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Talk It Over – Presence

Can you identify with any of the examples that Carl gave—in other words, compulsions to check your phone, social media, texts, etc.? Can you think of a time when you observed this “distracted” behavior in someone else and it really bothered you? How did it…
Commonway Church
January 9, 2017
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Talk It Over – The Thrill of Hope, Pt. 3

Read Matthew 1.18-25. Then read Isaiah 7.13-14. Matthew wanted his readers (and us) to see something. No matter your understanding of Old Testament stories, why do you think it’s important to connect the Christmas story to the Old Testament Israelites? In a very broad overview,…
Commonway Church
December 20, 2016
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Talk It Over, The Thrill of Hope, Pt. 2

Salvation in its ordinary sense just means: rescue, deliverance, protection, help. Savior is the individual who does the rescuing (like firefighter rescuing someone from a burning building).  Does anyone have a story of either themselves or someone they know being “saved” in a dramatic way…
Commonway Church
December 12, 2016
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Talk It Over – How Do We Grow, Pt. 4

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-25 Luke 6:43-45 Philippians 2:12-13 We all have desires that we need to have fulfilled - security, peace, contentment, significance, connection, and wholeness. Are these desires good? If so, then why does the pursuit of these desires go so wrong so often? When…
Commonway Church
November 21, 2016
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Talk It Over – How Do We Grow, Pt. 3

Read Matthew 5:20 What do you think Jesus meant by this? (Hint: if you get stuck, how did the Pharisees tend to define their “righteousness.”)  Why is it important for us to know what Jesus meant by this statement? In other words, what is Jesus…
Commonway Church
November 14, 2016
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Talk It Over – How Do We Grow, Pt. 1

Cliff and the awesome worship team led us in a new song that included the words,“Let Your love come in Like a rushing wind Saturate my heart and soul again.” From Cliff’s gleanings, he asked the following question: Why don’t we readily step in and experience Jesus the Christ?…
Commonway Church
October 31, 2016
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Talk it Over – Avoiding Election Infection

“Avoiding Election Infection” (message by Andy Stanley) Intro: Politics can so color the way we see the world that we’re left wondering if someone could hold political beliefs different from our own and still follow Jesus. How would our outlooks change if we filtered our…
Commonway Church
October 23, 2016
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Talk It Over – Don’t Quit Now

Scriptures: Psalm 73:2 (to set up the idea of giving up), Galatians 6:9, I Corinthians 15:58 Fun question to get started:  Can anyone share about a time (like maybe when you were a kid) when you quit something that you perhaps now regret?  In your…
Commonway Church
October 18, 2016