Faith and Practice – The Gospel Remains Gospel
January 28th, 2009OpenPlease share your response to one of the following with your group:
- What causes you to lose your cool most often?
- In your life, who do you see as an authority in the “gray areas”?
Study
Read Galatians 1.3-7 and discuss the following:
- In what ways does the gospel seem “too good to be true”?
- What do you think is the difference between gospel and tradition?
- How can traditions be good? Bad?
- What additions to the gospel have you seen, heard of, or experienced?
- Why do we have trouble taking the bible as it is and then making our own applications?
- Why are we hesitant to allow others this freedom? (Sunday School vs. Non-Sunday School, etc.)
- In what ways is the gospel NOT a “do your own thing” faith?
Apply
- What is one way that the gospel has changed your life? How does this prove the reality of the gospel to you?
- When have you felt angry/distressed because the truth of the gospel had been distorted? Why did this matter to you? What did you do?
- How do you think we can be disciples of Jesus without being written off as intolerant fanatics?
