Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 1:18-25), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Jesus was not conceived through “normal,” biological means. He had no earthly father—his Father is God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the virgin’s womb. He is fully God… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Matthew 1:1-17), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… Matthew’s overall purpose in writing his Good News (Gospel) about Jesus is to show how Jesus is the fulfillment of all God’s works and words as recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures… Read more »

Join us at the Costa home at 7:30am Sat., Sept. 4, for our monthly men’s breakfast as we discuss this blog post: “Doing Theology.” 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 (Jonah 4), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] The Book of Jonah is, largely, a story of Jonah’s self-righteousness. He condemns God for being gracious to bad people, and he can’t live with himself for being someone like… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Jonah 3), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… It’s hard to believe that someone as self-righteous and angry at God as Jonah could still be used by God. It’s hard to believe that people as violently bad as the… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Jonah 1), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] Jonah didn’t just reject the mission God gave him, he fled from God himself. We find out why toward the end of the story: because Jonah knew God was gracious… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 12:8-13), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [11] The “words of the wise” found in Ecclesiastes are “like goads,” like cattle prods, which means they create an unpleasant experience in order to make a change of direction in… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 11:7 – 12:7), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [11:7-8] Do you believe that “light is sweet”—that life is good? Why or why not? Can light be good if there is so much darkness? Can life be good… Read more »