April 29, 2024
May 5 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Integrity” (2 Corinthians 1:12-24; 2:12-17), by Mark Scott.
Articles for tag: Application
March 20, 2023
March 26 | Discovery
Questions for group discussion for use with this week’s lesson on “Lead Me to Righteousness” (Amos 5:6-15, 21-24).
September 5, 2022
September 11 | Discovery
How do memories from your past help you to live more faithfully today?
July 4, 2022
July 10 | Discovery
In this passage, Paul talked about trials and temptations. Look specifically at 1 Thessalonians 3:3-5; what trials was the church facing? What temptations?
June 20, 2022
June 26 | Discovery
What area in your life do you need to “call on the name of the Lord?”
May 16, 2022
May 22 | Discovery
Why would the father in the parable grant his younger son’s inheritance request and allow him to leave?
August 30, 2021
Sept. 5 | Discovery
Why is it important for us to pay careful attention to God’s Word and act on it?
July 19, 2021
July 25 | Discovery
How would you describe King Zedekiah and the influence he had on his people?
March 15, 2021
Mar 21 | Discovery
Where does Lady Wisdom make her appeal, and what does that signify? To whom does Lady Wisdom call, and what does that imply about wisdom?
May 10, 2020
Discovery Questions for May 17, 2020
(These Discovery questions go with the Bible lesson for May 17, 2020: “His Beloved Ones.” For a detailed explanation of how to use Discovery Bible Study, click here.) By Leigh Mackenzie 1. What “win” stories from this past week do you have about living out godliness? 2. What were your biggest challenges last week? Ask three people—two readers and one reteller—to help. Ask the two readers to each read Deuteronomy 30:4-6 in turn (possibly from different Bible versions) and then ask the group what they observe in the passage. What captured their attention? Then ask the same two readers to
March 29, 2020
Application for April 5: The Feeding of the Five
(This “Application“ column goes with the Bible study for April 5, 2020: “Power to Sustain.”) By David Faust The feeding of the 5,000 is one of my favorite biblical miracles. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were fond of it, too. Other than the Lord’s resurrection, it’s the only miracle described in all four Gospels. The multiplying of the bread and fish simultaneously demonstrates both Jesus’ creativity and his compassion—his amazing power over material objects and his concern for hungry souls. John says of the Living Word, “Without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3). The all-powerful Lord
March 23, 2020
Application for March 29: In Our Right Minds
(This “Application“ column goes with the Bible study for March 29, 2020: “Power Over Evil.”) By David Faust Jesus’ encounter with the man possessed by demons known as Legion is a strange-sounding story, but here are three practical lessons we can learn from it. Satan is real; evil is devastating. The prince of darkness isn’t a childish myth. We struggle “against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12). Demonic forces nearly destroyed the man. He was violent, self-destructive, and anti-social, and he lived in a cemetery. It’s naïve to deny Satan’s influence.
