Posts with the category “sermon-study-guides”
John 13:31-38 Study Guide: Known By Your Love
March 29th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — Known by Your LoeJohn 13:31-38Study Information:How do people know that you’re a follower of Jesus? We’re told by Jesus in at least two places that “people will know you’... Read More
John 13:21-30 Study Guide: The Betrayer and the Beloved Disciple
March 22nd, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — The Betrayer and the Beloved DiscipleJohn 13:21-30Study Information:Jesus knows what it was like to be betrayed by a close friend. John 31:18 sees this betrayal is a fulf... Read More
John 13:1-20 Study Guide: Serving One Another
March 14th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — Serving One AnotherJohn 13:1-20Study Information:Have you had someone wash your feet before? It is really awkward and humbling, especially if you’re seated in a chair and... Read More
John 12:27-43 Study Guide: Refusing to See Jesus
March 8th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — Refusing to See JesusJohn 12:27-43Study Information:How did Jesus, in his human nature, feel about the cross? We can read passages like Hebrews 12:3 that tells us that “f... Read More
Matthew 28:18-20 Study Guide: The Great Comfort of the Great Commission
February 15th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — The Great Comfort of the Great CommissionMatthew 28:20Study Information:Imagine being one of Jesus disciples while he was present on earth. You had an opportunity to see ... Read More
John 12:12-19 Study Guide: The Triumphal Entry or \"A New Kind of King\"
February 9th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — The Triumphal Entry (or, A New Kind of King)John 12:12-19Study Information:What comes to mind when you think about a king? Not many of us have lived in a government run b... Read More
John 12:1-11 Study Guide: Costly Worship
February 1st, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — Costly WorshipJohn 12:1-11Study Information:Our text of scripture gives us contrasting pictures among people who were called Jesus’ followers. Mary demonstrated costly wo... Read More
John 11:45-57 Study Guide: Under Pressure
January 26th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — Under PressureJohn 11:45-57Study Information:You would think that the people who witnessed Lazarus being raised from the dead would have left with a stronger faith and tr... Read More
John 11:28-44 Study Guide: I am the Resurrection and the Life Part 2: The Love of God in the Face of Death
January 18th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — I am the Resurrection and the Life Part 2: the Love of God John 11:28-44Study Information:During times of personal suffering and sorrow it can be tempting to question if ... Read More
John 11:1-27 Study Guide: I Am the Resurrection and the Life
January 11th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — I am the Resurrection and the LifeJohn 11:1-27Study Information:The problem of pain is something that everyone has to deal with. The problem of pain is: if God is loving ... Read More
John 10:31-42 Study Guide: The Works of God
January 4th, 2023
Community Group Study Guide — The Works of GodJohn 10:31-42Study Information:You can know a lot about someone by what they actually do. People's actions show us what they are actually like; does someo... Read More
Luke 1:26-45 Study Guide: What did Mary Know?
November 30th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — What Did Mary Know?Luke 1:26-45Study Information:Core to being human is having a sense of wonder and awe. We are created to be amazed and that will often lead us towards ... Read More
Jonah 4 Study Guide: Anger with God
November 23rd, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Anger with GodJonah 4:1-11Study Information:In our last study guide we got to witness massive repentance on a scale that we’re not used to seeing. Nineveh repented of the... Read More
Jonah 3 Study Guide: The God of Second Chances
November 16th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — The God of Second ChancesJonah 3:1-10Study Information:Are there people who have gone so far that they cannot be redeemed? In the Jonah story we saw how Jonah fled from G... Read More
Jonah 2 Study Guide: Salvation Belongs to the Lord
November 9th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Salvation Belongs to the LordJonah 2:1-10Study Information:Where do the people of God turn in times of distress? In our previous study guide we met Jonah and learned abou... Read More
Jonah 1 Study Guide: Defiance and Discipline
November 2nd, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Defiance and DisciplineJonah 1Study Information:The book of Jonah is one of the most fascinating books in the Bible. God lays out a hard truth for us in the form of this ... Read More
John 10:22-42 Study Guide: Safe in the Father\'s Hand
October 26th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Secure in the Father’s HandJohn 10:22-42Study Information:The identity of Jesus as the Good Shepherd gives hope to weary Christians. We explored in our last study guide h... Read More
John 10:1-21 Study Guide: The Good Shepherd
October 19th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — The Good ShepherdJohn 10:1-21Study Information:The kind of relationship Jesus desires to have with his people is one that is familiar, personal and leads to abundant life... Read More
John 9:1-41 Study Guide: Sight Restored
October 12th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Sight to the BlindJohn 9:1-41Study Information:When evil and suffering hit us in a personal way we ask the question, “why us?” We know the world is marked by the effects ... Read More
John 8:48-59 Study Guide: Before Abraham Was, \"I am\"
October 5th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Before Abraham Was, “I Am”John 8:48-59Study Information:Jesus offers his followers a father-child relationship with God. John opened the gospel with that truth when he wr... Read More
John 8:31-47 Study Guide: The Truth Will Set You Free
September 22nd, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — The Truth Will Set You FreeJohn 8:31-47Study Information:Jesus makes one of his most famous statements from the Gospel of John, “you will know the truth, and the truth wi... Read More
John 8:12-30 Study Guide: I am the Light of the World
September 15th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — The Light of the WorldJohn 8:12-30Study Information:John 8:12-59 continues the themes around the Feast of Tabernacles that we learned about in John 7. The people of God w... Read More
John 8:1-11 Study Guide: Merciful God
September 7th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Merciful GodJohn 8:1-11Study Information:The text of John shifts away from the Feast of Tabernacles, briefly, at the beginning of John chapter 8. You may notice in your ... Read More
John 7:37-39 Study Guide: What's the Deal with Jesus? Part 3: Sending the Spirit
August 31st, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — What’s the Deal with Jesus? Part 3 - Sending the SpiritJohn 7:37-39Study Information:Over the last two study guides we’ve been exploring Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles... Read More
John 7:14-24 Study Guide What's the Deal with Jesus? Part 2: The Truth from God
August 24th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — What’s the Deal with Jesus? Part 2 - The Truth from GodJohn 7:2, 14-24Study Information:The people of God had various feast and festivals throughout the year to remind th... Read More
John 7:1-13, 40-52 Study Guide: What's the Deal with Jesus? Part 1: Is He the Christ?
