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My kids understand me as an authority in their life.  For the most part, there’s not a huge struggle attached to my position of authority.  Homework, room cleaning, dog care, setting the dinner table, getting to bed, and occasional vacuuming are authoritative directives garnering little to no resistance.  Admittedly, however, asparagus and spinach salad tests the real mettle of my authority.  All is good in the end because my authority “do’s” and “don’ts” are meshed with a relationship we all…

EPIC | “Defining Discipleship” September 23, 2012 Alan Scott (Lead Pastor, CCC) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What is the best piece of advice or information you’ve received lately?  Who gave it to you?  What did you do with it?  Was the “doing” difficult, heavy, or burdensome?  Do you think there is a difference between information and news?  Explain. Read Mark 1:14-20.  What part of this passage resonates with you the most?   What frustrates you?  Why is this piece of scripture significant?   How…

Today my first-born turns 21.  My goodness gracious, what the what, and how did THAT happen?  I can remember the anxious months before Miss Brooklynn popped out of the oven.  There were books to read, classes to attend, and massive amounts of information to ingest for the road ahead.  That info, while helpful, was also overwhelming.  It was heavy.  Burdensome.  There was a lot to do and learn before the blessed event coming like an unstoppable freight train. On that…

EPIC | “Going Home Wet” Sept. 16, 2012 Alan Scott (Lead Pastor, CCC) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What is the last book you’ve read that had an outcome just like you expected?  What latest book threw you an ending of total surprise?   In the past few months or years, is there anything you’ve gained a new angle or perspective on something you once thought completely understood? Read Mark 1:4-13.  Why is Mark writing about baptism right out of the shoot?  What have…

I have seen some wild, weird, and just plain funny baptisms. Growing up I had a front row seat to some wet and wild Sunday mornings.  They HAD to give even God a smile.  There was the man baptized with his newly-purchased toupee.  This embarrassed poor soul came up and out of the water with his “dead rat” floating.  He quickly grabbed the fur and awkwardly placed it back on his shiny head.  The reverent “amens” were overcome by uncontainable…

EPIC | “Better” Sept. 9, 2012 Alan Scott (Lead Pastor, CCC) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What does it mean to be a reductionist? What are big things we tend to make small? What big issue do you reduce down to size? In our culture, what really is a big deal, but most people downsize the whole thing? Name a movie that makes small things big. What is the most epic movie you’ve ever seen? Read Mark 1:1-8. Why is the book of…

Jaded is to become rather cynical about something once loved.  Pounded is to be beaten up or down by life because it was never supposed to be this way. Many Christians are jaded towards the church.  They’re cynical.  Church, for far too many, has become a meaningless trek back and forth to a building that has seen its better days.  Jaded. Still too, believers are pounded.  In this economy and with life demanding more and more, the midnight pillow begins…

Sticky Faith “Let’s Roll CCC!” September 2, 2012 Alan Scott (Lead Pastor, CCC) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How many butter tubs are at your house?  What value do you place on empty butter tubs?   What life lessons can we learn from a butter tub (see how many your community group can come up with)?  What spiritual depth can be explored using a butter tub?  BE CREATIVE AND HAVE FUN! Read Matthew 19:13-15.  Now Read Mark 10:13-16 AND Mark 10:35-45.  What are you…

How many butter tubs do you have in your kitchen?  We have three empty ones that function as small, cheap versions of that fancy Tupperware stuff.  We also have 2-3 half-empty butter tubs in the Fridge hoping to be promoted someday to food storage organizers. When was the last time a butter tub really fascinated you?  Typically we are underwhelmed because butter tubs serve only as a nice-sized container for those last leftover bites from a great supper.   Truth is,…

Sticky Faith “Big Gospel for Smaller Kids” August 26, 2012 Chris Case (Resonate, Atlanta) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Outside of Christ, what is the best news you ever received? How did you respond? What is the Gospel?  Can you define it or say it to someone who knows nothing about Jesus? What does it look like to see the gospel as “good news” rather than as advice? What are some ways that we present Jesus as advice rather than the good news…