This Week's "MAP" Questions

Come join us this Wednesday, June 17th in the Chapel at 6:00 p.m. 

Following are this week's questions. 

MAP: God’s Message Applied Leads to Personal Transformation.

Message Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Questions to reflect upon to help you apply the text. These questions are based on the text and sermon preached by Pastor Joe Alain on Sunday, June 14, 2015, “Cliques Aren’t Just for Kids.”

Questions for Reflection:

1. Based on 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, why do you think cliques formed around Paul, Apollos, and Cephas (1:12)?

2. What do you think the “Christ” party represents (assuming, as is likely, that it is not something positive)?

3. How did Paul conduct himself in Corinth to avoid, if possible, the problem of a personality cult (1:14-17)?

4. What evidence of “hero worship” do you observe in the church today? What are the dangers in focusing too much on personalities in the church?  

6. Why are cliques in the church detrimental to the church’s witness? In what way do cliques rob the Gospel of its power?

7. What is the main antidote to personality cults and the disunity that they create (1:13)?

8. What can Christian groups of friends do to avoid becoming too inwardly focused, too much like a clique? What does Paul recommend in the text that will help believers avoid cliques?

9. In 1 Corinthians 1:18-ff., Paul contrasts worldly wisdom with God’s wisdom. How would a proper understanding of spiritual wisdom aid the church in overcoming personality cults?

10. What will you personally do this week to live out the truths of this text and message?