Jun 15, 2025
What Can We Learn from Paul’s Ministry To-Do List? – Romans 15:14-33
By: Ben Lairamore
Series: Romans
Questions for Discussion & Application
  1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
  2. In what way can you personally learn from the Apostle Paul’s ministry to-do list?
  3. What kinds of things might a church or ministry wrongly aim for if the aim is not to produce a people who are sanctified by the Holy Spirit?
  4. How can we prioritize the need for missionary work to be done where Christ has not yet been named?
  5. What personal desires or preferences might the Lord want to take a back seat to the gospel needs that are before you?
  6. What actions of love might the Lord lead you to do in order to pursue and protect unity in our own church family?
  7. What things do we need to be striving for together in prayer? How can you grow in this?
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  • Jun 15, 2025What Can We Learn from Paul’s Ministry To-Do List? – Romans 15:14-33
    Jun 15, 2025
    What Can We Learn from Paul’s Ministry To-Do List? – Romans 15:14-33
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. In what way can you personally learn from the Apostle Paul’s ministry to-do list?
    3. What kinds of things might a church or ministry wrongly aim for if the aim is not to produce a people who are sanctified by the Holy Spirit?
    4. How can we prioritize the need for missionary work to be done where Christ has not yet been named?
    5. What personal desires or preferences might the Lord want to take a back seat to the gospel needs that are before you?
    6. What actions of love might the Lord lead you to do in order to pursue and protect unity in our own church family?
    7. What things do we need to be striving for together in prayer? How can you grow in this?
  • Jun 8, 2025Reasons to NOT Eat Meat – Romans 14:13-15:13
    Jun 8, 2025
    Reasons to NOT Eat Meat – Romans 14:13-15:13
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How could something that you feel the freedom to enjoy actually cause your brother to stumble?
    3. What examples can you give of such freedoms?
    4. Read Romans 14:19; why is this verse a good filter for the many decisions we face in church life? How is this verse countercultural?
    5. Read Romans 15:5-6; what is the substance of Paul’s prayer in these verses? How can we pray this prayer for our own church family and seek to live this out?
    6. In Romans 15:7, what motivates us to accept one another?
    7. In Romans 15:9-12, what scriptures does Paul list? Why does Paul mention all of these passages from the Old Testament?      
  • Jun 1, 2025Acceptable Differences – Romans 14:1-12
    Jun 1, 2025
    Acceptable Differences – Romans 14:1-12
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. What is the difference between the weak and strong Christians in our passage?
    3. Do you relate more to the weak or strong Christians? Why? 
    4. What are some examples today where Christians may disagree over non-essential concerns?
    5. How can we discern if something is essential to agree upon or not?
    6. Why is it so important that we accept one another without quarreling and judgement despite disagreeing on a non-essential matter?
    7. Do you need to let go of judging or despising a fellow Christian with whom you disagree over a non-essential concern?  
  • May 25, 2025Wake Up! – Romans 13:11-14
    May 25, 2025
    Wake Up! – Romans 13:11-14
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. What sleep are we to wake from? What does this mean?
    3. What is the motivation for us to “wake from sleep”?
    4. What specific works of darkness are we to cast off?
    5. What does it mean to “make no provision for the flesh”?
    6. How does this passage challenge you to greater obedience?
  • May 18, 2025Love and the Law – Romans 13:8-10
    May 18, 2025
    Love and the Law – Romans 13:8-10
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. What is love? (See I John 3:16)
    3. Who are we to love? (See Leviticus 19:18 & Luke 10:25-37)
    4. Why do we always owe a debt of love to others? (See I John 4:20-21 & Matthew 25:40)
    5. What will happen if we seek to obey God’s law without a heart of love for others?
    6. What will happen if our love and affection for others is not guided by God’s moral commands?
    7. How can we have a growing heart of love for others? (See Romans 5:5)
    8. How do you need to grow in love?
  • May 11, 2025The Christian & The Government – Romans 13:1-7
    May 11, 2025
    The Christian & The Government – Romans 13:1-7
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. What is the most difficult part of this passage for you to accept and obey? Why?
    3. Why are we to obey the government?
    4. Are there any exceptions when we should disobey a government? (See Acts 5:29, Daniel 3:12-18; 6:10)
    5. What would happen if there was no government at all?
    6. What should we want and expect from a government? How will the influence of Christianity upon a society and government help it to fulfill its’ God-given purpose? 
    7. How can we show honor and respect to those in positions of ordained authority from the local to the national level?
  • May 5, 2025How Do We Respond to Our Enemies? – Romans 12:17-21
    May 5, 2025
    How Do We Respond to Our Enemies? – Romans 12:17-21
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How does your response to the mistreatment of your enemies impact your witness?
    3. Why might a refusal to retaliate lead even your enemies to live at peace with you? Have you experienced this? 
    4. How are you showing your trust in God when you do not retaliate but instead do good to your enemies?
    5. Why does it not work to overcome evil with evil? What examples have you seen of this?
    6. Do you have an enemy that you need to do good to?
    7. What might God have you to do to show kindness to this enemy?   
  • Apr 27, 2025Supernatural Living – Romans 12:14-16
    Apr 27, 2025
    Supernatural Living – Romans 12:14-16
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. How can you bless those who mistreat you? Why is the ability to do this supernatural? 
    3. Is there an enemy that you need to bless instead of curse?
    4. Is it more difficult to weep with those who weep or to rejoice with those who rejoice? Why will both of these require us to move away from selfishness and pride? 
    5. How are the commands of verse 16 linked together?
    6. What additional insight can we gain on verse 16 from James 2:1-7?
    7. Is there anyone in a lowly position that you have failed to associate with as a brother or sister in Christ? If so, what will you do in order to obey this command?   
  • Apr 20, 2025Why Does it Matter that Jesus Rose from the Dead? – Matthew 28:1-10
    Apr 20, 2025
    Why Does it Matter that Jesus Rose from the Dead? – Matthew 28:1-10
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Sunday Morning Message
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s message?
    2. Do you believe that Jesus rose from the dead? What helps you to believe this to be true?
    3. How has believing that Jesus rose from the dead personally transformed your life?
    4. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then what would be the outcome for the Christian? (See I Corinthians 15:19.)
    5. Since Jesus is the resurrected King, what must be our response and attitude towards Him?
  • Apr 13, 2025Marks of Ministry – Romans 12:11-13
    Apr 13, 2025
    Marks of Ministry – Romans 12:11-13
    By: Ben Lairamore
    Series: Romans
    Questions for Discussion & Application
    1. What questions do you have about today’s passage?
    2. Who do you see as an excellent example of enthusiastically serving the Lord.
    3. How are you seeking to use your gifts to zealously serve the Lord?
    4. What things can smother our fire or zeal to serve the Lord? How have you experienced this in your own life?   
    5. What will help us to overcome those things that can smother our zeal to serve the Lord and enable us to persevere in enthusiastic ministry even as we face tribulation or difficulty? (See verse 12.)
    6. How have you been the recipient of generosity and hospitality within our church family?  
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