Small groups this week will be watching the video "Image of God" from the Bible Project and will be asked to discuss the Bible texts and questions below as a group. 

26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.  -Genesis 1:26-30

​3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; 4 What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? 5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! 6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.  -Psalm 8:3-6

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (or download PDF attachment below)

1. Watch the video from The Bible Project “Image of God”. How did this video impact your understanding of the image of God?

2. Read Genesis 1:26-30.  How does the Bible’s assertion that we are created in God’s image affect the way you view yourself and others?   

3. Read Psalm 8:3-6. How does this text and topic speak to God’s purpose and calling in your life?  How might this impact the way you view your work 

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Next week’s study from the Bible Project (Church at Home) will be on “Water of Life”

Jesus is the ultimate reality to which the tabernacle and temple pointed. Through Jesus heaven and earth are joined together and through Jesus we become God’s temple as his Spirit dwells in us. Therefore, to be God’s temple means that the primary way that heaven (God’s presence and his will) is experienced on earth is through us.

As an introduction to the sermon please watch the video below from The Bible Project. 

​Click below to access PDF of sermon slides or small group discussion questions. 

Eternal life is so much more than simply living forever. It’s about a life of flourishing that flows out of trusting fellowship and obedient surrender to God. The rest of the Bible’s story is about God’s mission to once again bring heaven and earth together. ​

As an introduction to the sermon please watch the embedded video below from The Bible Project. 

​Click below to access PDF of sermon slides or small group discussion questions. ​

In the opening pages of the Bible, God creates a garden, and right in the center is the tree of life. God gives humans living breath, and with this tree he offers eternal life. In contrast to this gift stands the tree of knowing good and bad, and eating from it, God warns, causes death. The two trees pose a vital question to humanity: Will we rely on God for wisdom and eternal life, or will we defy God’s warnings and define life by our own understanding?

As an introduction to the sermon please watch the embedded video below from The Bible Project. 

​Click below to access PDF of small group discussion questions. ​