1. From your message notes and the passage, what stood out to you as stretching, encouraging, confusing, or empowering?

2. Followers of Jesus are called to pursue both truth and love—and not one at the expense of the other. Many of us tend to lean toward one or the other. Are you more of a truth-teller or more of a grace-giver? Why?

3. Why is false teaching (contrary to the central truths of Christianity, but falsely presented as genuine Christianity) even more damaging to us than persecution or opposition from the culture?

4. “You have abandoned your first love.” It’s an extraordinarily strong statement of correction. What sorts of things can lead toward straying from the love we first had for God, for one another, for our neighbors? How can we prevent it from happening?

5. In what ways can standing for truth potentially lead us to become unloving? Where does it go wrong?

6. Read v. 4-5. How can these truths guide us in our love relationship with God? In marriage or parenting? In friendship? With our non-Christian neighbors and co-workers, or our One Life?

7. Love does not mean we need to accept, approve, endorse, or support falsehood or evil. How do we maintain love for people without compromising our faith? Give an example of someone you’ve seen do this really well.

8. Read Ephesians 4:20-5:5 and 1 Corinthians 13:1-8. What stands out to you about pursuing both truth and love?