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?

Reflection Questions

1. What can we learn from (or aspire to be more like) Philip from today’s passage?
2. What can we learn from (or aspire to be more like) the Ethiopian Eunuch from today’s passage?
3. TAKE HOME: What are some ways for you to remind yourself of the gospel more regularly so that you can be more joyful?

Reflection Questions

1. What is Luke showing us with this story about Simon?
2. Why is verse 22 critical for understanding the Gospel?
3. TAKE HOME: What is Luke showing us with this story about the Samaritans coming to saving faith?

Reflection Questions

1. What is Luke trying to show and teach us from Acts 7:1-8:3? 
2. How do we apply this passage to our own lives? How do we live like Stephen? 
3. TAKE HOME: What are some events in which you can look back and see God working, in good times and in bad, all things out for His glory?