Download discussion questions: 1 John 2:23-3:3
Table Talk: What are things that concern you about the future? What stirs in you when you think about the future? What is your reaction to conversations about the future? Are you hopeful? Angry? Frightened? Indifferent? Something Else?
[“Table Talk” is an opening question or topic for discussion at the beginning of our time together. The intent is to help group members (around tables, with four to six at each table) build connections with each other, as well as to guide thinking in a direction related to the passage.]
In this passage John makes repeated references to events – some in the past, some in the present (for John and his readers), some in the future. We began our discussion by organizing his comments into those three categories on a whiteboard, similar to the table below: Continue reading