Week 7: Thick Skin and a Tender Heart
- What isone significant truth you have learned from our 7-week study through the book of Titus?
Read Titus 3:9-11
- Do you have thick skinand a tender heart, neither of the two, or one of them but not the other?
- After telling Titus tostress the truth of the gospel (3:8), Paul then told him to avoid other things. What errors did Paul say to avoid? Why is it important to avoid these?
- Define and describe adivisive person. How do you determine whether a debate is “foolish”? What are some examples you have encountered in church?
- Howseriously do you treat divisiveness?
- How do youusually respond to divisive people? Why?
- How are wesupposed to deal with divisive people in the church? (See also Matthew 18:15-17, 1 Corinthians 5:11-13)
- What does it mean to be“self-condemned”?
- How doesconfronting a divisive person benefit that person? How does it benefit the church?
- How can you guardagainst becoming a divisive person?
Do you find it easy to get caught up in conversations about controversial topics? What could you do to shift the conversation to the gospel the next time?