Read Deuteronomy 7:1-5 out loud. What is your honest first reaction to these verses? Where does the difficulty sit for you — and does it change anything to notice that verse 5 aims the commands at altars and images rather than at people? In verse 7, God tells Israel...
In the Shema, “hearing” includes responding and obeying. Where is there currently a gap between something you know God has said and the way you are living? What vision of the “good life” does our culture most strongly invite you to pursue? What habits or routines are...
Read Deuteronomy 5:1-6 together. Moses tells this generation that the covenant was made with them, not their parents — even though their parents were the ones at the mountain. Why do you think he says it that way? Where do you find yourself relating to God based on...
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Scott opened with the phrase he has said to his son Chase — “I am jealous for your time.” Have you ever felt someone being jealous FOR you (rather than of you)? What did it feel like? What made it different from jealousy in...
