DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How would you summarize the information in this chapter in one or more sentences?
What statement by Bishop Carder really spoke to your mind or heart as very important for us to understand and remember?
RESOURCES
This discussion is on a chapter from Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way, by Kenneth Carder (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2009). This book is available from Cokesbury.com, Amazon.com and other sources.
The annoyances of life – busy, secular attractions and temptations of the world– make it difficult for us to maintain faith and be obedient along the continuing journey to grow in discipleship and grace by ourselves.
2. “God provides food for our journey toward a world transformed by Jesus Christ. This food is a means of grace or an ordinance of God.” (p. 115)
Discussion Questions:
1.To grow as a child of God requires that we be disciplined in doing so. It requires an acceptance on our part that we are too weak on our own with the temptations of the world today. The means of grace as named in the General Rules are crucial to those who desire holiness of heart. Public worship is 1 of 6.
2. “Worship differs from entertainment in that God is the audience and we are the actors.” Worship is judged by God and what is offered to Him.