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Bible Study — “Talk Back”
| Date: | October 4, 2017 |
| Time: | 10:30am |
| Ages: | Adults (18 and up) |
| What: | Explore more deeply last Sunday's sermon and Bible passages with Rev. Maguire.
Discussion Starters
- How do you define authority? Who has authority in your life? Why do they have authority?
- Can you remember a time when someone in authority gave you bad advice? What happened? How did you cope?
- Why did the Pharisees and Sadducees have such a hard time accepting Jesus' authority?
- In Jeremiah 29 there was a conflict between two authorities. Why did the people not want to listen to Jeremiah? Why don't people listen to Jesus?
- How can we see through the personal agenda of “authorities” to see the truth?
- In the scriptures, where does true authority come from? Where does it not come from?
- Why did Jesus ask the question about John's baptism? What did the question reveal about the Parisees' hearts?
- What lessons can we learn from the parable of the two sons? Which son do you think you are represented by?
- What does God want from His “religious” authorities? What does God want from us?
- What do our neighbours really need from us as followers of Jesus?
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