Episodes
Monday May 01, 2023
Ruth 3:8-4
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Questions
- What do you think are differences between why Naomi’s apparently self concocted solution to her situation (Ruth to present herself to Boaz at the threshing floor) was blessed by God and positively furthered his story while Abraham and Sara’s self concocted plan to further their family line through Hagar was NOT?
2. How does Ruth and Boaz’s generous interpretation of the law
foreshadow Jesus’ teaching of the Beatitudes?
3. In what ways does this kind of rule breaking help you imagine the endless possibilities to the greatest command to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart soul and mind and to love your neighbor as yourself”?
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Ruth 3
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Questions
- Can you recall a time of emerging from a deep spiritual darkness? Was it a sudden awareness or gradual? To whom and how did you express that you saw that God was still at work?
- What do you think are some of the lessons we are intended to learn from this story? Does aspects of the story make you uncomfortable? Why or why not?
- What are areas of my life where I need to be bolder, more of a risk taker?
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Hesed God’s relentless tenderness
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Questions
1. What made Ruth’s decision (1:16-17) so radical?
2. Read Ps. 13 where is hesed present and how does it change David’s perspective?
3. Describe a time in your own life that spoke God’s hesed for you.
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Ruth 1:6-22
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Questions
- “I shall look at the world through tears.Perhaps I shall see things that dry- eyed I could not see.” Share about something you have been able to see through tears that you couldn’t or didn’t see dry-eyed.
- Describe a time in your life where you shared Naomi’s view of God?
- Did you feel encouraged or discouraged by those around you when you were wrestling with God’s goodness or apparent lack there of?
- As a friend of a struggler, what is your worry or fear when being engaged in these hard conversations? What can we consider and do to be better support to the strugglers?
Monday Mar 13, 2023
The Pain of Patriarchy Ruth 1:1-5
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Questions
- In what ways has patriarchy touched and influenced your life and your thinking?
- How does viewing the book of Ruth as the story of Naomi, a female Job, contrast with how you previously viewed the story or heard it taught?
- Why do you think the subject of God inevitably come up when we are going through difficult circumstances or experiencing loss?
- How do your own struggles and losses shape your view of God?
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Esther Week 6
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
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Peripety: a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances
Questions:
How has studying the book of Esther challenged your understanding of God and how he works in the world? Can you point to where in your life he has worked for your good through his providence?
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Esther Week 5
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Questions
Briefly share with your group the firt time you were called to identify with the people of God. How are you called on daily or a weekly basis to identify with the people of God?
Where does your idea of what it means to be a godly woman come from? Is that consistent with the qualities you see displayed by woman in the Bible? How might their story challenge your own thinking?
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Esther Week 4
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Questions:
Are you in a time of calm or turbulence? What things are you doing in the calm to be ready for what is ahead? How has past preparation served you well?
How do you handle injustice (in the world largely and in your own personal life)? Are you willing to let God right wrongs in his own time and way, or do you fight for resolution yourself? How can we fight injustice while still trusting God to fight for us?
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Esther Week Three
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Questions:
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Do you find yourself identifying closely with Vashti? How about Esther? How do your modern sensibilities influence the way you interpret their actions?
Esther is a book that highlights the providence of God. How should knowledge of the providence of God impact the way you live your life? Does it change the way you view your own decision making? Are there things you need to “trust to the Lord” and move on from?
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Esther ch.1
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Questions:
Can you identify any areas in your own life where you blindly follow the ways of Empire? What does this reveal about your heart and how does your acknowledgment of those help motivate behavior change?
When viewed against the allure of Empire, is our church body offering an attractive alternative to our generation and the next? How can we do this better?