Was there anyone who had been very helpful to you when you were young and enthusiastic about the faith?  How did this person help?  Who could you be helping now?  How?

If you are called to overseas mission, would you seek financial support or would you become a self-supporting “tentmaker”?  Why?

Paul used idols and Greek poetry as points of contact with the Athenians and the gospel.  How can you use films, TV shows, books, music, etc., as a way to relate the gospel more effectively to others today?     

What can we learn from the Bereans (v11)?  In terms of time, consistency and intensity, how would you rate your study of the Bible? 

What can you learn from Paul and Silas’ examples about knowing peace and joy even as you encounter difficult times (v25 cf. v37)?  What can we learn from them in furthering the course of the gospel?  

What can we learn regarding the Holy Spirit’s guidance in our lives from His forbidding of Paul and Silas into Asia and Bithynia and giving the vision at Troas (v9)?

How was Paul and Barnabas’ experience in Iconium similar and different from their experience in Antioch?  What was the purpose of signs and wonders here (and also 6:8)?

From the debate, the circular letter to the churches and the way it was delivered, what do you learnt about handling differences?  How can vv30-33 be a model for unity within diversity among Christians?        

What is the significance of the council’s decision in the light of 1:8?  Why were the conditions in v20 added (cf. 1 Corinthians 8)?

What does the difference between Paul’s sermon (13:17-41) and his speech (14:15-17) teach you about sharing your faith with various groups of people?