Respectable Sins Discussion Guide
Overview
If you lead a small group or Bible class, don't miss this companion discussion guide to Respectable Sins: Confronting Sins We Tolerate. In just eight sessions, you and your group will enjoy lively interaction as you discuss and apply the key principles. Through probing discussion questions, this guide helps you work through anger, jealousy, pride, and more while looking to God for His grace and forgiveness. The Respectable Sins Discussion Guide stimulates personal reflection and application, as group members are asked to respond in writing to meaningful prompts and questions.
Product Details
- Title: Respectable Sins Discussion Guide
- Author: Jerry Bridges
- Series: Jerry Bridges Collection
- Publisher: NavPress
- Publication Date: 2007
- Pages: 96
About Jerry Bridges
Dr. Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) was an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and staff member of The Navigators, an international, interdenominational Christian ministry focusing on mentoring, discipling, and building relationships. Bridges earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma before serving as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He joined the Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, where he served as an administrative assistant to the Europe Director, office manager for the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization, and as Vice President for Corporate Affairs before moving to a staff development position with the Collegiate Mission.
Top Highlights
“Discontentment, which often arises from ongoing and unchanging circumstances we can do nothing about,” (Page 42)
“‘[give] thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ’” (Page 34)
“Ungodliness is at the root of other ‘respectable’ sins. All of us, to some degree, are ungodly.” (Page 33)
“How has the sovereign God, in His wise and good purposes for you, used difficult situations (including impatient, irritable, and angry people) to teach you more about Him and the Christian life?” (Page 62)
“With the Holy Spirit’s help, not only can we deal effectively with these sins as they crop up, but we can also experience more of God—and learn to trust Him no matter what circumstances we face.” (Page 42)
- Title: Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate (Discussion Guide)
- Authors: Jerry Bridges, Stephen Sorenson
- Publisher: NavPress
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Sin › Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781600062070, 1600062075
- Resource ID: LLS:RESPECTSINSDG
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:41:30Z