6/1 Sermon Recap and Discussion Questions

Sunday

Service 10:00 am

by: Sara Nielsen

06/03/2025

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Sermon Recap:

  • Suzanne talked about how diverse we are as a church. We have different original languages and cultures, different music preferences, different political opinions, and different theological understandings. She told us that the book of Romans was written to address a similarly diverse audience - to teach them how to live together to bring glory to God.
  • Rather than an abstract book about theology, Romans is a book written to a particular church with a lot of difference, trying to teach them why and how to love each other well as a response to God’s love.
  • In Romans 15: 5-9, Paul says that we do this by “having the same mind as Christ” and by accepting each other.
  • We will parse out more of what that means as we study Romans over the summer!

Sermon Discussion Questions:

  • When you think about the book of Romans, what comes to mind?
  • What are some of the differences between you and other Christians that are hardest for you to hold?
  • How have you practiced holding differences in your closest relationships? What makes that work or not work?
Below is a two-part video series from The Bible Project that will help give you a sense of the context and the outline of the whole book of Romans, and the booklet that Pastor Sara made to help walk us through this book through the summer.
  Part 1 of 2 Romans

  Part 2 of 2 Romans

  Romans Booklet

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Sermon Recap:

  • Suzanne talked about how diverse we are as a church. We have different original languages and cultures, different music preferences, different political opinions, and different theological understandings. She told us that the book of Romans was written to address a similarly diverse audience - to teach them how to live together to bring glory to God.
  • Rather than an abstract book about theology, Romans is a book written to a particular church with a lot of difference, trying to teach them why and how to love each other well as a response to God’s love.
  • In Romans 15: 5-9, Paul says that we do this by “having the same mind as Christ” and by accepting each other.
  • We will parse out more of what that means as we study Romans over the summer!

Sermon Discussion Questions:

  • When you think about the book of Romans, what comes to mind?
  • What are some of the differences between you and other Christians that are hardest for you to hold?
  • How have you practiced holding differences in your closest relationships? What makes that work or not work?
Below is a two-part video series from The Bible Project that will help give you a sense of the context and the outline of the whole book of Romans, and the booklet that Pastor Sara made to help walk us through this book through the summer.
  Part 1 of 2 Romans

  Part 2 of 2 Romans

  Romans Booklet

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