Hello Impacters! As usual we'll meet this Thursday at 700 Santa Cruz., Menlo Park 7:00 PM. This Thursday we'll be studying James Chapter 3 about taming the tongue and wisdom. We'll study topics like how James reminds us that we should not both praise and curse with our mouths, since we praise the Lord with our mouths and the Lord created the people we curse.
Discussion Questions:
1.) Who are the teachers that James is talking about in verse 1?
2.) What are the qualifications for being a teacher?
3.) Why do you think it is so hard to tame the tongue but "easier" to stay away from other sins?
4.) How do the "sins" of the tongue corrupt the whole person? What do you think James means when he says the "whole course of his life is set on fire"?
5.) What do you make of verses 11 and 12 and the analogies James presents us with?
6.) Who do you think is wise? What does wisdom look like to you?
7.) In our Bay Area culture, where intelligence is prized as a virtue, how can we show "wisdom" to the unbelieving world?
8.) How can earthly wisdom lead to bitter envy and selfish ambition?
9.) Here is an easy question...What wisdom does James hope we as Christians can obtain?
10.) Now that you're at the end of the chapter, who do you think James would have us emulate, teachers or peacemakers?
Teaching will be by Alisa D. this week
