Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 2:1-12), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [2, 10] God used signs in the heavens (the star) to guide the magi from the east to Jesus. “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens… and let… Read more »
Going Deeper… (Hosea 14:4-8)
Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Hosea 14:4-8), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [4] You might expect the Bible to cast God’s people in a positive light and all others in a negative one, but instead it regularly records the infidelity and apostasy of God’s own… Read more »
Going Deeper… (Isaiah 9:2, 6-7)
Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Isaiah 9:2, 6-7), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [2] Biblically, “darkness” is life apart from the relational knowledge of God. Can you think of other passages in the Bible that talk about light/darkness? How is “darkness” not necessarily the… Read more »
Men’s Breakfast: “Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil”
Join us at the Costa home at 7:30am Sat., Dec. 1 for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss the Lord’s Prayer. Click here to read some thoughts to kickstart our conversation. Please bring a dish to share, and invite a friend to join us! RSVP to Eric.
Going Deeper… (Psalm 15)
Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 15), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] The question is addressed to Yahweh, Israel’s God, the one true God revealed in the Jewish/Christian Scriptures. The question asks: Who is the true worshiper who lives with God? What… Read more »
Going Deeper… (Psalm 14)
Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 14), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1] “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” “Every sin is a kind of practical atheism—it is acting as if God were not there” (Timothy Keller). Think through… Read more »
Going Deeper… (Psalm 13)
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… [1] The Psalmist is distressed primarily by God’s apparent absence—difficult circumstances are distressing only insofar as they call God’s care into question. What distresses you most about difficult circumstances you face?… Read more »
Men’s Breakfast: “Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors”
Join us at the Costa home at 7:30am Sat., Nov. 10 for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss the Lord’s Prayer. Click here to read some thoughts to kickstart our conversation. Please bring a dish to share, and invite a friend to join us! RSVP to Eric.