Sermon Text: Deuteronomy 18 Outline: Faith Sight Word Reflection Questions: How has God forced you to live by faith? Fill in the blank: “When it comes to ____________ I dislike living by faith.” Why? What would you say are the modern day equivalents of divination, fortune-telling, omen-interpretation, sorcery, mediums, and/or necromancers? Where do you not […]

Sermon Text: Deuteronomy 16:1-17 Outline: Free Full Faith Reflection Questions: Has God truly set you free? If so, how do you most frequently make use of your freedom? Read Matthew 7:5 and 1 Timothy 1:15 and then come up with one action item consistent with this teaching of Jesus, and the honesty of Paul. When […]

Sermon Text: Deuteronomy 14 Outline: Sons (vv.1-2) Surrounded (vv.1-21) Sold Out (vv.22-29) Reflection Questions: What’s your understanding of “holiness”? Is it primarily about God’s choice to adopt you as a son OR your performance, behavior, and life choices? In short, is holiness achievement-oriented or agreement-oriented? Who, or what, do you delight to obey? What things […]

Sermon Text: Deuteronomy 13 Outline: Curb Appeal (vv.1-5) Cherished People (vv.6-11) Culture (vv.12-18) Reflection Questions: What entices you away from Jesus? …What accelerates you toward Jesus? Read Genesis 22, imaginatively inhabit the experience of Abraham, and ask yourself, “What would I have done?” Read 1 Corinthians 5, and then respond to why is, or why […]