Then I remembered our blog! So I have started a post based on the HC questions. For those who wish to respond, you may do so. The rest can "eavesdrop" or listen in as the discussion develops and can chime in whenever they get inspired enough or mad enough to say something. :)
Part 3: From the Field to the Party
Our life-long nostalgia, our longing to be reunited with something in the universe from which we feel cut off, to be on the inside of some door which we have always seen from the outside, is no mere neurotic fancy, but the truest index of our real situation.
– C.S. LewisI thought Christa had a good assessment of the brothers...
Younger Brother = self-indulgence; Older Brother = self-sufficiency.
Here's couple of Qs off the HC sheet that I thought we should start in on. Anyone want to be first? Don't be bashful!!
Look to the Book…
After reading the parable again from Luke 15:11-32.......
What similarities does the younger brother have with the older brother? What are their differences?
How does the Father deal with his two sons the same/differently?
3. The younger brother comes to the end of himself and enjoys the embrace of his Father.
What issues does the older brother have to overcome in order to come to the end of himself?
What is the older brother losing out on if he doesn't join the party?
5. Read 1 John 3:1 and Galatians 3:26-4:7.
How do these passages describe our identity (what it is and what it isn’t)?
What parts of your identity do you cling too tightly to?
How does this get in the way of following Jesus?
How you can support each other?
