Joshua 1 – A Fresh Start

  1. What have been the most pivotal points in your personal history?

 

 

  1. What are some upcoming pivot points you are anticipating in your life?

 

 

  1. How do you honor your history?

 

 

  1. What are you doing to help stretch your strength and courage?

 

 

  1. Who are your leaders?

 

 



Luke 2:1-20 – The Perfect Christmas

  1. What is your favorite Christmas memory?

 

 

  1. Do you think that our modern expectations at Christmas help or distract from a focus on Jesus?

 

 

  1. How does Jesus bring you hope in difficult situations?

 

 

  1. Why would God choose shepherds to be the first public people to hear about and see the Savior?

 

 

  1. What does the first Christmas reveal about God?

 

 



1 John 3:13-24 – The Core of Christianity

  1. What do you think are the main identifying factors today that would tend to lead people to conclude that someone is a Christian?

 

 

  1. How does love encompass the whole law of God?

 

 

  1. Why are we so focused on believing the right things? How does that connect with love?

 

 

  1. Have you ever known really loving people who didn’t believe in Jesus? How do you explain that?

 

 

  1. In general, how loving are the Christians you know?

 

 



1 Corinthians 16: Anything But Junk Mail

  1. In what ways has God used our church to make an impact on you?

 

 

  1. What does it look like to not be flexible when it comes to church and God’s opportunities?

 

 

  1. Who is someone in the church that you really appreciate and why?

 

 

  1. How can you deepen your relationship with other Christians?

 

 

  1. As we wrap up 1 Corinthians, what is one of the lessons that has impacted you the most?

 

 



1 Corinthians 15: Death Defeated

  1. What is the Gospel in its simplest form? Why do we tend to add more to it?

 

 

  1. Why is the resurrection an essential part of the Gospel?

 

 

  1. How does the resurrection bring hope to our lives?

 

 

  1. What do you look forward to the most about your resurrected body?

 

 

  1. In what ways has the fear of death affected you? How should the resurrection change that?

 

 



1 Corinthians 14: The Gift of Communication

  1. Was there ever a time in your life when you thought the church was speaking a foreign language?

 

 

  1. When have you felt like someone really spoke to your soul?

 

 

  1. Have you ever had an experience with the gift of tongues that you can share?

 

 

  1. Have you ever tried to learn another language? How did that go?

 

 

  1. What for you is communication at its finest?

 

 



1 Corinthians 13: The Most Important Thing of All

  1. What is the most loving thing that someone has ever done for you (besides Jesus)?
  1. What attribute of love in this chapter are you most drawn towards and why?
  1. What attribute do you struggle with the most and why?
  1. Who is the hardest person to love in your life right now?
  1. Take a moment to think through your coming week. How do you prioritize love and what would that change?


1 Corinthians 12: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  1. What makes us want to be around people who are a lot like us? What is the good side and bad side of that?

 

 

  1. Why does God value diversity so much?

 

 

  1. What is your most unique characteristic? What is the upside to that? What is the downside?

 

 

  1. What do you think is your primary calling?

 

 

  1. Why do we get so bothered by people who see and do things differently than we do?

 

 



1 Corinthians 11: Headaches in the Church

  1. How do you think a church like the one in Corinth can get so off track?

 

 

  1. In what ways do our gender roles in the church challenge us? How do we complement each other?

 

 

  1. How can communion influence our lives for better or for worse?

 

 

  1. How does a focus on the Gospel and God’s purpose affect how we influence our culture?

 

 



1 Corinthians 10: Failure Is Inevitable

  1. Why do you think people seem on a constant quest for more than God?

 

 

  1. What are some common idols that you see people devoted to pursuing today?

 

 

  1. What do you think makes some Christians so obsessed with “do’s and don’ts” in the Christian life?

 

 

  1. How do you balance freedom with consideration of others?

 

 

  1. What does glorifying God look like for you?