Monday, February 16, 2009

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?