Author: Keith Waters

If you missed Gordon’s sermon on this passage you can pick it up here.

Readings (Acts 4:32-37; 9:26-31; 11:19-30; 13:1-3; 14:8-20; 15:36-41)

1. From these passages, discuss the type of person Barnabas must have been. What things stand out about Barnabas? 
2. What are the ways Barnabas lived up to his nickname, “son of encouragement,” and in what ways did this affect the other people in his life? 
3. Why is Barnabas significant in the life of Paul and subsequently in the Gentile mission? 
4. Although the text doesn’t go into detail, what do you think the source of disagreement was over John who was also called Mark? What does this say about Barnabas?  
5. List some specific ways you/we could incorporate some of the lessons we learn from Barnabas.

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If you missed the sermon on this passage you can pick it up here.

1. What are your first thoughts on reading this account?
2. Does your family background have a lasting effect on your approach to life?
3. As a group: list all the positive reasons why you think God chose Jephthah and then all of the negative reasons that might have put you off from choosing him to lead?
4. Talk through Jephthah’s vow. From the point of him making it, was that good or bad? Also what was the outcome?
5. Where are the main areas of application for us in this passage?

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