Group Discussion Guide
Storyline, Part 2
This guide is designed to help your group create a space for genuine connection and conversation within your discussion time. Don't feel pressured to address every question each week. Instead, allow the Holy Spirit to guide you as you lead your group in uncovering what God intends to communicate during your time together.
This guide comprises three sections: Loving, Learning, and Living. Each section aims to steer your conversation towards meaningful discussions about spiritual growth as individuals and as members of the body of Christ.
This guide comprises three sections: Loving, Learning, and Living. Each section aims to steer your conversation towards meaningful discussions about spiritual growth as individuals and as members of the body of Christ.
LOVING
First moments together as a group to connect and pray (approx. 10-15 min).
Open with prayer and invite God to be part of your conversation and relationship.
- How have you seen God at work in your life since the last time we met?
- What has been one high and one low since the last time we met?
- How did you do with living out what we talked about last time we met?
Open with prayer and invite God to be part of your conversation and relationship.
LEARNING
The majority of the group discussion is devoted to open dialogue, reflecting on God’s Word and its personal application to each of our lives (approx. 60-75 min).
Scripture References from Message: Genesis 4-9
Big Idea from Message: Sin always over-promises and under-delivers. It takes us further than we ever wanted to go, faster than we ever intended to get there.
The story of Cain and Abel might be a familiar one to many of us. But, was there anything about the story that stood out to you in a new and fresh way this time than before? How has sin impacted the dynamics in your own family?
Pastor Tyler mentioned how from brokenness, sin’s effects continue to spiral more out of control. What comes to mind when you think of the way sin seems to escalate in destruction and even escalate our own proclivity and behavior towards it?
In the flood story with Noah, on the surface, it can sometimes feel challenging to reconcile a loving, compassionate, and kind God who cares for His good creation, when there’s so much death and destruction on God’s part in the story. But if we zoom out a bit, we actually see that maybe the point of the story is that while God could have destroyed everyone and everything, God instead chose to start over the human project, while still using imperfect people to do so. What does this story tell us about how God really views humanity? In what ways does the revelation of Jesus shed new light on how we understand this ancient story?
In the message, Pastor Tyler remarked how sin makes God’s goodness start to become unrecognizable. What are some ways we can keep ourselves from falling victim to this? How can we keep the goodness of God front and center in our lives?
God confused the language of people in the Tower of Babel story because they became unified against God’s original instruction to be fruitful and multiply, and spread across the earth as faithful stewards of God’s good creation. Are there any places in your life where you are actively working against God’s plans? How can your group lovingly help you realign with God’s vision for you in the world?
Scripture References from Message: Genesis 4-9
Big Idea from Message: Sin always over-promises and under-delivers. It takes us further than we ever wanted to go, faster than we ever intended to get there.
The story of Cain and Abel might be a familiar one to many of us. But, was there anything about the story that stood out to you in a new and fresh way this time than before? How has sin impacted the dynamics in your own family?
Pastor Tyler mentioned how from brokenness, sin’s effects continue to spiral more out of control. What comes to mind when you think of the way sin seems to escalate in destruction and even escalate our own proclivity and behavior towards it?
In the flood story with Noah, on the surface, it can sometimes feel challenging to reconcile a loving, compassionate, and kind God who cares for His good creation, when there’s so much death and destruction on God’s part in the story. But if we zoom out a bit, we actually see that maybe the point of the story is that while God could have destroyed everyone and everything, God instead chose to start over the human project, while still using imperfect people to do so. What does this story tell us about how God really views humanity? In what ways does the revelation of Jesus shed new light on how we understand this ancient story?
In the message, Pastor Tyler remarked how sin makes God’s goodness start to become unrecognizable. What are some ways we can keep ourselves from falling victim to this? How can we keep the goodness of God front and center in our lives?
God confused the language of people in the Tower of Babel story because they became unified against God’s original instruction to be fruitful and multiply, and spread across the earth as faithful stewards of God’s good creation. Are there any places in your life where you are actively working against God’s plans? How can your group lovingly help you realign with God’s vision for you in the world?
LIVING
The challenge for the week ahead is to grow in our faith and lovingly hold each other accountable through the community.
Take inventory of how sin is escalating, corrupting your view of God’s goodness, or distorting your God-given purpose. Read 1 Corinthians 10:13 and pray for help! Reach out to your group for help and accountability.
Take inventory of how sin is escalating, corrupting your view of God’s goodness, or distorting your God-given purpose. Read 1 Corinthians 10:13 and pray for help! Reach out to your group for help and accountability.