Strange Exchange
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.” –Eugene Ionesco
A good question is a superpower.
So why don’t we ask more questions? Maybe we are a bit egocentric—eager to impress with our own thoughts and stories. Perhaps we are apathetic— thinking we might be bored by the response. Or perhaps we just worry that we’ll ask the wrong question and be viewed as rude or incompetent.
But often the biggest challenge is that we simply don’t understand how beneficial good questioning can be. If we did, we might end far fewer sentences with a period—and more with a question mark.
Jesus loved a good question.
Sometimes they seemed pretty straightforward. Sometimes they seemed to come straight out of left field. But Jesus’ questions always seemed to find a way to open up new unexplored avenues to consider.
Matthew 16:13-15
Discussion notes
In our first message for this series we talked about how good questions create space for us to know and be known.
John 5:1-13
We’re talking about how the story you come to believe in impacts the way you live.
Mark 4:35-41
We’re talking about two kinds of fear today: the fear of what threatens us and the fear of what can save us.
Mark 8:17-21
We are talking about questions as set in particular contexts and learning to hear all the ways Jesus speaks.
Luke 10:25-37
Today, we’re are talking about interpretation and the story of the Good Samaritan as an invitation to explore our interpretive frameworks.
Mark 5:21-34
Today, we’re looking at reversals, at Jesus responding to interruptions, at healing and advocating for yourself.
John 21:15-17
Today we’re looking at what helped Peter find out how courageous he truly was, and how God’s love comes to us in a deeply personal and small ways to say that we are forgiven and loved as we are.