Creation, by Justo Gonzalez

Chapter 3 

The Human Creature

1. We often talk about people worrying about the kind of image they portray. How important is image and status in your church? 

2. What is the community’s image of your church? 

3. What kind of reputation does your church have? 

4. How important is a person’s reputation? 

5. What kinds of things damage or bolster a person’s image or reputation? 

6. How can we be God’s representatives in our world? 

7. Share a time when someone represented you or when you represented someone (for example, your family, your business, your friend). 

8. When someone represents you, what do you expect? 

9. Discuss the power of words. What kinds of words are helpful and hurtful? 

10. Share a time when someone told you they loved you. 

11. Think and talk about ways that God shows us God’s love.