Questions and Activities for Small Groups By Michael C. Mack 1. Who gave you your name? What does it mean? Who, if anyone, are you named after? Read Hosea 1:1-11. 2. If you had been a neighbor or family member of Hosea, how would you have reacted to his marriage and to the naming of […]
Questions and Activities for Small Groups By Michael C. Mack 1. Which of the following do you think is a good maxim to live by? Why? • “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” • “Beauty is only skin deep.” • “Beauty is God’s handwriting.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson • “There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.” —Conrad […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. What is your favorite romantic movie? Why do you like it? Read Genesis 29:15-30. 2. What movie title would you give to this account? • When Jacob Met Rachel . . . and Leah (and Zilpah and Bilhah) • The Laban Bunch (“Rachel, Rachel, Rachel”) • Dysfunctional Family Ties • Fooled for Love • How to […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. Who is the most generous person you’ve ever known? What makes the person so generous? Read Matthew 23:2-12; Mark 12:38-44. 2. Come up with as many contrasts as you can between the religious leaders and the widow. Consider their dress, titles, how they were treated, how they may have prayed, […]
By Michael C. Mack What family Christmas traditions are you using this year to focus on Christ and why he came into the world? Read Exodus 13:13b-15; Luke 2:22-32. The dedication of the firstborn looked back and forward: back to the Passover, when God saved the firstborn of the Israelites from death (Exodus 12:12, 13), […]
