Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 82), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1, 6] When God created humanity in his image, it was for a relationship of sonship, to inherit and rule alongside him over all that he had created (Genesis 1:26-28). The ultimate… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 35), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Sinners repay evil for good. This hostility is unreasonable, senseless. Ultimately this means that sinners are unreasonably hostile toward the good God, toward what God calls good, and toward whatever reminds them… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 13), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… David, the representative and ruler of God’s people, is distressed primarily by God’s apparent absence. Difficult circumstances are distressing insofar as they call God’s care into question. What distresses you most about… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 12:1-14), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Legalism was instituted by sinners as a pathway to feel good about ourselves, to redeem ourselves. The Pharisees were legalists – they wanted to “fix the world” through strict observance of God’s… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 11:20-30), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [20-24] Jesus did many “mighty works” among the cities of Galilee—good blessings that clearly demonstrated divine compassion and power. Yet, generally speaking, the people of these places remained unaffected and unrepentant. Jesus… Read more »

Join us at the Costa home at 7:30am Sat., Nov. 12, for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss this blog post: “Song” (a part of our series discussing the liturgy). Please bring a dish to share, and invite a friend if you’d like! RSVP to Eric.

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 11:1-19), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Even the great John the Baptist struggled with doubts about Jesus. John had certain expectations or assumptions about the Christ that he thought the Scriptures clearly taught. Therefore these expectations carried the… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Colossians 2:6-7), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… The way you live the Christian life is the same way you began in it: receiving Christ Jesus the Lord by faith as he is taught in the Scriptures. In what way… Read more »