Reflection Questions

1. What did you find most encouraging about today’s passage in terms of disagreements (vs. 35-41), discernment (1-5), and detours (6-10)?
2. Why is verse 41 a good reminder for us? What are ways you can strengthen and encourage other believers?
3. TAKE HOME: In light of verses 11-16, who has the Lord strategically placed in your life to encourage you (Luke) or for you to disciple (Timothy)?

Reflection Questions

1.) List details of the early Church's conflict resolution that stood out to you. Which do you think would be the most impactful for Christian conflict resolution today? Why?
2.) Whose stance do you most agree with: Paul or Barnabas? Why do you most resonate with your choice?
3.) Bonus: Which aspects of the decision-making process of the Jerusalem Council are most important for modern disagreements in the church? Which aspects could lead to issues for today's Christians?

Reflection Questions

1. What is the overarching conflict in this passage? How does this conflict apply to you/us/church today?
2. What does this passage teach you about handling conflict in a biblical manner? In your home? In the church?
3. TAKE HOME: How does this passage continue to highlight what it looks like to be a witness (Acts 1:8) and an instrument (Acts 9) for Jesus?

Reflection Questions

1. In terms of Paul and Barnabas’s perseverance, what trait did you find yourself resonating with, admiring, or desiring to grow in? Perseverance with courage? Reliance on the Holy Spirit? Wisdom? In verses 1-7… Perseverance by being a faithful witness and through physical trials and persecutions in verses 8-21, or Perseverance in being devoted to the church?
2. What key lessons or insights did you take away from this passage?
3. TAKE HOME: What does Paul’s brief sermon in verses 15-17 teach us about scaffolding the gospel conversations to others? What are ways to improve upon your ability to share the good news of Jesus.

Reflection Questions

1. Luke spends much of this chapter teaching us about God. Crooked and straight paths in vs. 5-12, working through history in vs.13-31, and salvation through Jesus in vs. 32-41. Which one stuck out or resonated with you?
2. What is Luke teaching us about opposition in Acts 13? How is that an encouragement to you?
3. TAKE HOME: What do Acts 13:1-4, 12, 42, and 52 teach us about the traits of a healthy church? What is our role in that?

Reflection Questions

1. What does this passage teach us about God? 
2. What does this passage teach us about sin/mankind? (specifically pride)
3. TAKE HOME: What does this passage teach us about personal and corporate (church) evangelism?

Reflection Questions

1. What stuck out to you about Barnabas in Acts 11:19-30?
2. How does Luke go about highlighting the role of faith in the lives of both Peter and Barnabas in Acts 11? What is the implication for your own life?
3. TAKE HOME: What are some examples of how you lived by faith? What are examples of how the Holy Spirit has been producing goodness in your life?

Reflection Questions

1. Why does Luke spend so much time unpacking Cornelius's conversion story? What is so important about it? What stuck out to you about this story?
2. What about Peter’s gospel presentation in Acts 10:36-43 stuck out to you?
3. TAKE HOME: How can you be instrumental in using your home and your hospitality for the gospel?

Reflection Questions

1. What stuck out to you about Peter from today’s passage? 
2. What does this passage teach us about prayer? 
3. TAKE HOME: What has Luke been teaching us about salvation/conversion throughout Acts 8-10? How is that encouraging to you?

Reflection Questions

1. Luke introduces us to three characters in today’s passage. Which one stuck out to you and why? Saul, Ananias, and Barnabas.
2. What does this passage teach us about God? What is the application and implication for our lives today?
3. TAKE HOME: How can you be more intentional about learning others' conversion stories and encouraging them with your own?