Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. John 19:16-22 Questions for Life Groups Read John 19:16-22. What comes to mind as you read this text? Who is guilty in this story? Read the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled The Governor. What are some...
Judas went off and spoke with the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guard about how he could betray Jesus to them. Luke 22:3-6 Questions for Life Groups Read Luke 22:3-6. What are some of the emotions that you feel when reading this text? Read the article...
Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. Luke 4:20-23 Questions for Life Groups Read Luke 4:16-30. Is this a familiar story? What do you suppose the people turned against Jesus? Read the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled The Neighbors. Who...
When Herod realized that the visitors from the East had tricked him, he was furious. Matthew 2:16-18 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 2:16-18. Is this a familiar story? What do you suppose Matthew included this story in his gospel? Read the article in this...
Jesus said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent…The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against Jesus and plotted how to destroy Him. Mark 3:1-6 Questions for Life...
For our Who Dunnit? series, we’ll use The Friends and Foes of Jesus for a companion book by Dr. Peter DeHaan. In this series, we will learn about the people who wanted Jesus dead, and we will discover that God is calling us still to resist the powers that conspired to...
The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were afraid of the people, and so they were trying to find a way of putting Jesus to death secretly. Luke 21:37-22:2 Questions for Life Groups Read Luke 21:37-22:2. What do you suppose Jesus was saying to the people that...
The water I will give them will become a spring, giving them life-giving water and eternal life. John 4:3-29, 39-42 Questions for Life Groups Read John 4:3-29, 39-42. Imagine yourself in the story finding Jesus waiting for you at the well (or water cooler) and asking...
If you want to, you can make me clean! Jesus reached out and touched him. Be clean! At once, the disease left the man. Luke 5:12-16 Questions for Life Groups Read Luke 5:12-16. Imagine yourself in the crowd with Jesus. What emotions might you be feeling as the man...
Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. Many tax collectors and other outcasts followed Him, joining Jesus and His disciples at the table. Mark 2:13-17 Questions for Life Groups Read Mark 2:13-17. As you read this story, do you relate more to the tax collectors, the...