Life Outside the Booth Part I

This series will focus on the Kingdom, and how it stands over and above the kingdoms of humanity. Christians, however, forget this and think that God is into partisan politics. They can and, historically, have- made Biblical cases for their side being God's side.

Be on guard against letting these discussion divide your group. Enter each conversation with a spirit of grace and peace and recognize that many of the political hot-buttons we have turned into Spiritual barometers are really just points for arguing.

It's highly recommended that you take communion together, to be reminded of the actual barometer for Jesus-following; trust in His death, burial and resurrection.

Key text for this week will be Daniel 4 & 5. We would do well do drill down on the repeated phrase, "the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes"

Discuss

• What were the key points for you?
  
• What was the "one thing" you took away?
  
• What surprised you?
  
• What bothered you? Why?
  
• Have you ever heard or come across a similar teaching or idea? Have you ever been taught something that was contradictory?
  
• What is/was already part of your thinking on this subject?
  
• What did I learn that was new to you?
  
• *About God?
  
• *About yourself?
  
• *About others?
  
• What changes of thought are necessary in light of what you learned?
  
• What changes of action are needed?
  
• How would life be different if you/we applied this teaching fully?
  
• What are the hindrances, and what do we do about those?
  

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