City Church | Near West Side Sermons episodes:

• April 29, 2018A Song for the Pit - Sermon

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. What is your first move in times of trouble?

  Why do we find it hard to trust that God will deliver us when we are in “the pit?”

  How does Jesus give us confidence God cares about us and will come through for us in times of trouble?

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• April 29, 2018A Song for the Pit - Sermon

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. What is your first move in times of trouble?

  Why do we find it hard to trust that God will deliver us when we are in “the pit?”

  How does Jesus give us confidence God cares about us and will come through for us in times of trouble?

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• April 22, 2018Is There a Point to Suffering? - Sadness and Solace

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. What are some of the quick-and-easy explanations you’ve heard people give in the face of suffering? How do they come up short?

  For those trusting in the resurrection of Jesus, how does hope for resurrection set a trajectory in the midst of suffering?

  How does this trajectory help us hold the tension between quick-and-easy answers and no answers at all?

  What are examples you have seen in your life or others’ lives when a Christian’s response to suffering was a great testimony to the faithfulness of God and a compelling witness to people around them?

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• April 22, 2018Is There a Point to Suffering? - Sadness and Solace

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. What are some of the quick-and-easy explanations you’ve heard people give in the face of suffering? How do they come up short?

  For those trusting in the resurrection of Jesus, how does hope for resurrection set a trajectory in the midst of suffering?

  How does this trajectory help us hold the tension between quick-and-easy answers and no answers at all?

  What are examples you have seen in your life or others’ lives when a Christian’s response to suffering was a great testimony to the faithfulness of God and a compelling witness to people around them?

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• April 15, 2018Do I Fear God for Nothing? - Sadness and Solace

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. What are some of the motives for our religion?

  What has Jesus done to give us a new answer behind our religion?

  How should this new way of thinking about our religion change the way we talk about Christianity with those around us?

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• April 15, 2018Do I Fear God for Nothing? - Sadness and Solace

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. What are some of the motives for our religion?

  What has Jesus done to give us a new answer behind our religion?

  How should this new way of thinking about our religion change the way we talk about Christianity with those around us?

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• April 08, 2018Gospel Growth - Sermon

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. Talk about a time in your life when you became highly interested in a specific hobby, interest or trend, only to have nothing to do with it some time later.

  What distinguishes a Christian, who is planted in good soil, from those planted in other soils?

  What is our role as individuals and as a community group in the gospel growth of those around us?

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• April 08, 2018Gospel Growth - Sermon

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. Talk about a time in your life when you became highly interested in a specific hobby, interest or trend, only to have nothing to do with it some time later.

  What distinguishes a Christian, who is planted in good soil, from those planted in other soils?

  What is our role as individuals and as a community group in the gospel growth of those around us?

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• April 01, 2018Their Eyes Were Opened - Lent

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. In what ways can Jesus be standing right in front of us, so to speak, and we fail to recognize him?

  How can your eyes be opened through the ordinary means of the Scriptures and the table?

  How does Jesus’ resurrection bring spiritual resurrection into our lives when God opens our eyes? Where do you personally see restoration, renewal, and new creation?

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• April 01, 2018Their Eyes Were Opened - Lent

  Community Group Discussion Questions

  These questions frame our community group discussion around how we can collectively apply Scripture to our lives.

  1. In what ways can Jesus be standing right in front of us, so to speak, and we fail to recognize him?

  How can your eyes be opened through the ordinary means of the Scriptures and the table?

  How does Jesus’ resurrection bring spiritual resurrection into our lives when God opens our eyes? Where do you personally see restoration, renewal, and new creation?

  ...more

  

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