May 13, 2010

READ: Acts 9:32 ; 2 Corinthians 1:1
OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS:

• Who is Luke writing about and Paul writing to?

May 12, 2010

READ: Ephesians 4 : 4-6
OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS:

• The term “catholic” in the Apostles’ Creed does not refer to the Roman Catholic Church, but rather to the idea that the church is a universal church…open to everyone.  How does that concept show itself in this passage?

May 11, 2010

READ: Acts 10 : 34-35; 1 Cor. 1 : 1-3
OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS:

• What aspects of these passages correlate with each other?  In the Acts passage, who was being addressed?  (You may need to read the broader context to learn this.)  What was the significance of who Peter was speaking to here as it relates to “the catholic (universal) church”?

May 10, 2010

READ: Romans 12:2
OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS:

• What does it mean to offer your body as a living sacrifice?  How can you not be conformed to the pattern of this world?