Conversation Starters

1. Read Mark 6:1-29

2. Think about a time you experienced opposition, rejection, or disapproval from others. How did that make you feel? How did you respond?

3. How does Jesus respond to rejection from his hometown? Why do you think he did that?

4. How does he expect his followers to respond to opposition and persecution?

5. What would need to be true for you to have a similar response?

Title: Jesus Commissions
Reference: Mark 6:7-19
Speaker: Bill Gorman, BillG@cckc.church

– Accept that in Jesus' kingdom, the cross comes before the crown

The Great De-Churching ~ Jim Davis and Michael Graham

– Choose the cost of discipleship over the cost of non-discipleship

The Cost of Discipleship ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nondiscipleship costs abiding peace, a life penetrated throughout by love, faith that sees everything in the light of God’s overriding governance for good, hopefulness that stands firm in the most discouraging of circumstances, power to do what is right and withstand the forces of evil. In short, it costs exactly that abundance of life Jesus said he came to bring (John 10:10). ~ Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines

– Remember that Jesus is worth it

“I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia.” ~ C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Chapter 12, The Queen of Underland