Hold Fast What is Good
- How does one culture/community start feeling superior to another? Why are some cultures/communities looked down upon?
- If all peoples are equal in God's sight, why do some seem more blessed than others? What are evidences of God's blessing upon any group/nation/tribe of people?
- What impels some people to disciple another community?
The Power of Culture on Family
- Why didn't Abraham first consult God regarding Sarah's suggestion of acquiring an heir through Hagar?
- Why did God tolerate Rachel's possession of her father's gods for so long?
- Why didn't God give clear instructions regarding polygamy to the patriarchs and the Israelites?
- Why did God have to move Abraham and his family out of Ur in order to bless them?
- What are some of the hardest changes for a family (or part) to cope with? What makes it hard?
- Which stages of rearing children is the hardest? What makes it hard?
Toward a First-generation Faith
- What does the phrase mean "God has no grandchildren, only children?"
- Why are effects of God's blessings and curses felt up to the third and fourth generation?
- What makes is difficult to transmit faith of fathers to children
Twenty-first-Century Runners
- What is the difference between "gospel" and "message?"
- What made the apostolic church the fervant church that it was? What social behaviour did that inspire?
- What will it take to re-create that spirit among our church members today? Is there anything members can do to foster that spirit, or must we just wait for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?