Seedling Church

Hebrews 13:1-8

We open the final chapter of the letter to the Hebrews. Nate Huizinga speaks on Christian attitudes toward one another, strangers, the imprisoned and mistreated, marriage and sex, money, and trust in God.

Discussion Questions:

1. ICEBREAKER: Who has shown you hospitality, or made you feel at home?
2. DIGGING DEEPER: How do you identify with those who are imprisoned or suffering? Especially imprisoned or suffering for their faith in Jesus?
3. DIGGING DEEPER: How healthy is your relationship with money?
4. DIGGING DEEPER: What might you need to stop hoping in to be able to put that hope in Jesus instead?
5. Pray. Pray for one another, and lets spend some time praying for the Christians around the world who have been imprisoned or are suffering because of their refusal to give up their faith in Jesus.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 12:18-29

Katie Twitchett closes out Hebrews 12, digging into the two mountains found in that chapter, reconciling God as revealed in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New, and inviting us to live as though God truly is close to us.

Discussion Questions:

1. ICEBREAKER: Have you ever had a first impression of someone that turned out to be completely wrong?
2. DIGGING DEEPER: How does Jesus change the way we relate to God, compared to the picture of Mount Sinai?
3. PRACTICE IT: Are there ways you still live as though you're distant from God, rather than embracing the freedom, joy and confidence Jesus has given you?
4. PRAY: take some time to pray for each other.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 12:1-3

We begin the penultimate chapter of the Letter to the Hebrews, with Katie Twitchett speaking on not losing hope, fixing our eyes on Jesus, and confidence in our Lord.

Discussion Questions:

1. ICEBREAKER: Can you think of a time when you were really looking forward to something, or working hard toward a goal, and found it difficult to keep going? What helped you persevere?
2. DIGGING DEEPER: Of all the things we talked about today that Hebrews tells us about Jesus, which one stands out to you the most right now, and why?
3. PRACTICE IT: When you find yourself growing weary or in danger of losing heart, what might it look like in your everyday life to fix your eyes on Jesus?
4. Pray for each other: take some time to consider Jesus together.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 11

We walk through Hebrews' "Hall of Faith". Nate Huizinga speaks on faith, actions, faithfulness, and what it means to follow Jesus.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is one thing you are confident about?
2. What is a Leviathan in your life? (Something which is beyond your ability or control)
3. Is there any part of your life in which you are not taking Jesus seriously?
4. Pray.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 10:19-39

We look together at the second half of Hebrews 10, with Nate Huizinga speaking on persevering, sinning after coming to faith, and repentance.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is something that you can’t get away with because you now know better?
2. Do you find any part of following Jesus difficult?
3. What do you think of the idea of repentance still being necessary, even with Jesus’ sacrifice being effective for you?
4. Pray.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 10:1-22

Katie Twitchett leads us through the first half of Hebrews 10, speaking on our ability to draw near to God, the difference between the shadow of it and the real thing, and challenging us to dare to actually engage with God in relationship. We are

Discussion Questions:

1. ICEBREAKER: What's something you've owned, experienced, or encountered where the real thing was SO much better than the picture, description, or expectation of it?
2. DIGGING DEEPER: What stands out to you about the kind of covenant relationship that we have with God in Christ?
3. PRACTICE IT: What might it look like to lean into the security of God's love and draw near to him this week?
4. Pray.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 9

We work through Hebrews 9, with Nate Huizinga focusing on blood, sacrifices, Communion, and Christ.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is a symbol of life to you?
2. What do you think of this idea of Jesus’ life(blood) cleansing you inside?
3. What does it change that Jesus provides everything for the meal celebrating God’s relationship with his people—that you don’t need to bring anything to that table except yourself?
4. Pray.

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 8

We apologize that last week's message from Hebrews 7 is unavailable due to technical difficulties.

Nate Huizinga addresses Hebrews 8, inviting us, with the author to look "through" the things we encounter which point to a deeper spiritual reality, especially those which point to Christ.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is one obsolete thing you find interesting?
2. What else is an example of an image we might look through and see something better or truer?
3. How might you be a better/truer image of Jesus for others to more easily see him through you this week?

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 6:13-20

We take our next step though Hebrews, with Nate Huizinga speaking on hope, Jesus, and the mysterious anchor image Hebrews presents us with.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is a hope you have for the future?
2. What legacy do you hope to leave behind?
3. What do you hope to enter into at the Resurrection?
4. How might you grab hold of the hope set before you today?

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If you would like to contribute financially to Seedling Church and it's ministries (including this podcast), e-transfers can be sent to:

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

We take our next step though Hebrews, with Nate Huizinga speaking on falling away due to immaturity, and becoming mature in order to persevere.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is something you have learned in the past year?

2. In what areas is God working to mature you?

3. In what areas do you need to be diligent to develop maturity?

Grow with us:

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If you would like to contribute financially to Seedling Church and it's ministries (including this podcast), e-transfers can be sent to:

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Seedling Church exists to glorify God, being rooted in the Word, growing together in Christ’s love, and planting seeds of hope in our neighbourhood, city, and all the world.