August 17th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — What’s the Deal with Jesus? Part 1 - Is He The Christ?John 7:1-13, 25-27, 31, 40-52Study Information:At this point in the gospel of John, Jesus has been ministering publi... Read More
John 6:60-71 Study Guide: Where Else Would We Go?
August 10th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Where Else Would We Go?John 6:60-71Study Information:Jesus desires that we find our life in him and know that he alone has the Words of Eternal Life. Over the last few st... Read More
John 6:41-59 Study Guide: Jesus Addresses the Skeptics
August 4th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Jesus Addresses the SkepticsJohn 6:41-59Study Information:We have been looking at Jesus’ words in John 6 about being the Bread of Life over the last few study guides. Jes... Read More
John 6:22-40 Study Guide: I am the Bread of Life
July 28th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — I am the Bread of LifeJohn 6:22-40Study Information:In our last section we learned that the crowd was following Jesus because they saw the signs he did with healing the s... Read More
John 6:1-21 Study Guide: Satisfied
July 21st, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — SatisfiedJohn 6:1-21Study Information:One of the most interesting groups of people in the gospels are "the crowds” that follow Jesus. The gospel writers usually tell us w... Read More
John 5:30-47 Study Guide: The Scriptures Point to Me
July 14th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — The Scriptures Point to MeJohn 5:30-47Study Information:Jesus continues his discussion with the pharisees who earlier criticized him for breaking the sabbath and making h... Read More
John 5:19-29 Study Guide: Jesus Gives Life
July 7th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Jesus Gives LifeJohn 5:19-29Study Information:In our passage Jesus addresses the hostile crowd of the pharisees and describes his relationship with God the Father. He was... Read More
John 5:1-18 Study Guide: Do You Want to be Healed?
June 30th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Do You Want to be Healed?John 5:1-18Study Information:Jesus went to a place that was a common gathering place for people with physical issues looking to be healed. This c... Read More
John 4:46-54 Study Guide: In Need of a Miracle
June 23rd, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — In Need of a MiracleJohn 4:46-54Study Information:We learn in our text that some people do need to see God’s active work to believe and what we see in this text is that G... Read More
John 4:1-45 Study Guide: Living Water
June 8th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Living Water - John 4 Parts 1 and 2John 4:1-45Main idea: Jesus is a gift from God as living water for eternal life. In our passage he offers relationship with the woman a... Read More
John 3:22-36 Study Guide: He Must Increase, I Must Decrease
June 2nd, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — I Must DecreaseJohn 3:22-36Main idea: John the baptist’s role was to point to Christ as Jesus increased and John decreased. Humility happens when we know who God is and w... Read More
John 3:14-21 Study Guide: Jesus High and Lifted Up
May 26th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Jesus High and Lifted UpJohn 3:14-21Main idea: God shows his love for us that while we were still sinners he sent his son into the world to save and not condemn. This cal... Read More
John 3:1-15 Study Guide: Born From Above
May 19th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Born From AboveJohn 3:1-15Main idea: God brings people into his kingdom by making them spiritually new. This is an act of the Holy Spirit as one looks to Jesus in faith. ... Read More
John 2:13-25 Study Guide: Clearing Out the Temple
May 10th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — Cleansing the TempleJohn 2:13-25Main idea: The temple of God was a place where heaven and earth overlapped in the Jewish mind. They’d offer sacrifice and prayer as they g... Read More
Gideon Week 3 Study Guide: With Great Power
May 4th, 2022
Community Group Study Guide — With Great PowerJudges 7:24-8:35Main Idea:God accomplished his victory through Gideon and the people of Israel but we are left wondering what just happened as Gideon does... Read More