1. Have you been punished for someone else’s behavior? What happened? What was the punishment? How did you feel towards that person? 2. When bad things happen, what’s your first reaction? When good things happen, what’s your first reaction? 3. Is Achan’s punishment fair? Would you participate in the stoning of him and his entire [...]
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Joshua 7 Questions
Posted in Joshua, Sunday Lesson, Wednesday questions, tagged Joshua, lesson notes, small group, Wednesday, Wednesday questions on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Small Group Questions–Joshua 6
Posted in Joshua, Wednesday questions, tagged Joshua, small group, Wednesday questions on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Opportunities, not Obstacles Are you good at starting projects? Are you good at finishing projects? What are you “better” at doing: creating, editing or finalizing? Joshua 2 contains the story of Rahab, who was a prostitute. Rahab eventually had a child, who had a child, who had a child….and then Jesus was born. She’s listed [...]
Small Group questions–Revelation
Posted in The Big Picture, Wednesday questions, tagged small group, The Big Picture, Wednesday questions on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why do you think people spend so much time thinking about the end of the world? Revelation 13:16 says the number of the beast/man is 666. Why would God want us to know that? David Crowder says, “We’ve already won.” Is that easy or difficult to remember when hard times hit? Why? Why would God [...]
Acts–small group questions
Posted in The Big Picture, Wednesday questions, tagged small group, The Big Picture, Wednesday questions on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is your favorite “part” of attending services (aka Church) on Sunday mornings? What’s the best part of coming Wednesday nights? What are the least liked “parts” of Sundays and/or Wednesdays? What would you do differently? What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever heard about or seen at a church service? Why did you find it [...]
Wisdom Literature–small group questions
Posted in The Big Picture, Wednesday questions, tagged small group, The Big Picture, Wednesday questions on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Read through Psalm 23. What makes this particular psalm so popular thousands of years after it was written? Read the first verse of Psalm 22. Where have you heard those lines before? Who spoke them and when? Why would He choose that verse at that time, in your opinion? Proverbs is a fantastic book (in [...]
Prophets: Small Group Questions
Posted in The Big Picture, Wednesday questions, tagged The Big Picture, Wednesday questions on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Prophecy Books of the Bible Small Group Questions 1. Jeremiah 29:11 is perhaps the Greatest Verse for Graduation Gifts Ever. It reads, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD. “Plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” Why is that verse still [...]
Torah! Torah! Torah!
Posted in Sunday Lesson, The Big Picture, Wednesday questions, tagged Sunday Lesson, Sweet and Aweful, Wednesday questions on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday’s lesson: What is the Torah? The Hebrew word for law and the first 5 books of the Old Testament. Who wrote the Torah? The traditional belief is that Moses wrote the Torah. There are other theories (JDP writers, for example) but for the sake of time and simplicity, we’ll stick with Moses for right [...]
Where'd the Bible come from–small group questions
Posted in The Big Picture, Wednesday questions, tagged Wednesday questions on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you own a Bible? Was it a gift or did you buy it yourself? Do you actually like it, or do you use it because you’re supposed to? The Bible is full of lots of strange comments. Check out Proverbs 11:22 and Proverbs 25:16. Why would information about jewelry and honey be included in [...]
God is Love
Posted in Sunday Lesson, Wednesday questions, tagged Sunday Lesson, Sweet and Aweful, Wednesday questions on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday’s lesson: Love isn’t: Learning to love yourself (Whitney Houston’s The Greatest Love of All is wrong) Fear Proud Love is: Sacrifice Giving Willing what is best for someone else Small Group Questions What is your favorite “love” song? Why do you like it? If love means to ‘will what is good’ for another, does [...]
James 2:23 Small Group Discussion Questions
Posted in Wednesday questions, tagged questions, small group, Wednesday on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who was your first best friend? The kid down the street from you? A sibling? Someone in kindergarten? Is it possible to have more than one “best friend” at any time? Is there a ranking system you have for friendships? Read Luke 12:8-12. It seems like introductions are a big deal to Jesus. How do [...]
