Chapter 4

Questions to Consider

1. Do you use the word “salvation” to describe your relationship with God? What are the strengths and weaknesses

of using this metaphor? How would you describe your experience of closeness to God?
2. How much emphasis do you put on the personal aspects of salvation and how much on the universal?
3. Which parable do you like better: “the prodigal son” or “the sower and the seed”? Why?
4. Who do you know who seems to embody “fast grace”? Who embodies “slow grace”?
5. What is the difference between feeling guilt and being ashamed of yourself? Which would you be more likely to experience?
6. Why do you think some people seem able to forgive others so easily while other people find it so hard to forgive?
7. Have you ever confessed your sins to someone else? How did that make you feel? What happened?

8. How have you experienced “renewal” in your life as a result of grace?
9. What part of Jesus’ life plays the bigger role in your faith: incarnation, teaching and example, death on the cross, resurrection?
10. How is hope related to faith and to love in your understanding of salvation? Which of these three (faith, hope, love) plays the largest role in your life?