Attached our the discussion questions for chapter 7. I know some of them may be "preaching to the choir" but we should always be willing to examine areas that we think we are strong in. I think the questions/quotes concerning leisure are applicable to us all even you anti-sports snobs (just kidding, well kinda).
1.What is one thing you feel so strongly about that you would “pound the table” in a conversation? (Examples: football, paintball, the Christian coalition)
2. Read Acts 2:40-42. Are you devoted to the same things as these believers? Where do you see you can grow?
3. Read the following scriptures and write down what they describe the church as Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:8-11, 21; 5:25-32
4.Are you currently pursuing any career goals or hobbies that compromise your commitment and contribution to the church? Are you pouring time and energy into anything which on an eternal scale is irrelevant?
5.The author states, ” We have tried pointing beyond small groups to the purpose for which they exist- Christ’s glorious Bride, the church.” Is the church at the center or circumference of your affections?
6. Do any of the viruses mentioned seem to effect you in your devotion to the church? What about the following 2 quotes in the leisure virus ?
“The decline of the church is more due to laziness than "wickedness”.
“Leisure tempts us to trade our experience of God for the entertainment of men. It makes us spectators rather than participants in God’s purposes. Leisure subtly persuades us to invest our time not necessarily in evil but in irrelevance."
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