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A Study on Mark 4:21-34

Keith Waters Bible Studies 11th March 201811th March 2018#newconnexions, bible, faithfulness, Jesus, mercy, parable, prayer, scripture, truth 0 Comment

A Study on Mark 4:21-34 based on the sermon The Kingdom of God

Discuss your understanding of the reasons why Jesus began to speak in parables?
Read vs 21-25 In this parable how do you understand the imagery of the lamp and what does this mean for Christians today?
Why is it important for us to “consider carefully what we hear”? What are the consequences of doing or not doing this?
Read vs 26-29 Once the seed (God’s word) has been sown, is that the end of our responsibility? If not, what else can we do to enable the seed to bear fruit?
Read vs 30-34 Consider the size of the church when these words were spoken and how far it has spread in the following centuries.
Discuss what you consider are the greatest threats to church growth today?

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What kind of field are we planting?

Keith Waters Bible Studies 4th March 2018bible, choice, Gospel, Jesus, justice, love, mercy, new connexions, parable, power, scripture, seed, truth 0 Comment

A study on Mark 4:1-20 based on the sermon Sowing the seed of love…

Read the first two verses and discuss how you imagine the scene as Jesus is teaching;
Read the rest of the passage. Why might people not understand the parable?
discuss each of the 4 soil/soul types.
How ought we apply this passage to our own lives?
Spend some time in prayer, seeking the Lord’s leading in our life as a church and His protection, wisdom, boldness and compassion as we’re obedient to Him.

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Where’s Your Baggage Handler?

Keith Waters Bible Studies 18th February 2018bible, calling, communication, discipleship, discipline, following, humility, Jesus, new connexions, truth 0 Comment

A study based on Mark 3:1-15 and based on this sermon: Stretch Out In Faith

What was it about Jesus that really annoyed the Pharisees? Who were the Herodians and why would they be an unlikely ally for the Pharisees?
What did Jesus ask the man with the crippled hand to do? What must we learn from this?
In the sermon we spoke a lot about how we might have surplus baggage. What was meant by surplus baggage and how might it drag us down? How can we help each other deal with it?
Discuss whether we have the authority to drive out demons…
Why is it important for disciples to be willing to leave everything and spend time with Jesus? How might this be a challenge for us?

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Isn’t CS Lewis Great!?

Keith Waters Christian Comment 5th February 2018#newconnexions, communication, cross, discipline, eschatology, faith, Holy Spirit, hope, humility, Jesus, new connexions, power, prayer, redemption, repentance, scripture, second chance, Trinity, truth 0 Comment

Every now and then, in this crazy society we live, I think we need reminding of this:

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronising nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”

C.S. Lewis

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