Alan Frow // 2 Thessalonians 1: 4-10 ESV

1. What comes to mind for you when you think about the judgement of God? 

2. What comfort can we take knowing that God is the perfect judge who rules with righteous judgement? 

3. How should we respond to Jesus, the only righteous one who received the full judgement of God so we can receive his mercy? 

4. Spend some time praying for boldness to plead with others to receive the love of God through Christ. Make a list of people God is calling you to invite to Easter Sunday in two weeks.  

1. In our culture what do people most often boast about? 

2. What does it look like to boast in the Lord?

3. Whose faith, love, and steadfastness in trial do you admire? 

4. What would it look like for you to boast in others and in the Lord?

5. At the end of your life, what do you want people to say about your faith and how you followed Jesus?  

Ryan MacDonald // 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-24

1. What most robs you of peace? 

2. How have you found wholeness in Christ?

3. How has community helped you heal?

4. How does spirit filled worship and prophecy at church make you feel? 

Matt Henderson // 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-28

1. What most robs you of peace? 

2. How have you found wholeness in Christ?

3. How has community helped you heal?

4. How does spirit filled worship and prophecy at church make you feel? 

Sermon Questions:

1. What end times culture and theology did you grow up with and how did that impact you?

2. How are you preparing yourself to meet and be with Jesus? 

3. How does the certainty of Christ’s coming judgment and salvation give you courage to live for God? 

Sermon Questions:

1. How has your faith in Christ helped you grieve the loss of loved ones? 

2. How has your faith in Christ helped you overcome a fear of death? 

3. How can the way we face death be a witness to the world? 

4. How does reflecting on the end times motivate you to share the gospel? 

Ryan MacDonald // 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-12

Alan Frow // 1 Thess 2:17 - 3:13

Sermon Questions: 

1. What are some godly qualities of good Christian leaders? 

2. How well do you receive Christian leaders in your life? 

3. How have negative experiences impacted how you relate to Christian leaders? 

4. Share about a Christian leader who has shaped your life. 

5. How are you developing people to love and serve others in Jesus' name? 

Kevin Meisch // 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-12

1. Do you find yourself to be more bold or shy? 

2. Can you think of a time recently that God has given you the boldness to speak the gospel?

3. What is something you have done in your life that God has asked you to do that made an impact on the people around you?

4. How can you grow in being like a mother and a father in the community? For example, in gentle care, opening up your life, being more generous, or in the encouraging and exhortation of others. 

Pray that God would make you more bold in one of these areas of your life. 

Alan Frow // 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10