Date: 3 Oct 2012

Passage: 1 Peter 2:11-12

How does Peter’s readers’ new status of with God influence the way they live (vv11-12)?

Date: 2 Oct 2012

Passage: 1 Peter 2:9-10

How would you re-word in practical terms what Peter meant by his pictures in vv5 and 9?  In what ways would it be difficult for Peter’s readers to think of themselves in these terms?

Date: 1 Oct 2012

Passage: 1 Peter 2:4-8

How is Christ a living Stone?  Why would people stumble over the Stone rather than build their lives on it?   

Date: 29 Sep 2012

Passage: Galatians 3:26-29

How would you use this passage with someone who thinks that keeping the Golden Rule or the Ten Commandments is enough to get by with God?

Date: 28 Sep 2012

Passage: Galatians 3:26-29

Paul’s logic may seem obscure or irreverent today. How would you clarify Paul’s argument for someone who could care less about such fine distinctions?       

Date: 27 Sep 2012

Passage: Galatians 3:22-25

How does Christ change all this legalism?  Why then would anyone go back to the law?