Mountain of Salt, City of Light - Part Ten: End of Series Discussion

04.03 [Mezzanine Panel Discussion] Mountain of Salt, City of Light - With our study in the Sermon on the Mount complete, we take a step back and spend some time remembering what's been said. Stephen, Eric, Ben and Mercy all reflect on the series. *Feel free to refer to the questions below as they correspond to the two parts of the group discussion.

 

Part One:

 

Question 1: Over the course of Mountain of Salt, City of Light what things jumped out to you as being new ways of understanding the Sermon on the Mount?

Question 2 : How have you felt yourself leaning towards escapism as opposed to pressing into reality? What practices have you adopted to root yourself more firmly in the world as it is?

Question 3: The old Arabic phrase says, “There is salt between us” meaning two people are committed to each other. How do you see yourself as being salt and light binding people and God together?

Question 4: If all of the plot lines of human history converge in Jesus, then what happens next? What is God’s “new and unexpected future for humanity?” And, how do we fit into that story?

 

Part Two:

 

Question 1: In what ways have you found our cultural context to create a conflict between your inner and outer life?

 

Question 2: Who do you think your enemies are? And, how does the call to love them make you feel?    

 

Question 3: Before this sermon series had you ever thought about the Lord’s Prayer being a revolutionary prayer?