City Church | Near West Side Sermons episodes:

• November 12, 2017No Time for Sin - Exiles

  Sermon from City Church in Cleveland, Ohio.

  1 Peter 4:1-11

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• October 29, 2017Unity > Affinity - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. Why is it impossible to be unified without compassion and humility?

  How does Christ’s death on the cross give us the resources to pursue unity and “repay evil with blessing.”

  How can your community group increase in unity of minds, hearts, and hands? How would this adorn the gospel to guests and neighbors?

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• October 22, 2017Free to Serve - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. In our place and time, where do you see yourself or people around you obsessing over freedoms? What fears lie under the surface of our obsession with freedom?

  How does Jesus’ suffering make us truly free?

  In what situations in your life may God be calling you to serve? How would your submission to authorities adorn—or show off—the gospel?

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• October 15, 2017How to Lose Friends and Influence People - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. Why is a transformed way of life so rare among Christians today?

  How did Jesus silence his haters when the Father raised him from the dead?

  If you were to live a transformed life, how would it invite affirmation and attack? Would people glorify God as a result?

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• October 08, 2017How to Build a Church - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. How can we mistakenly approach church as merely an activity on our calendars, occasional pick-me-up, or hobby?

  How does Jesus being the true and better temple give us a renewed identity and calling?

  What is beautiful about Peter’s depiction of the church and each of our parts in it? How should this beauty inspire us to be and build?

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• October 01, 2017The Beloved Community - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. How does a gym-membership mentality kill love in the church?

  Love doesn’t come out of nowhere; we need to cultivate it. What does it look like for you to more intentionally plant, weed, and grow love in your life?

  How does the death and resurrection of Jesus fuel your love?

  In what ways should the one-another love within your community group spill over into love for your neighbors?

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• September 24, 2017The Next Blood-Bought Step - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. Where do you see needs for significance and justice around us today? Think about the world generally and your neighborhood specifically.

  How can we become more aware of the cost of our salvation?

  In what ways would your life look different if you saw every step as blood-bought?

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• September 17, 2017A Holy Name - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. How does our entertainment-based, consumeristic culture push us toward instant gratification, constant distraction, and happiness through escape?
  In what ways do you need to take heart that God has given you a new family name?
  2. In what areas of your life should your new family name bear itself out in holy living?

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• September 10, 2017Resurrection Hope - Exiles

  Community Group Discussion Questions

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

  1. In general, what are some examples of when we need to look to the past and the future to make sense of the present?
  2. What has God done in the past and what will he do in the future that allows us to hold onto hope through present suffering?
  3. What reasons do you have to be “filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy” amidst suffering and trials (1 Peter 1:8)? How does God refine your faith through suffering?

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• September 03, 2017Belonging - Exiles

  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 are you afraid to be put down and put out? How do you think, feel, and act as a result?
  2. What has the Triune God done to “triple down” your belonging to him?
  3. If you had greater confidence that you belong to God, how would you be able to push against your fears-based thoughts, feelings, and actions?

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