Submitted by Yumi P. of Gracepoint Berkeley Church REFLECTION QUESTIONS Luke 9:1-9 Who are the people in my life to whom I need to be sent in order to preach and heal? The people in my life to whom I need to be sent in order to preach and heal are first the immediate people [...]
Submitted by Jesse K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church REFLECTION QUESTIONS Luke 8:40-48 Why does Jesus want to know who touched him? After the sick woman touches the edge of Jesus’ cloak, he stops and asks, “Who touched me?” By this point in time, the text says that woman was already healed of her bleeding, [...]
Submitted by John C. of Gracepoint Berkeley Church REFLECTION QUESTIONS Luke 8:22-25 Picture Jesus sleeping in the midst of a squall. What is the significance of this picture? As I picture this squall, a storm so big that the boat was being swamped and the disciples were exclaiming with certainty that they are going to drown, [...]
Submitted by Hannah C. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church How does Jesus’ response challenge the world’s view of family? The world’s view of family usually consists of nuclear or extended family. This definition of family is very narrow and fixed as family is something given from birth and cannot be changed. Jesus challenges the world’s view [...]
Submitted by Wilson F. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Luke 8:1-4 Think about those who accompanied Jesus as he went from one town and village to another. What lessons about discipleship does this short description provide? With such succinctness, the phrase, “The Twelve were with him…,” found in verse 1 captures the first and perhaps most important [...]
Here are the DT Packets for January 23rd – 28th, 2012 on Luke 6-7: 1. Luke6-7_DT_Jan23-Jan28_2012_RefQwithText 2. Luke6-7_DT_Jan23-Jan28_2012_SelfStudy 3. Luke6-7_DT_Jan23-Jan28_2012_RefQOnly 4. Luke6-7_DT_Jan23-Jan28_2012_Chinese_RefQwithText 5. Luke6-7_DT_Jan23-Jan28_2012_Chinese_RefQOnly
Submitted by Vanessa O. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church - a truth, wisdom or lesson I need to affirm or apply? One lesson I need to learn again and again that stood out as I read this weeks passages was the lesson of not judging. I often find myself getting frustrated at people and feeling annoyed [...]
Submitted by Frances K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Luke 7:37-38 37 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38 and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his [...]
Submitted by Emily K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church REFLECTION QUESTIONS Luke 7:18 Compare John the Baptist’s expectation of what Christ would do (Luke 3:7-9) with what Jesus ends up doing (Luke 7:21-22). • What might have caused John to question whether Jesus was the ‘one to come’? John the Baptist had been preaching quite passionately [...]
Submitted by Jeff L. From Gracepoint Berkeley Church REFLECTION QUESTIONS Luke 7:4,6 “This man deserves to have you do this…”; “I do not deserve to have you…” What does this contrast in perspective reveal about the elders’ criteria for “deserving” something from God vs. the criteria of this Centurion? The elder’s criteria for “deserving” something [...]