Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 47), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] How do you personally feel about being expressive in worship? Do you think “all peoples” means that every single person everywhere ought to clap and sing praises to God? Why… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 46), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] Do you always feel that God is “a very present help in trouble,” or do you have to believe it? Why are we justified in believing that he is readily… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 45), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] God is singing this Psalm to his Son on the occasion of his “wedding.” The wedding day is one of the happiest days for any family. God’s heart is bursting… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalms 42-43, taken together as one song), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [42:1-2] Have you ever been really thirsty for water? Can you describe what that experience is like? Have you ever been in a comparable state of… Read more »

This Saturday (Mar. 2) at the men’s retreat we continue in our relatively new series of discussions on the Ten Commandments. Click here to read some thoughts to kickstart our conversation.

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 32), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-2] Here are some biblical beatitudes. (Can you think of others elsewhere in the Scriptures?) Such beatitudes as revealed by God are always surprising, overturning our common expectations about what it… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 27), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] Psalm 27 addresses specifically what is commonly called “the fear of men.” We often relate to other people in fear-driven ways, though this can be difficult to recognize. What are… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 24), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-2] “The earth is Yahweh’s and the fullness thereof…” Have you had an experience in nature where you just knew God was real, and that he had created all this? What… Read more »