Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Trenton, NJ

10/13/2024

Welcome to the
LUTHERAN
CHURCH of the
REDEEMER.
156 S. Broad Street, Trenton NJ.

04/02/2023

Redeemer Trenton

08/14/2022

Happy SUNDAY EVERYONE IN GOD’S WORLD.

08/09/2022

Questions to Ponder...
Luke 12:49 -56

1. What does it mean for Jesus to bring fire to the earth?
2. Why would Jesus want that fire to be sparked?
3. What does it feel like to know Jesus faced stress?
4. Does this image of Jesus bringing division fit your image of Jesus?
5. Why is division necessary?
6. What situations have you known when a person's decision to follow Jesus meant rejection by others?
7. How can conflict help people to follow Jesus?
8. How do you nurture faith in your home?

07/19/2022

Questions to Ponder...
Luke 11: 1-13

1. How did you learn the Lord's Prayer?
2. What does it mean to pray "your kingdom come"?
3. What is included in daily bread?
4. This prayer assumes we forgive everyone indebted to us, but what if we do not forgive?
5. Give an example of someone's persistence {perhaps even nagging paid off)
6. How has God responded to your prayer requests?
7. Summarize the teachings of Jesus on prayers.
8. What is the hardest petition for you in the Lord's Prayer, and how would you rate your prayer life?

07/13/2022

Questions to Ponder...
Luke 10: 38- 42

1. How would you describe Martha?
2. How would you describe Mary?
3. Where do you find yourself in the story?
4. What is that "one, only necessary thing"?... verse 41
5. What is the message for us?

07/06/2022

Questions to Ponder...
Luke 10: 25-37

1. When did you remember first hearing about the story of the Good Samaritan?
2. What is so shocking about this story?
3. Why do you think the priest and Levite chose not to help the injured man?
4. Tell this parable using a modern-day setting and characters?

06/28/2022

Questions to Ponder...
Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20

1. What does it mean for the harvest to be plentiful?
2. What happens to the harvest if the laborers do not respond?
3. What is the advantage of travelling light?
4. How is trust an issue in their mission?
5. Why would people reject the seventy?
6. Give an example of when you served as a harvester?
7. When does it get confusing about God's work and our work?
8. What reminds you to give the credit to God?

06/07/2022

Questions to Ponder...
John 16: 12-15

1. How do you describe the Trinity... Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
2. What makes it so difficult to explain the Trinity?
3. What things might Jesus want to wait to teach?
4. How does the Spirit reflect Jesus?
5. What role does the Father have in teaching the disciples?
6. What questions do you have for the Holy Sprit?
7. HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE GOD?

05/24/2022

Questions to Ponder...
John 17:20-26

1. Why does Jesus keep repeating the theme of love?
2. How might love define Christians?
3. What is the message to those outside the church if Christians do not love each other?
4. Why do Jesus' disciples need protection?
5. When have you noticed unity among Christians?
6. Why is Jesus so concerned for his disciples?
7. What does it mean to pray like Jesus?
8. How would you evaluate your own prayer life?

05/22/2022

05/17/2022

Questions to Ponder...
John 14: 23-29

1. Describe what it means for God to make a home within you?
2. What does that type of home look like?
3. How might the disciples have felt as they listened to the words by Jesus?
4. Compare the kind of peace given by this world to the peace described by Jesus in John 14:27.
5. What gift of the Holy Spirit do you need this week?
6. What do you need the Holy Spirit to help you hear today?
7. What do you hope to remember from this lesson?