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"I Saw The Light" - The Gospel According to Country Music" w/ Lance Lewis - Week 4

Pastor Lance Lewis brings the final sermon in the series "The Gospel According to Country Music." This week: "I Saw the Light," looking at Acts 26:1-18.

 

Sermon Questions

1. How is religion different from a relationship with Jesus?

2. Are there areas of your life where religion has crept in?

3. How have you experienced God's spotlight as Jesus?

4. How can we tell others about the good news of Jesus?

"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" - The Gospel According to Country Music" w/ Lance Lewis - Week 3

Pastor Lance Lewis examines the country song "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," by looking at Hebrews 9:27-28. 

Sermon Questions

1. How does the certainty of death affect the way we live? How should it?

2. What gives you great hope that death is not the end of life?

3. How have you perceived the judgment of believers in the past? How do you perceive it now?

4. How did Christ launch the greatest rescue mission in history?

5. What hope and peace does your salvation bring?

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - The Gospel According to Country Music" w/ Lance Lewis - Week 2

Pastor Lance Lewis brings Part 2 in the series "The Gospel According to Country Music." This week's sermon is titled "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," looking at John 16:30-33.

 

Sermon Questions

1. Have you ever felt lonely in a crowd? What was that like? Why do you think we are lonelier than ever today?

2. How can we experience solitude without loneliness?

3. How has God's presence been real and personal to you?

4. How can helping others be an ointment to loneliness?

"Your Cheatin' Heart - The Gospel According to Country Music" w/ Lance Lewis - Week 1

Pastor Lance Lewis brings a message from Mark 7:14-23 entitled "Your Cheating Heart."

Sermon Questions

1. Do you ever feel like your life is a life of tragedy? How does joy offset that tragedy?

 

2. Humanistic teaching declares that people are basically " good at heart ", How does the Bible speak to that issue?

 

3. How can we guard against a calloused heart?

 

4. How can we get the clean heart that God promised to his children?
5. What part does hope and forgiveness play in our hearts?

"Two Scrolls - The Gospel Story According to Luke” - w/ George Crabb - Week 24

George Crabb brings a message from Luke 24:13-53 referencing The Road to Emmaus.

Sermon Questions April 7, 2024

1. How many miles did Jesus walk with these two on that road to Emmaus, and how long (on average) would that take you?

2. How do you think the Lord talks to you?

3. Where do you see Jesus in the Old Testament?

4. Does your heart burn within you when you discover Jesus in the Old Testament?

Easter Sunday - "Two Scrolls - The Gospel Story According to Luke” - w/ Tim Richards - Week 23

Pastor Tim continues The Two Scrolls series, looking at Luke 24:1-12.

 

Sermon Questions:

1. Have you ever fallen victim to a scam? If so, what happened? Why did you get fooled?

2. Has the story of Easter been an encouragement or a challenge to your faith?

3. Which of the clues Pastor Tim described were most interesting to you? Why?

4. Imagine it is Easter Sunday morning 2,000 years ago. You are in a Roman prison because of your faith, uncertain if you will be released to go home or into an arena to face wild animals and death. In the next cell is another believer. You have found a scrap of parchment. What will you write to encourage your friend? How are those words an encouragement to you today?

"Two Scrolls - The Gospel Story According to Luke” - w/ Tim Richards - Week 22

This Sunday Pastor Tim continues The Two Scrolls series, looking at Luke 23:1-47.

Sermon Questions March 24, 2024

1. Have you ever been falsely accused of something? How did it make you feel? How did you respond? How did Jesus respond to His accusers? Why do you think Jesus chose to respond as He did?

2. Luke's entire description of the actual act of crucifying Jesus consists of three words (Luke 23:33 "...they crucified him...") Why do you think Luke gives so little description to an event that is so central to the Christian faith?

3. Luke spends time telling the story of the two men crucified with Jesus. What lessons do you draw from their stories?

4. Francis Spufford has written, "Taking the things people do wrong seriously is part of taking them seriously." What does that mean? How does it relate to the crucifixion?

 

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"Two Scrolls - The Gospel Story According to Luke” - w/ Tim Richards - Week 21

Pastor Tim continues The Two Scrolls series, looking at Luke 21:5-38.

 

SERMON QUESTIONS:

1.  The Bible never explains why Judas betrayed Jesus, because Judas never lived long enough to say.  However, given what we know of the story of Jesus, why do you think Judas turned traitor?

2. In what ways are the stories of Judas and Peter similar and how are they different?

3. If Judas hadn't taken his life, do you think he could have been forgiven?  Why or why not?

 4. Have you ever been in a place where you faced deep failure and/or lost hope? What helped you to hang on in that dark night of the soul?

"Two Scrolls - The Gospel Story According to Luke” - w/ Tim Richards - Week 20

This Sunday Pastor Tim continues The Two Scrolls series, looking at Luke 19:37-20:26.

 

SERMON QUESTIONS:

1. Because Jesus drove out the people selling in the temple, some conclude that nothing should ever be sold inside a church building. What are your thoughts on that? How would you draw boundaries between what is appropriate vs. inappropriate "marketing" in a church context?

2. Twice Jesus responds to trick questions with His own trick questions (Luke 20:1-8 and 20:21-26). Which of those exchanges do you like best and why?

3. What does Jesus mean in referring to Himself as a rejected stone that becomes a cornerstone (Luke 20:17-18)?

4. Was there a time in your life where Jesus was a rejected stone? When and how did He become your cornerstone?

"Two Scrolls - The Gospel Story According to Luke” - w/ Tim Richards - Week 21

Pastor Tim continues The Two Scrolls series, looking at Luke 21:5-38.

 

SERMON QUESTIONS:

1. What is one of the most impressive buildings you have visited? Why did it impress you? How would you feel if you saw a headline tomorrow stating that building had been completely destroyed? How do you imagine Jesus’ words about the temple in Jerusalem affected his hearers (Luke 21:5-6)

2. Jesus told his disciples that if they were put on trial for their faith he would give the words they needed when they needed them. There are several instances in the book of Acts where Jesus’ followers were arrested and questioned. One example is found in Acts 4:1-21. Another is in 5:27-42. Look up one of these stories. What impresses you about the answers given?

3. Why do you think Jesus described the kinds of chaos that would occur before his return but left the specific details so vague? Why tell us about it at all?

4. In Luke 21 there are 5 specific things Jesus told his followers to do. Look them up and fill in the list below. Which one speaks the most to you?

Verse 9 ________________________

Verses 13-15 __________________

Verse 28 ______________________

Verse 34 ______________________

Verse 36 ______________________