Simply Disciples Podcast

2.0 Simply Disciples Spring 2024 by Deer Creek Church

1.14 Bonus Question And Answer Episode Season 1 by Deer Creek Church

1.13 How Should The Church Engage In Politics? Special Episode by Deer Creek Church

1. In your own words, how would you define or explain God’s providence?

2. Read Hebrews 1:1-3, Nehemiah 9:6, and Ephesians 1:19-22 - how do these passages speak to God’s providence?

3. How would you answer the question, “Does God have control over evil?”

4. How would you answer the question, “Do we have free will?”

5. How should the answers to the above questions affect how we live our daily lives?

1. Read Genesis 1:26-27 and WSC Q#10 “How did God create man?” A: “God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures” and discuss what it means to be made in the image of God (based on the Podcast discussion).

2. The podcast discussed that due to sin, we now image God not as a perfect mirror, but like a funhouse mirror (distorted). How do we see this in the world? In our own lives?

3. How should a proper understanding that we’re made in the image of God, rather than just “specks of dust in the universe” by random chance, affect our lives?

4. How would you respond to the popular cultural claim “there is nothing wrong with me, I was born this way” or “God made me and He doesn’t make mistakes”?

5. Why is it helpful for Christians to understand the three acts of the Bible that the podcast discussed (Act 1: perfect creation - Act 2: fall into sin - Act 3: Jesus)

1. What were some helpful answers in the Podcast to the first question - “Why is the Bible’s teaching on creation so important?”

2. Read through Genesis chapters 1 and 2 and discuss the following questions from the podcast: (a) Where did we come from (why is it important that we came from God)? (b) What is our purpose as human beings (towards God, others, creation)? (c) How should we live (as image bearers)? (d) Where are we going (Gen 2:1-4)?

3. In light of all this, how should Genesis chapters 1 and 2 impact our daily lives?

1. Westminster Shorter Catechism #6 is a summary of Scripture and states: “There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance, and equal in power and glory.” What are some ways that the Trinity is misunderstood? And how is the WSC #6 a helpful explanation?

2. If someone claims “all roads and religions lead to God” - how does the Trinity speak to this faulty belief? (in other words, how is Christianity unique)

3. How does the reality of the Trinity impact our daily lives?

4. What was most helpful in this podcast?

1. What three attributes best describe you?

2. In your own words, what’s the difference between incommunicable and communicable attributes of God?

3. Why is it significant that God’s communicable attributes are actually moral attributes? (Genesis 1:27, 1 Peter 1:16, Micah 6:8 as discussion points)

4. Why is it important that God’s attributes never conflict with one another (ie. love and justice), and how does the cross bear witness to his attributes?

5. We should take great comfort and encouragement that God always acts in accordance with his attributes - why is that?

6. What was most helpful about this podcast?

1. Westminster Shorter Catechism answer to question 4 states “God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.” Is that a helpful answer to you? Why or why not?

2. Why is it important for us to keep in mind God’s incommunicable attributes (how God is not like us - “infinite, eternal, unchangeable”)?

3. This episode mentioned a number of ways that God’s incommunicable attributes should impact our daily lives - what stood out to you?

4. How did this episode bring more clarity to these attributes?

5. What was most helpful about this episode?

1. What was most helpful about this podcast?

2. How does Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Psalm 19, and Psalm 119:105 speak to the question “can we understand the Bible?”

3. When someone deviates from the clear teaching of Scripture, but claims “that’s just your interpretation of those passages”, what are the assumptions they are making? How would you respond?

4. Were RC Sproul’s tips on how to read the Bible helpful?