Week 4: A People Who Grieve With Hope

Week 4: A People Who Grieve With Hope

Competing stories of the future- We talked about two common ways people imagine the future—the fear that everything is falling apart, and the belief that progress will eventually fix everything. Which of those do you find yourself leaning toward more, and how does...
Week 4: A People Who Grieve With Hope

Week 3 – A People Who Live Differently

Questions: What spiritual practices do you currently have in place to help you listen to and hear from God’s Spirit, both personally and in community? How does Paul’s correction at the church of Thessalonica as it relates to sexual immorality impact you?...
Week 4: A People Who Grieve With Hope

Week 2 – A People Shaped by Their Shepherd

1 Thessalonians 2 Paul says he shared “not only the gospel of God but our own lives as well.” What does it look like in a practical sense to share your life (not just beliefs) with others? Where do you see that happening—or not happening—in your relationships? The...
Week 4: A People Who Grieve With Hope

Week 1 — A People Who Know They Are Chosen

Paul says the gospel came to the Thessalonians not “in word only” but in power and in the Holy Spirit. Think about your own experience of faith — was there a moment when it moved from something you believed intellectually to something that felt genuinely real and...