1.What are the biggest misunderstandings you’ve had about Jesus?

2.What are the most common misunderstandings people have about Jesus today?

3.Why didn’t Jesus explain Himself more clearly to His followers and enemies?

4.What would you do, knowing what we know now, if you could go back in history on the first Palm Sunday? What would you say to Jesus?

1.What are some of the things in your life that you depended on, but that ultimately let you down?

2.What makes people want to prop up and patch up their gods when they fail?

3.What can you imagine might have happened if the Philistines had thrown out Dagon and humbled themselves before God

4.Have there been things in your life that have failed you but you hung on to for too long anyway?

5.What is the main god of our age? (The one most worshipped by the greatest number of people.)

1.How would the Jews justify taking the ark into the battle?

2.Why did God let so many of them get killed? Isn’t that kind of harsh, especially considering all the worse things they had done?

3.Have you ever done something superstitious?

4.Have you ever done something just because it worked before, or worked for someone else?

5.How has God humbled you in the past? What do you do to try to humble yourself?

1.When did you hear God speak to you most clearly?

2.What do you wish God would speak to you about now?

3.Who do you know who God uses to speak to you most?

4.Have you ever known a child who seemed to hear from God?

5.Have you ever known anyone who, although they didn’t say much, yet what they said was profound?

1.What do you think was the mindset of Hophni and Phinehas? How would they justify their behavior? What was Eli thinking in allowing it?

2.What made Samuel such a good person? What qualities allowed him to thrive in a bad environment?

3.What would motivate a bad person to go into ministry?

4.What good choices have you made that led to blessed consequences? Have you made any good choices that haven’t yet led to blessings?

1.From what you know, how did your parents respond to your birth?

2.If you have children, how did having them affect you? Grandchildren?

3.What would you say to a woman who desires a child but hasn’t been able to conceive?

4.How is Hannah not a horrible person for turning her young son over to Eli and his evil boys?

5.How does the idea of “loaning to the Lord” resonate with you?

1.What lasting impact do you hope you leave on people?

2.Who showed you God’s love the most?

3.Have you ever thought someone was a criminal, then decided they were a god? How about vice versa? Which is more common today?

4.What are your greatest memories going through Acts?

1.What was the last crisis you had to face?

2.Who is the best crisis manager you know?

3.Why do you think God allowed them to get into this emergency, or do you think things like this just randomly happen?

4.What is the most important thing for you to remember from this story for your next crisis?

1.Whose stories of change do you like to tell?

2.What have you done in your life to make you more educated?

3.How has your thinking changed because of your faith in Christ?

4.In what ways do you try to make connections with people who don’t know the Lord?

5.What do you think Paul was thinking as he shared with Agrippa?

1.How have you seen God’s plan unfolding in your life?

2.Are there still mysteries to you as to why God has allowed certain things to happen in your life?

3.Does Paul’s approach to dealing with political power offer insights into our approaches today?

4.How does safety affect your life choices?

5.When have you acted contrary to popular opinion?