It was great to see you all last night and what a special treat it was to have Brook Hale visit us from Mississippi.  That’s right, she flew all the way in from Mississippi just to visit our group last night!  Well, ok, maybe that’s not entirely true.  She did fly all this way to visit her many friends in Vancouver of which we are happy to consider ourselves a part of.

As most of you know, we started in on our next book of the bible, the book of acts.  Last night we read and discussed chapter 1.

For those who are interested these are some of the questions we discussed:

  • v.1 says, "…all that Jesus began to do…" (I put the italics).  Why is it important for us to realize that in the book of Acts and today that Jesus’ story goes on?
  • How should the kind of literature Acts was written as inform us as to how we should read the book?  Moreover, why should readers of Acts be careful not to read it as a "how-to" book for church?
  • v.1 - Where in your life have you seen Theophilus’s (God-fearers in process)?  How can you become a Luke to them?
  • v.3 - What do you think of when you hear the phrase, "Kingdom of God"?
  • How does one’s view of life change when you see the Kingdon of God as "the rule of God in men’s hearts" as opposed to a place (i.e. heaven)?
  • v.3 - Why do you think the resurrection of Jesus was so important to the early believers and to the concept of the Kingdom of God?
  • v.8 - Why is having the Holy Spirit equated with an "Out-There" focus over an "In Here" focus?
  • What does this mean for "church" and the way we do it?
  • Who is your Jerusalem?  Judea?  Samaria?