Freedom Rules
The Ten Commandments
Be Content with Your Own Stuff - Exodus 20:17
June 27, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we conclude our study with the Tenth Commandment found in Exodus 20:17 - You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Why do you think that at its core covetousness is idolatry? 4. Where are you most likely to stumble over covetousness in your own life? 5. What steps can we take daily to make sure that we are pursuing God first and foremost?
Do Not Be a False Witness - Exodus 20:16
June 20, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we study the Ninth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:16 - You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Share some examples when speaking the truth was difficult and the result of doing so. 4. Which of the three powerful temptations (self-interest, popular opinion, sympathetic judgment) are the most likely to trip you up in being truthful? How do you counteract this temptation? 5. On a scale of 1-10, how are you doing with being on mission, and how can speaking and living truth help you in this mission?
Do Not Steal - Exodus 20:15
June 13, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we study the Eighth Commandment found in Exodus 20:15 - You shall not steal. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. What are some examples of stealing that are often overlooked when considering the Eighth Commandment? 4. What do you think generous living looks like in our culture? 5. What are some barriers for us to live generously?
Do Not Commit Adultery: 3 Ways to Reflect God’s Character by Obeying the 7th Commandment - Exodus 20
June 6, 2021 • Pastor Chris Casoni
Today we study the Seventh Commandment found in Exodus 20:14 - You shall not commit adultery. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. God gifted us relationships, especially marriage. Why is it so important that we honor God with our relationships? 4. Covenant love is hard. How have you learned or worked to be faithful in the mess of broken relationships? 5. What is hindering you from embracing God's covenant love for your relationships?
Do Not Murder - Exodus 20:13
May 30, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we study the Sixth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:13 - You shall not murder. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. How can we be peacemakers in a culture that continues to spiral into division and strife? 4. What are some practical ways that we can protect human life in our day and age? 5. Share with one another where you struggle in the spirit of the law in the 6th Commandment and what steps you need to take to deal with them?
Remember the Sabbath Day - Exodus 20:8-9; Deuteronomy 5:12-15
May 23, 2021 • Pastor Chris Casoni
Today we study the Fourth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:8-9 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. How might ceasing from work and regular routine one day a week reshape your life and attitudes on the other six? 4. How does dwelling on God's creation, rescue, and resurrection work stir your affections towards God? 5. Pastor Chris talked about our work towards significance, comfort, and control. Which one do you need to surrender and trust God with most and why?
What’s in a Name? - Exodus 20:7
May 16, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we study the Third Commandment, found in Exodus 20:7 - You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. What is the significance of God's name being reflective of His being? 4. How has the modern church become careless in how we treat the name of God? 5. What are some areas in your life that you need to address in light of this commandment?
Honor in the Family - Exodus 20:12
May 9, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we study the Fifth Commandment, found in Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. If your mom is on this side of heaven – please honor her by reaching out with a visit or a phone call!
Only One Deserves Our Worship - Exodus 20:4-6
May 2, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
As we look at the Second Commandment, we study how God has commanded us to worship Him. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. After considering Exodus 20:4-6, what examples of improper worship can you think of in the modern church today? 4. How should the fact that we are image-bearers of God to a lost world affect the way we conduct our daily lives? 5. What areas of your life need to be addressed to more appropriately reflect the image of God to others?
No Other Before Me - Exodus 20:3
April 25, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
Today we look at the First of the Ten Commandments: "You shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3), and we study how we can ensure that God (and God alone) is the only one we look to for life. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. What does it mean to make God our life? 4. What are some areas that you struggle with that compete with making God your life? 5. How can we guard our hearts against anything that would seek to divide our loyalty to God?
The Ten Commandments and Why They Matter - Exodus 20:1-2
April 18, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
As we continue our sermon series on the Ten Commandments, we study why they matter and what their purpose is. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Review the Ten Commandments together and come up with summary statements for how we are to love God and one another based on them. 4. What would it take for us to fulfill I Peter 2:9 individually and as a church? 5. Since the biblical definition of freedom is to enjoy the benefits of what we should do, how should this inform our daily decisions?
The Good News of the Law - Exodus 19:1-6
April 11, 2021 • Pastor John D Talley III
As we begin our study on the Ten Commandments, we see why God gave us the law, why we should study it, and why the law is good. // Small Group Questions 1. What did God teach you through this passage and sermon? Share the work of God in your heart with the group. 2. What questions did this passage and sermon raise in your mind? 3. Where do you see the contradictions our culture has created for itself in trying to develop its moral code? 4. God gave the Law to provide freedom of relationship. How does this change your perspective on the Law? 5. What are you hoping to learn from this study?