Holes in a Good World and Pride

Here are some questions to ponder for our meeting on Friday:

Most people tend to think of sin as a thing and not an absence. Do you agree with David's assertion that sin is first a void? Why or why not?

Can anyone escape pride? What does it look like to be truly humble? Jesus was confident, bold and charismatic - so why wasn't Jesus proud?

In what ways does pride destroy our ability to connect with others?

How can recognition of our spiritual poverty lead us closer to God?

Jesus often characterized hell as the darkness outside, as a place of solitude and separation. How is that similar or dissimilar to the way in which we generally characterize hell?

Break Free

In preparation for Friday's Krypton meeting, consider the following questions. 

From the Cage of Responsibility

Which describes you better: irresponsibly responsible or responsibly irresponsible? Why is that? What makes you sad or mad or glad? In other words, what passions has God given to you? What have you been praying about lately that God wants you to quit praying about and start doing something instead?

From the Cage of Routine

How have you been stuck in a rut lately? How has it affected you spiritually? How have your spiritual practices, such as worship and prayer, become predictable to the point of not making much of a difference anymore? What can you do to get back the freshness of relating to an untamed God?