February 26 Questions

As we conclude our series on relationships, we're considering our relationship to God's creation. Consider these questions in your personal or group study this week.

• Read Genesis 1:1-2:3


• Do you think the church tends to neglect speaking and teaching about Creation? If so, why?


• Has nature ever played a role in your relationship to God?


• Do you tend to give creation too much attention or too little?


• How can the church emphasize the role of creation as described in Genesis without going too far?

February 19 Questions

Being a mature church means connecting to the world around us. Consider Paul's message to the Corinthians in I Corinthians 3:1-10 this week as we learn what it means to be outwardly-focused.

• When have you been guilty of selfishness? How did you come to realize that selfishness?


• Have you been part of a church that was immature? What role did selfishness play in that church's life?


• What does a mature church look like?


• Why is it so easy to be inwardly focused as a church?


• Sometimes, our efforts to reach the world are really efforts to make the world just like us. Describe the difference between a church that focuses on multiplication versus one that focuses on replication.


• What do you first think of when you hear the word 'missionary'? Why? Is that a proper understanding?


• What is the worst thing a church could do to the outside world?