Bible Study

Don't just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon:

.

Sermon Outline

• What story do we belong to?


• What does this story claim about us?


• What does this story require of us?

Sermon Questions

1. In your small group or on your own, rehearse the story of everything. What are its major movements, the "acts" in the biblical drama?


2. Sam said that there is a pattern and a point to the biblical story. What were they?


3. How do we see the appetite for power — expressed both among religious and irreligious people, especially amongst ourselves, corporately and individually — today?


4. Are you a mountain or a valley? What challenge did you take away from encountering John the Baptist?

Resources Consulted

• Alasdair Macintyre, "The Virtues, the Unity of a Human Life and the Concept of a Tradition," in After Virtue (Bloomsbury Academic, 2007), 237–61


• C. Kavin Rowe, Christianity's Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope (Abingdon, 2020)


• Lesslie Newbigin, "The Bible: God's Story and Ours," Reform (Jan. 7, 1990)


• Christopher J.H. Wright, Great Story, Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission (Baker Academic, 2024)


• "Refugee," by Malcom Guite

Questions?

Do you have a question about today's sermon? Email Sam Fornecker (

).