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Questions
1. Define the meaning of joy in the Christian context.
2. What did Jesus teach us about suffering-include biblical references in your discussion.
3. What is your opinion on whether joy and suffering are dialogical? In other words, do they inform one another and if so how?
4. Briefly discuss one experience of suffering in your life and how it changed you or how it helped you to grow spiritually.
5. How does your faith community (a) express joy and (b) deal with experiences of suffering?
6. For the Christian, when does eternal life begin?
7. How does the reality eternal life impact one's spiritual formation and, overall, how one lives the Christian life?
8. Biblically, what New Testament passages are most descriptive of the concept of eternal life. (Write out these verses or passages in your answer.)
9. If you were preaching a sermon or teaching a class on eternal life what is the primary message about eternal life - stated briefly and succinctly - that you would want to get across to your listeners?