has a Trinitarian vision; he is brought to the enthroned heavenly Father by the Son (Jesus) in the Spirit. And various elements of the whole vision point to the… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (1 Corinthians 15:12-26), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [12-14] (Read vv. 1-11.) Christianity stands or falls by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Even other key tenets of the Christian faith, like Jesus’ death on the cross,… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (John 12:12-16), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [12-13] In the ancient world, when a king returned home victorious in battle, the city would greet him with fanfare and palm branches—like Jerusalem greeted Jesus. What victory did Jesus win?… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 3:14-22), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [14] Jesus introduces himself here as “the beginning of the creation of God.” Jehovah’s Witnesses would say this means Jesus was the first creature made by God—an old heresy first propounded… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 3:7-13), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [7] Jesus has “the Key of David”—he is the one who decisively shuts or opens doors, who controls the flow of traffic in and out of the New Jerusalem, who has… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 3:1-6), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] Jesus charges the pastor (and the church) in Sardis with hypocrisy, probably having to do with their unwillingness to be publicly associated with Jesus (see v. 5). Hypocrisy is when… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 2:18-29), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [18, 23] Read Proverbs 20:8; Jeremiah 17:9-10. How do you feel about the fact that Jesus is the Lord who sees your inmost thoughts and feelings, that he knows you better… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Revelation 2:12-17), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [12] Jesus identifies himself as the one “who has the sharp two-edged sword.” The sword comes from his mouth (1:16). The sword is his Word. Why do you think his Word… Read more »