Missional Communities 4.27.2026
Here’s the Summary Video
Discussion Questions: Choose 1-2
Testimony Time:
Contact the person before your Missional Community to make sure they are ready.
Choose someone to pray for the person who shared their testimony.
Encouraging Time:
Take time to encourage each other…
Go one person at a time. Each person in the group says something encouraging they’ve seen or learned about the person in this session.
Discussion Questions: Choose 1-2
- When you read Old Testament accounts of Israel versus empires like Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, do you honestly identify more with the oppressed or the oppressor based on your actual lifestyle and consumer choices?
- How does the reality that Solomon used forced labor to build God's temple challenge our assumptions that certain nations or groups are always on the right side of history?
- In what ways might American Christians be flirting with nationalistic ideology similar to what happened in Nazi Germany, and how can we recognize these patterns before they become destructive?
- What does it mean that even figures like Adolf Hitler and Nebuchadnezzar are made in the image of God, and how should this truth shape the way we talk about political leaders we despise?
- Why do you think Daniel is conspicuously absent from the fiery furnace account in chapter 3, and what might this teach us about choosing our battles wisely?
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego allowed their names to be changed and wore the king's clothes, but refused to bow to the idol. How do we discern which cultural compromises are acceptable and which require us to take a stand?
- Marc suggests we should contribute more than we consume as citizens. What does this look like practically in your own engagement with society and politics?
- How does the combination of a leader thinking too highly of themselves and treating human life as disposable serve as a warning sign that a nation is going down the path of nationalistic idolatry?
- When you vote, do you prioritize loving God with all your heart and loving your neighbor as yourself, or do you primarily vote based on what benefits you personally or advances your party's agenda?
- Were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego delivered from the fire or through the fire, and what does this distinction mean for Christians who take costly stands in our culture today?
Testimony Time:
Contact the person before your Missional Community to make sure they are ready.
Choose someone to pray for the person who shared their testimony.
Encouraging Time:
Take time to encourage each other…
Go one person at a time. Each person in the group says something encouraging they’ve seen or learned about the person in this session.
