​This week we look at the posture of Hope, or as the say in hebrew, waiting קָוָהHow would you define the word hope to someone? How do you distinguish between hopefulness and wishfulness? Is this an important distinction? What do you think of these common phrases and how the words ‘hope’ and ‘wish’ are used;    When buying a gift for someone, “I really hope they like this!”    When blowin [...]

Exodus 17:1-71. It seems as though there is an increased interest in true crime stories. Around half of new content coming out on Netflix is focused on this subject. Why do you think this is? Do you personally have an interest in these stories? Do you think that any of us, put into the right situation over time could be guilty of these types of crimes? 2. Have you ever asked why God allows this kind of evil to persist? What do you say to non Christians who use this as an argument - &ldquo [...]

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As our series on sin, the struggle, and the solution continues, Pastor Brennan spoke of the sin of greed.As you begin to dive into your discussion this week, launch off with reading through the account of Jesus conversation with the rich young ruler from Matt. 19:16-30Together, discuss this rich young ruler. Who do you think he was and what motivated him? Why did he ask Jesus about “what good deed” he must do? And why did Jesus respond the way he did, by saying only God is goo [...]

Sin is a distortion and dislocation of our affection, which should be placed on God, but sin is when we put this on something else.In light of this, how would you define pride?Read the account of Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Pastor Jeremy asked, could we possibly be as troubled as the king from this story? Daniel 4:19-27From our perspective, it’s easy to see what the king was prideful about, and what he should do to avoid disaster, it’s right there in verse 27. But what about us? H [...]

In this, the first week of our series, “Sin, the Struggle, and the Solution”, spend some time talking about what your first reaction to the series title was. I was told that when the sign for this was going up outside the church last Tuesday, two boys from the highschool who were walking by read it and yelled that they are gay. When you first heard this, what did you think and feel? (Were there some specific circumstances brought to mind, or a feeling of dread, or worry about [...]

Do you have the Thanksgiving tradition, to converse around the dinner table and each say something you’re thankful for from the past year? Take some time to do this as a group. What is something you’re thankful for from the past year? How do you see that God was involved?Our sign committee (Caroline Wiens, Gayle Frame, and Verna Guenther) put this message on the church sign last week… “Being thankful is not for a day, it’s a lifestyle.”What do you think thi [...]

This week Pastor Matt opened God’s word to Deuteronomy 6:4-9 in order to turn our attention to the importance of intergenerational relationships in our church family. Read this together as you begin.If you feel comfortable, share two brief stories with your group. First, what is something those older than you would say about you, or a story they would love to tell about you?What is a story those younger than you would love to share about your life? These are better if they’re embar [...]

This Sunday was the final piece in our series on the high priestly prayer of Jesus from John 17. Pastor Jeremy pointed our attention to the difference which often exists between what we desire, and what is good for us. We've all walked through this personally, and certainly with our children if we're parents. Share an experience which highlights this from your own life. When you consider heaven, what do you picture?What did you picture of heaven when you were a kid?What changed your [...]

Well it’s been many months since we posted to sermon questions. The main reason for this is because our sermon questions are actually intended to be used as the main course of discussion in the Ness Baptist Life Groups which meet mid-week. Every Monday afternoon we will be posting 3 to 4 questions intended to take the sermon deeper through discussion with each other.The mission of our Life Groups at Ness is a 3 fold progression.Disciple UpReach OutSend ForthFirst, to Disciple Up. This me [...]