FSBCS Audio Sermons

 

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. As a child, who did you trust the most in your life? Why?

3. What is the difference between the hope of the Christian and wishful thinking?

4. Read Romans 5:1-5. What incident in your life can you look back on and see the truth of verses 3-5?

5. How should a Christian view suffering and disappointment?

6. How much of our hope is to be dependent upon our emotions? On our head knowledge? On our trust in God and His Word?

7. Read Titus 2:11-14. When Paul says “blessed hope”, what does he mean? If “hope” is an “absolute confidence in God and His Word”, how does this passage’s meaning change from the ways you’ve thought about it before?

8. What does a life of “absolute confidence in God and His Word” look like? How does it lead every generation to the life-changing hope of Jesus?

Scripture Passages:

Luke 17-21

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What would your life look like if you truly lived out the command that Paul gives in Philippians 4:4? 

3. What does Paul mean in Philippians 4:5 by, “the Lord is near”?

4. How does anxiety affect you and those around you? How does it affect your ability to lead every generation to the life-changing hope of Jesus? 

5. Read Matthew 6:25-34.  Compared with Philippians 4:6-7, what changes do you need to make in your life and your thinking? 

6. What does Paul tell us about dealing with anxiety in Philippians 4:6-7? What are the components of Paul’s instruction? How do you practically implement these in your life? 

7. What does Paul mean when he says to think on all of the things in Philippians 4:8?  How do you apply that to your life? 

8. What changes would take place in your life if you obeyed the command given in Philippians 4:8? 

Scripture Passages:

Luke 12-16

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What does it mean to live as a citizen of the USA? What does it mean to live as a citizen of the Kingdom of God? How does your citizenship affect your life?

3. Do you find it difficult to “do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourself”? How would the church and the world be different if we truly lived this way?

4. How should Jesus’ humility encourage us to live selfless lives focused on God and others? What should that kind of life look like?

5. Why is the exultation of Jesus (Phil. 2:9-11) be important to us today?

6. There is a HUGE difference between what our culture thinks (“work for your salvation”) and what Jesus thinks (“work out your salvation” – Phil. 2:12-13). What is the difference between these two statements, and why is it important that know and live out that difference?

7. Jesus is at work when we live our lives for Him. In other words, our work is magnified and made effective by His work in our work. How does this encourage you to follow Jesus and His commands?

Scripture Passages:

Luke 7-11

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Could you function in your everyday life doing everything upside-down? Why?

3. Pastor Chad spoke about the upside-down life that Jesus calls us to. Read the following passages and answer these two questions for each passage: a. What makes this upside-down from the ways of the world? From the ways that you want to live? b. What is difficult about living this way?

4. Humility - Philippians 2:1-4 and Matthew 23:11-12

5. Live quietly - 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

6. Submit to the government - Romans 13:1 and 1 Peter 2:13-17

7. Be willing to suffer - 1 Peter 3:13-17

8. Not complaining - Philippians 2:14-15

9. Forgiving everyone for everything - Matthew 6:14-15

10. Love and pray for your enemies - Matthew 5:43-44 and 1 Peter 3:9

 

Scripture Passages: Luke 1-6

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Growing up, who was the authority figure in your family? How was discipline handled?

3. How are followers of Jesus to act toward the government?

4. In the Apostles’ day and early centuries of the church, persecution was normal for followers of Jesus. Many lost jobs, freedom, family, friends, etc. for their faith. What risks do you take for your faith?

5. The Bible never calls for us to fight for our freedoms, but rather to use our freedom or lack of freedom to help others see the salvation of Jesus. What conditions make it difficult to submit to this Biblical teaching?

6. Jesus forsook His freedoms in order to die for your salvation. How can Jesus’ example help you face hardships that you cannot change?

7. Read Titus 3:1-9. Why is this passage so difficult to follow for today’s culture? What elements of today’s church culture make this difficult?

Scripture Passages:

Mark 8-12

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What skill or talent do you have that you could brag about?

3. In Philippians 3:1-11, Paul speaks about how he lived a good, moral life before he came to know Jesus. Was he trying to put down his religious past? What point was he making?

4. Why can your good works not save you from your sins? Why is “being a good person” not a means to salvation?

5. How are moralism and legalism counterfeit of true faith? How does it look like true faith? How is it a fake of true faith?

6. In what ways can moralism and legalism creep into your life? Into your church? How can they compromise the mission of the church?

7. How can moralism and legalism hurt your witness to those who do not know Jesus? What message do they send to those who do not know Jesus?

Scripture Passages:

Mark 3-7

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. What is the scariest thing that has happened to you?

3. What is Paul’s prescription for fear and anxiety in Philippians 4:6-7? How does that compare with common cultural prescriptions for fear and anxiety?

4. What does Paul tell us to focus our thoughts on in Philippians 4:8-9? What does this say about your consumption of news, videos/tv, podcasts, music?

5. On a scale of 1 to 10, what is your level of worry or fear about your life? The life of your family or kids? The direction of our government? The direction of our society? What does Philippians 4:6-9 tell you to do with these worries and fears?

6. Pastor Chad spoke about fears that come from the inside and from the outside; specifically, those from the outside whom we listen to that build us anger and fear in our minds. What commentators, news outlets/personalities, bloggers, podcasts, etc. do you know of that make people mad or angry? Which ones do you or have you listened to?

7. Pastor Chad gave suggestions for overcoming fear in your life. What steps should you take to overcome fear and anxiety in your own life?

Scripture Passages:

Matthew 26-28, Mark 1-2

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Regarding plants, do you: (a) talk and sing to them, (b) carefully take care of their needs, (c) forget about them until there’s no hope for them?

3. What four types of soil does Jesus mention? What characterizes each one?

4. What does Jesus’ explanation of this parable (Matthew 13:18-23) say about the Sower? About the seed? About the various soils? About the fruit?

5. Pastor Chad said that it is important to think about what kind of soil we are because research and God’s Word warn us that many may think they are followers of Jesus, but in fact are not. What soils do you see in the church today?

6. What “crop” does Jesus want us to yield? What can you do to increase your fruit?

7. Pastor Chad spoke about how “spiritual fruit” in the Bible always refers to our either being righteousness, living in a way that is Jesus-like, leading others to Jesus. Which of these are easy? Which are difficult?

 

Scripture Passages: Matthew 16-20

 

Do you know how Jesus wants you to live in today's world?

Daniel 1:1-7

Questions:

1. What stood out to you in the message?

2. Is there a story behind your given name or a nickname? What nicknames have you been given? Which one(s) did you like or dislike? Why?

3. What governmental pressures did Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah resist? Why did they resist those pressures and not others?

4. Pastor Chad challenged us to not confuse what you don’t like with what God forbids. What are some issues that are confused in this way in today’s church? In your own life?

5. What message do we send to the unbelieving world when we live quietly (1 Thess. 4:11-12) and willingly suffer with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:13-17)? How does this work toward leading every generation to the life-changing hope of Jesus?

6. How much are you willing to risk in order to obey a clear commandment of God? What issues would be “deal-breakers” for obeying how God commands you to live (i.e. Constitutional issues/freedoms, personal freedom, personal safety, financial security, reputation, career, etc.)?

7. When in your life have you experienced God in the midst of a “lion’s den” of skeptics, critics, etc.? How has God alone been your lifeline?

Scripture Passages:

Matthew 6-10