Week Beginning: Sunday 20th January 2013
Question 2: Why Did Jesus die?
Bible Readings: Romans 6:1-14, John 6: 35-40;
Discussion Questions:
1. Which of the images or ways of answering the question “why did Jesus die” speak most powerfully to you and why?
2. If Jesus died to save us, what are you saved from? What are you saved for?
3. Has your view of why Jesus died ‘for us’ changed over the course of your Christian experience? If so, how?
Further resources:
for those exploring…
Websites: www.alpha.org
Books: “Questions of Life” by Nicky Gumbel
“The Case for Christ” by Lee Strobel
for those who want to go deeper…
“The Enigma of the Cross”, Alister McGrath (Hodder and Stoughton)
“Salvation”, T J Gorringe (Epworth Press)