Asking For a 'Friend': Week 1

Sunday April 19, 2020

  1. Do you sense people questioning more during these times?  

    • What kinds of questions are they asking?

    • Any questions you find yourself asking?

  2. Have you ever been afraid to ask a question about Christianity? 

  3. In general, are you more hopeful or skeptical? More prone to believe or doubt? 

  4. Do you allow for doubt in your faith?

  5. Take some time to read the passage aloud - John 20:19-31. 

  6. Dr. Dixon shared about the discombobulation the disciples experienced. What made Thomas’ world so discombobulated? What about Peter’s?

  7. What is making your world so discombobulated?

    • What disappointment, hurt, or confusion are you currently working through? 

    • How do you find yourself responding? 

  8. Share a time when you saw Jesus meet you where you were during a season/moment of discombobulation or doubt. 

  9. Why is it so important that Jesus greets his disciples with the words “peace be with you”? 

  10. When facing hard things, are you more prone to seek comfort in intellectual answers or a listening ear?

  11. How does Jesus’ interaction with Thomas give hope to the doubter?

  12. How does Jesus’ interaction with Peter give hope to the guilty?

  13. Is there anything else from Sunday’s sermon that stuck out to you?

John Buedel