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 […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 6 (Spring 2022)
Session 6 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 10-11 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions When we think of God, we are often captivated by His holiness and His glory. And while it is true that His glory does indeed draw “us in and causes us to conquer our sins and […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 5 (Spring 2022)
Session 5 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 8-9 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions The author begins this section by pointing out that, “When we talk about Christ’s intercession, we are talking about what Jesus is doing now. There has been a remarkable recovery of the glory of what Christ […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 4 (Spring 2022)
Session 4 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 6-7 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions Ortlund correctly assumes from Jesus’ words that we have innate suspicions of his deepest heart (61). If we didn’t, why would Jesus need to assure us that he would never cast us out (John 6:37b)? In […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 3 (Spring 2022)
Session 3 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 4-5 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions It is one thing to imagine suffering and another to experience it firsthand. If you have gone through significant suffering (financial struggle, health issues, relational loss, injustice), how has the experience of suffering changed how you […]
Gentle and Lowly: Session 2 (Spring 2022)
Session 2 – Small Group Study Guide Gentle and Lowly Chapters 2-3 Download: Word | Download: PDF Study Questions On p. 25, Ortlund states, “What we see Jesus claim with his words in Matthew 11:29, we see him prove with his actions time and again in all four gospels.” When you consider the heart […]
