1.What does being a student look like for you?

2.What’s the biggest difficulty in connecting with and learning from people of a different culture?

3.Why does Jesus put such an emphasis on making people students?

4.How do you intentionally learn today?

1.What do you make of Judas?

2.Why do you think hatred and humor go together sometimes?

3.Why didn’t Jesus mount a defense at His trial?

4.What would’ve been the most memorable event to you in this chapter?

5.Why were the Jews so worried about the body being stolen? What would a missing body have proven?

1.What parts of what Jesus experienced in this chapter related to you the most?

2.Have you ever had someone provide comfort to you by sharing their common experiences?

3.Why do you think Judas sold Jesus out for such a pittance?

4.How do you think the disciples felt as they celebrated Communion for the rest of their lives?

5.When have your past hurts made it easier for you to comfort others?

1.Who invested time or resources so that you could come to know Jesus?

2.Are you doing anything specifically to feed and clothe the hungry or to be there for someone in need?

3.Why is it apparently so easy to think you know Jesus when you don’t?

4.Why do we focus so much on believing and so little on serving?

5.What are your talents that need to be invested?

1.What fascinates you about the future?

2.What do you think the disciples were thinking when Jesus finished this message?

3.What might the surviving disciples have thought in 70 AD when the temple was destroyed?

4.Why are false prophets so often focused on the future?

5.In what situations in your life are you just waiting?

1.How does our society program people, from a young age, to be dishonest?

2.What motivates Christians to be less than honest about who they are?

3.How does institutional lack of integrity hurt the cause of Christ?

4.Have you had people in your life who consistently modeled integrity?

1.Why do so many people refuse the invitation to receive God’s grace?

2.Why are government, family and religion more interesting to some people than grace?

3.Why are Christians so ungracious at times?

4.What obstacles kept you from following Jesus and how did you ultimately overcome those obstacles?

1.When have you felt most misunderstood? When have you felt most understood?

2.Why do you think people tend to monetize and commercialize church?

3.What does a fruitful life look like?

4.Have you seen more people finish strong who started weak or starting weak and finishing strong?

5.Why do God’s messengers get attacked so often?

1.When have you been offended by people not treating you with the respect you deserve?

2.What does success look like for you?

3.How do you deal with the unfairness in life?

4.Who is a servant who has touched your life?

5.How do you aspire to serve?

1.Do you tend to be the kind of person who takes comfort in being better than others or are you the kind of person who feels inferior to others?

2.Why do people care so much about who is right or wrong in a divorce?

3.Did anyone’s divorce have much of an influence on you as a child?

4.Why would helping the poor have a benefit for someone who had been wealthy?

5.How can being guilty affect us in a positive way?