What Are You Supporting? (Israel and Palestine)
Sermon Series
Sermon Study Guide
Scripture
Ephesians 6:10-20
Speaker
Pastor Joey
Sermon Study Guide
Q1: Icebreaker: What news do you keep track of daily, and what are your most trusted news sources? How do you discern what news and social media outlets to trust when it comes to polarizing and controversial issues?
Q2: Abraham: The sermon traces back the ancestry of both Jews and Muslims back to Abraham, with a split happening afterwards between Isaac and Ishmael. Does it surprise you to know the similarities between these patriarchal stories?
Q3: The History of Israel-Palestine Conflict: The sermon explains some of the key history that has led to the current conflict, highlighted by the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel and the subsequent attacks against Hamas in Gaza. What are your sentiments for the Palestinian people and the Jewish people?
Q4: How It Happens : The sermon lists various steps in how genocides and atrocities happen and how people groups allow it. Do you see those steps in the Israel-Palestine conflict today?
Q5: Solutions & Responses: Do you see the possibility of a two-state solution? How do you see what the sermon describes as “selective outrage” happening in all this?
Q6: Ephesians 6: Verses 10-20 teach us to be strong, to stand, and to pray, in the midst of this spiritual battle. Does this help you with a vision of what to do in the midst of such battles against evil? Why or why not?
Q7: Issues for Humanity: The sermon calls together and to action all people against the powers of evil. It is not only a Christian thing to have a voice against violence and terror. Do you think this is possible, too idealistic, or somewhere in between, and why?
Q8: Take-Home: What part of this sermon on Israel & Palestine was most helpful? How will you explain your support? How will this help you not win more arguments, but win more people to Christ?
