Why do we hurt people we loved?
From Fracture to Friendship
From Slave to Son
From Comparison to Complement
From Friction to Forgiveness
From Rancour to Restoration
From Fracture to Friendship
- Since Paul's criticism of Mark was not for personal reasons but for mission, did he need to apologise?
- Would you rather travel with Paul or Barnabas? What can people do to make themselves better friends and companions?
- How do we restore relationships when someone thinks we have wronged them but whom we do not feel we have wronged?
From Slave to Son
- Is relationships more important than social justice? How do we explain Paul sending a runaway slave back to his master, Paul's friend?
- Did the apostles avoid combatting slavery because being a desired institution, fighting it might have put barriers in the way of their witness? Does the spread of the gospel override social justice for an individual?
From Comparison to Complement
- Why does the church struggle with poor relationships with many independent ministries when we are all doing God's work?
- What should I do if I find myself jealous of another person? Is envy the same as jealousy?
- Is it okay to be envy someone good?
- What should you do if someone is jealous of you?
From Friction to Forgiveness
- Is it okay to ask forgiveness from one you do not feel you have wronged but who feels you have wronged, just to restore the relationship?
- If I cannot forget does it mean I have not forgiven?
- If I forgive one who has not asked forgiveness, is he or she forgiven?
- If I refuse to forgive one who has asked for forgiveness, can that person be forgiven?
From Rancour to Restoration
- What is the advantage of taking two or three people with you when you go to confront a person, over going alone? Why does Jesus counsel going alone first?
- When all the options Jesus recommended are exhausted, is taking a church member justifiable? Why or why not? What about a neighbour who is not a Christian?
