The Impediment

Though we may not consider this often, we are faced with "The Impediment" in our walk with God.  It is manifested in several ways and we'll be touching on a couple this week in our time together.

Here are the questions for this week's break out discussion:

• Samuel Johnson, the essayist and dictionary-maker of the eighteenth century, said: "Truth, sir, is a cow; which, when sceptics have found it will give them no more milk, they have gone off to milk the bull." What is this saying to you?
• Read John 18:28-40. Discuss what is happening here.
• Steve Turner wrote, "I believe that there is no absolute truth excepting the truth that there is no absolute truth." Is there such a thing as "absolute truth"? Explain your answer.
• In John 14:5-6, Jesus states, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." What are some different streams of thinking on this concept? What do you believe?
• How does what we believe effect the decisions we make?
• There is thinking out there on the topic "either/or" vs. "both/and" … for example, “Is God a blessing God or a judging God?” Is this thinking that you've been exposed to before? How do you see this working in your life? 

"God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another."

- Hamlet Act 3, scene 1