ARCC Sermons

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Why do we have a tendency to assume that everyone around us has it all together?

3. What is the difference between a life in pursuit of justification and a life in pursuit of a relationship? (with God)

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Is following Jesus easy or hard? The answer may seem obvious, but how would you describe it?

3. If Jesus says things like “whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life,” how could he still call us to “rejoice” or “take heart” or “have peace”? Are those things mutually exclusive?

4. How did the Apostles ultimately do what they did?

Additional Scripture References:

John 12:25; Ephesians 1:3-10

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. In what areas of your life do you believe the enemy still has power? What about the finished work of Christ would disarm that power?

Additional Scripture References:

Colossians 2:13-15; Isaiah 53:12; Romans 8:31-34; Romans 3:25-26; 2 Corinthians 1:18-20; Genesis 3:15; Hebrews 7:25-28; 9:11-12

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. The cross proves that you are more sinful than you could imagine. What does that specifically mean for you?

3. The cross proves that you, if you are in Christ, are more loved and accepted and forgiven than you could possibly imagine? What does this specifically mean for you?

Additional Scripture References:

2 Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 53:12; Romans 8:15; Acts 5:38-39

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. What does it mean for us that the Kingdom of God is not of this world?

3. How does it change our perspective when we realize that we are to be in the world but not of it? How does that play itself out?

Additional Scripture References:

John 10:26; 8:46-47; 6:63-65; 1 Corinthians 15:58

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. What can we take from the fact that Jesus took Peter, James, and John a little further than the other disciples? What does that mean for us in our own relationships?

3. Why is it good for us that we know Jesus was asking for the cup to pass? Why is it important that we consider the wrath of God in all of this?

4. What does it mean for us to “sleep and take our rest later on”?

Additional Scripture References:

Jeremiah 25:15; Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:9-12; Psalm 23:5-6; John 15:7-11

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. What has God done recently in your life to preserve your faith and belief? How does doing life in community help foster this?

3. What is the biggest roadblock to confessing your struggles? Can you relate to David in Psalm 32:3? How does the gospel free us to take the “off ramp” of confession?

Additional Scripture References:

Matthew 10:24-25; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; John 14:1-3; Luke 4:13; John 13:27; Psalm 32:1-7

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Individually or as a group make a list of 25 things that God has done for you showing His mercy.

3. How would you know if your relationship with Jesus was centered around you or around Him?

Additional Scripture References:

Luke 13:1-5; John 9:1-5; Luke 16:27-31; Psalm 78:1-4; Revelation 4:10

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Describe a time when Jesus showed up in your life through completely wrecking your plans. Why are “desert” seasons for us the people of God?

3. Why is it difficult for us to allow others to help us? How can we help one another with this in community.

4. How do you know, personally, that God’s grace is sufficient? What does that look like in our lives? How does community help us with the fear that it might not be?

Additional Scripture References:

Galatians 1:17-18; Proverbs 9:8-10; 1 Timothy 3:14-15

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. When did you first begin to follow Jesus? Share that experience with your group.

3. Have you ever shared the gospel with anyone? Have you ever been present as someone else began to follow and treasure Christ? What was that experience like?

4. What do we learn about God from this story? How is the gospel clarified for us in this story.

Additional Scripture References:

1 Timothy 1:15-16; Galatians 1:11-24; 1 Corinthians 11:1; John 16:2; Luke 14:26, 27, 33; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 12:15