What does it mean to hold the tension between the horizon of the past and the future in this present moment? How can we live as witnesses this Advent season as we await an arrival that we have not yet encountered?

The Corinthian church was hosting a church-sponsored dinner party each week that excluded the under-privileged members of the church. What does Paul have to say to them, and us, about radical inclusion in the Kingdom of God?

How do we know when our devotion to the Kingdom of God pushes us to embrace culture or resist it? What cultural factors motivate us when we read Scripture to either challenge the culture behind a Scriptural perspective or seek to salvage it? What do we do when we come across a text that is just weird?

What if the meaning of the Christian faith wasn't just being aware of how we know things, but to what end we use our knowledge? How can we live in a way that considers the needs of the other above our own desires and rights? How do we live as people who remember that we are part of a much greater story?

1 Corinthians 8-9 challenges our individualistic culture and vision of the "good life." How might it look to live by the "logic of the cross" in a world dominated by "these truths" of individualism?

How do we apply Paul's advice on marriage, divorce, and singleness to our lives when Paul wrote from a belief that the world would soon be ending? How do we treat our sexuality and our relationships in a subversive way that does not conform to the cultural values of power, but instead seeks to subvert power and bring healing and restoration to our own lives and the world?

1 Corinthians 6 invites us to ask questions about what we do with our freedom in Christ and what it means to be fully human. How might a more connected understanding sexuality and spirituality deepen our relationship with God, others, and ourselves?

Though we seek unity in diversity of thought, when do we need to draw lines in order to protect individuals and the larger community? What might the church look like if we believed that Jesus was our super-patron and stopped fearing the influences of money and power?

Though Paul's leadership style can come across as condescending and patriarchal at times, his intention is quite different. What leaders in your life are truly looking after you? What leaders are just babysitters? If you didn't have the Bible, to whom would you look to imitate the Way of Jesus?

How do we remain united with a crucified Christ as our foundation? What if we saw healthy deconstruction as the expression of a vibrant, honest faith instead of a danger to faith?