Thanks to Susan Farnham for providing this week’s discussion questions!
When was the last time your group watched one of Ray Comfort’s videos together?
Believe
1. Accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
2. Hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose.
Definition from “Oxford Languages”
Definition from “Oxford Languages”
Pisteuo (Greek)
TR – NT 248X in 67 unique form(s)
To have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ): commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Definition from “Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon”
When you compare the Oxford definition with the Strong’s definition, where is the tension? On which definition do you think the contemporary church relies in its messaging of the Gospel. Why?
Citing Scripture, what does it mean to “believe”.
What is a false convert? How does Jesus address the ‘false convert’ in the parables Mr. Comfort cites?