1 Peter Sermon Study: Session 4 (Fall 2022)
Session 4 – Small Group Study Guide Download: Word | Download: PDF Word: How this truth should be understood In verse 6, Peter reminds us the trials we go through are “necessary.” Why is understanding this so significant for how we view and endure our trials? What are the things we often think are necessary […]
Outreach Month: Session 3 (Fall 2022)
Session 3 – Small Group Study Guide Download: Word | Download: PDF Discussion Questions What does evangelism currently look like in your life? What are some of the obstacles that keep you from proclaiming the gospel to others? What are some specific truths from Scripture that motivate you or encourage you towards faithfulness in evangelism? […]
1 Peter Sermon Study: Session 2 (Fall 2022)
Session 2 – Small Group Study Guide Living Hope 1 Peter 1:3-5 Download: Word | Download: PDF Review of Sermon Notes Types of hope: General Hope – a general desire for something to happen 1 Corinthians 16:7 – I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits Dying Hope – wrongfully anticipating […]
1 Peter Sermon Study: Session 1 (Fall 2022)
Session 1 – Small Group Study Guide Elect Exiles 1 Peter 1:1-2 Download: Word | Download: PDF Review of Sermon Notes Key Idea: Understanding our divine identity enables us to endure everything in life, including suffering. The Comfort of Our Divine Identity (v. 1) a. Exile b. Elect The Cause of Our Divine Identity (v. […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 12 (Spring 2022)
Session 12 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 22, 23, Epilogue Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions Ortlund ends his book by describing the anguish of the cross, but he explains that spiritual anguish Christ felt as he absorbed the sum total of righteous divine wrath upon himself as infinitely greater […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 11 (Spring 2022)
Session 10 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 20-21 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions In chapter 20, Ortlund turns to the Galatians to “bring the heart of Christ to bear on our chronic tendency to function out of the subtle belief that our obedience strengthens the love of God” (p. […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 10 (Spring 2022)
Session 10 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 18-19 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions Ortlund quotes Goodwin who writes, “The greater the misery is, the more is the pity when the party is beloved. Now of all miseries, sin is the greatest” (p. 167). How have you seen the misery […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 9 (Spring 2022)
Session 9 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 16-17 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions Before reading chapter 16, how would you have described “the glory of God?” What images, ideas, or thoughts come most readily come to your mind and how has this chapter corrected, given insight, or nuanced your […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 8 (Spring 2022)
Session 8 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 14-15 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions W. Tozer’s statement is often quoted: “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” For yourself personally, what are some of the words, mental images, or even […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 7 (Spring 2022)
Session 7 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 12-13 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions “Though the crowds call him the friend of sinners as an indictment, the label is one of unspeakable comfort for those who know themselves to be sinners. That Jesus is friend to sinners is only contemptible […]
