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God's Providence.mp3File Size: 63386 kbFile Type: mp3Download File Are you a fan of soap operas or novels? If so, what kind? Have you ever thought about the fact that the Bible contains so many novels that they could be great soap operas? Give examples.To share the gospel in a way that people will listen to him, Matthew wrote considering the Jewish culture. How do you think should we share the gospel today, given our culture? Is there a limit to getting into the culture?Read Psal [...]

When was the last time you worked on your resume? What kind of things did you include? Was there anything you purposefully left off???In Jewish culture, your genealogy was like your resume, people knew a lot about you simply by your last name and your ancestors. What would people know about you from those details? Have you or someone in your family ever worked out your entire family tree?In what ways does the beginning of Matthew echo the book of Genesis?How was Jesus the fulfillment of G [...]

Ruth.mp3File Size: 29165 kbFile Type: mp3Download File What strikes you as most fascinating in the book of Ruth? How many ways does the book of Ruth point to Christ? Through characters, theme ect.)Naomi’s evangelism doesn’t seem like the type we would usually teach in an evangelism strategy class. But why was it so effective? Is this a translatable strategy for us? Why would we characterize Naomi’s relationship with Ruth as one of “sacrifici [...]

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In what ways have you followed in the footsteps of your family? In what ways haven’t you?What are some of the different ways in which we are called to follow in Jesus’ footsteps? In reading through this passage, how would you define what it means to be “hated by the world”? What does it mean to be persecuted? Are these two things (hated and persecuted) related? Similar? Totally different?Have you ever personally experienced either of these two? What [...]

1. Do you have a green thumb? Have you ever been involved with pruning? Or grafting? Does this actually work as Pastor Matt claimed???2. How does Isaiah 5:1-7 add to our understanding of John 15?3. Break down the passage and talk about what each element refers to? The true vine. The vine dresser. The branches. 4. What about the fruit? How does the fruit get produced in your life?5. What do you think is the difference between fruit that we produce like ornaments on a tree and fruit th [...]

Have you ever been given a task to complete that you had no way (or thought you had no way) of being able to complete?One of the things that the Holy Spirit accomplishes is the uniting of Christians to Christ and the uniting of Christains to one another. Have you ever had the experience of meeting a believer from a different place or culture and found an instant connection?  Why do you think that connection exists? What makes it so powerful?According to verses 25-26, the Holy Sp [...]

​How has the practice of prayer changed in your life over the course of your faith journey?Read the passage again; in what ways would these words of Jesus have been an encouragement to the disciples? Why would they have needed that?The first point of the sermon was “the power of prayer”. In what way(s) have you experienced prayers’ power in your life? What were some of the “greater things” (v.12) that the disciples would accomplish? Which of t [...]