Questions to Consider

I really hope that you have enjoyed our series of services on the fruit of the Spirit, and our Easter services recently. I wonder, did any of the talks really strike home and give you things to ponder?

One of the things I have on my long-term ‘to do’ list is to run a course on Theological Reflection – something that I have found to be really helpful in my own life. Most weeks, whoever is preaching on a given Sunday will also write up a short ‘talk blog’ for this website. The talks themselves can of course be watched on our YouTube channel but the blog consists of the main readings used, a prayer, and a few ‘questions to consider’. If you engage with these questions, you will effectively be engaging in theological reflection, so can I encourage you to do so?

Let me give you a taster by asking you a few questions on the back of these last few weeks at EBC…
 

1. Which of the fruits of the Spirit talks did you find most personally challenging?
2. Why? What struck you particularly and is there some area of your life, or a specific situation that it made you think about?
3. What was that situation or area? What happened/is happening? What might God be saying to you as you pray about it?
4. What stories or passages from the Bible speak into the situation for you? Are there examples of Jesus’s teaching and example, or in the example of fellow Christians, that can bring some light into your situation?
5. Is there a close Christian confidante you can talk to?
6. Is there something you should have or could have done differently if you had the chance?
7. If you were to do the right thing, or the best thing, from now on, what might that look like?

As we move into the season post-Easter, I really hope that we can continue to build a strong community of faith at EBC – one that is deep, not shallow and unafraid to ask ourselves tough questions, to find good and godly answers and to hold each other to account even as we support and encourage one another. Life is sometimes tough – and we’re much stronger when we go through it together!