This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series Scroll 2, looking at Acts 12:1-25. 

Sermon Questions :

1. Have you ever had a "close call"--one of those experiences that when you look back you're not sure how you escaped serious injury or even death? What happened?

2. Peter definitely experiences a "close call" in Acts 12. What aspects of his escape do you find most intriguing and why?

3. This story raises lots of "why" questions: For example, why did God allow James to die but sent an angel to help Peter escape? What are some of the hard "why" questions you've asked God in your own life?

4. Why is answering the "who" more important than the "why's" (2 Timothy 1:11-12)?

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series Scroll 2, looking at Acts 11:1-30.

Sermon Questions:

1.The Jewish practice of circumcision comes up often in the Bible. Why was it so important?

2. Barnabas plays a key role in this passage. What do you like most about this leader?

3. If the predicted famine affected everyone, why do you think the church at Antioch wanted to send help to Jerusalem? Didn't Antioch have their own needs?

4. Where do you feel you need to grow bigger in your vision of the church? What steps can you take to grow?

Pastor Tim continues "The 2nd Scroll", looking at Acts 10:1-48.

Sermon Questions

1. Were there any rituals in your home that happened every year? If so, what were they and how did you feel about them?

2. Peter had a vision where God told him to eat foods that Peter believed were absolutely not allowed for him to eat. If you were in Peter's place and God wanted to ask you in a vision to do something you would never dream of doing, what would it be?

3. Why do you think God chose to send Peter to Cornelius' house?

4. Why do you think the Holy Spirit made his presence known in these Gentile believers before Peter had even baptized them? (Acts 10:44-48)

5. This story is all about God's Spirit breaking down barriers between people. Are there any barriers you can identify in your life, now or in the past, that have kept you from reaching out to certain people?

Pastor Lance teaches from the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 9:1-19.

Sermon Questions:

1. What do you find surprising or interesting about the conversion of Paul?

2. How does Paul's conversion provide hope for people in our lives who are rejecting Christ presently?

3. How does freedom come from the understanding that salvation is about God's work and not ours?

4. How does Jesus change the focus of our lives from the "I, me" problem?

Pastor Lance teaches from the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 8:1-8.

Sermon Questions:

1. How has the character of God worked itself out for you in trial?

2. What two or three characteristics of God do you cling to in trouble?

3. How can we increase our hope in Jesus in these times?

4. How have you moved forward one step at a time in tribulation?

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continues the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 5:1-14. 

1. Have you ever encountered a person you initially admired but eventually came to see as a hypocrite? What clued you in? What impact did that have on you?

Pastor Tim continues the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 4:32-37.

Sermon Questions:

1. Have you ever been the recipient of radical generosity? What happened? What effect did it have on you?

2. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit had all sorts of effects on the early church. Why do you think Luke focuses on generosity (Acts 4:32)?

3. Have you ever known someone personally that deserves the name "Barnabas" (Acts 4:36)? What did they do?

4. In Acts 4:33, Luke says, "...grace was on them all." What do you think that means? What would it look like in our context?

Pastor Tim continues the series on Scroll 2, looking at Acts 3:1-4:30.

Sermon Questions:

1. As a child or a teen, do you recall a time when you were clearly at fault but tried really hard to deny it? What happened?

2. Are all miracles signs? Are signs always miracles? If not, how would you explain the difference?

3. Do you find it easy or hard to admit fault? Why? How does that impact your relationship with God?

4. What would have happened to the lame man if he had not believed Peter's words? Some people have a hard time believing God's forgiveness. What is the consequenece of that?

Pastor Tim continues a series on Acts, looking at Acts 2:1-47.

Sermon Questions

1. What are your earliest memories of attending church? Were there things you found confusing from those experiences?

2. What aspects of the symbolism involved in the Holy Spirit’s coming are most meaningful to you? Why?

3. Have you ever witnessed something that seemed like a genuine supernatural work of the Holy Spirit?

4. How do you believe the Holy Spirit has gifted you? How are you using those gifts?

Pastor Tim begins a series on Acts called The 2nd Scroll.

1. Have you ever tried the sport of Curling? How does Pastor Tim think it connects to the book of Acts? Do you agree or disagree?

2. Jesus talked constantly about the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3). The disciples worried about the kingdom of Israel (Acts 1:6). What was the difference? What lessons for our time can you draw from Acts 1:7-8?

3.Why do you think Jesus made a point of visibly ascending to heaven while the disciples watched? Why didn’t he just disappear?

4Have you ever faced a major decision where you knew you needed God’s guidance? What was your decision-making process? What happened and what did you learn?