Session 6 Discussion Questions - Life Wins
1. Why do you think people got upset when Jesus proclaimed the coming kingdom of God? Should we be upset about it today? Why or why not?
2. Jesus' parable in Matthew 20:1-16 seems to suggest that in God's kingdom we are all treeated as equals - not in terms of what we deserve or what we earn, but simplhy in terms of how much God loves each and all of us. Is that problematic, comforting, both, or something else?
3. Why is it so important that someone who says, "I love you," also knows you? Woyuld you trust someone's, "I love you," if you were hiding something? What is hard about letting someone really know us?
Read Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
4. Do you think that the younger brother is truly repentant, or is he merely rehearsing a speech that he believes will at least get him back into his father's household? Does it matter?
5. Can we go through life living like the father does, just forgiving everything? Do we ever need to be older brothers? How do we redoncile the differing reactions of the father and the older brother to the younger brother's return?
6. How does this parable help us to understand what is going on in Jesus' cross and resurreciton?
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