Keep Them Guessing

Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Matthew 5:31-48. Jesus takes the law deeper and brings our lives higher.

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Questions to keep the conversation going:

Jesus seems to invite us into increasingly difficult acts of living here, how do we find the motivation to begin and to keep going?

How do we know when we are mature like the Scripture says we should be?

What is our hope when we fail to live this way? Does it mean we are out of the Kingdom?

How can Christian community keep us accountable to this Kingdom Ethic?

Satisfied Hearts

Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Matthew 5:21-30. Jesus is the remedy.

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Questions to keep the conversation going:

What are the things that make us angry and why do we hold onto anger?

What do we do with the desires for more that come at us each day?

How can we serve each other in our battle against sin?

In what ways does Jesus satisfy? How can we experience more of this?

New Righteousness

Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Matthew 5:17-20. Jesus fulfills and gives what is necessary.

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Questions to keep the conversation going:

If our salvation is secured by faith in Jesus and not behavior, how does the Law help us now?

What keeps us from experiencing heart transformation in Jesus?

How can the community of believers spur each other on to live under the commands of Jesus?

Why is a new way of life appealing?

Light to be Seen

Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on Matthew 5:13-16. Followers of Jesus are lights in the darkness.

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Questions to keep the conversation going:

Why are we inclined to keep faith personal? What are the dangers of going public?

Why are these good works necessary for God to be glorified?

How do we avoid the corruption of the world as salt in it?

Lights are brighter together. In what ways can we act as a community to "let our light shine?"