Bible and a Brew

All welcome to join us for a pint and a lively discussion about this week's sermon. Remember, you can always find the sermon written in this week’s Ekklesia Newsletter

Growth Group Questions
based on the Sermon from Sunday, November 30, 2025
based on Isaiah 2:1-5
Getting to Know Me

1. What makes gathering for worship feel like “the best hour of your week”? How does Psalm 122’s joy in coming to the house of the Lord connect with your own experience today?
2. Michael Bublé described becoming associated with a season known for “kindness and goodness.” What parts of the Christmas season bring out the best in you—and what parts are harder for you to enter into?
3. Christmas holds both celebration and struggle, which is why we acknowledge hurt through things like Blue Christmas services. Where are you carrying hope this season, and where are you carrying heaviness?

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Into the Bible
4. In Isaiah’s time, the Assyrian Empire was expanding and threatening Israel.
How does this historical backdrop shape your understanding of Isaiah’s vision of nations seeking God’s wisdom instead of bringing destruction?
5. Isaiah imagines a world where people voluntarily turn their weapons into tools for life.
What does this reveal about God’s rule compared to human rule?
6. Advent asks us to hope in the “impossible.” How does Isaiah’s conviction that God could change the world in his own time challenge the way we often think about hope and God’s timing?

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Application
7. World peace often feels fantastical—almost like a pageant answer. Where do you personally struggle to believe peace (global, relational, or personal) is possible? What does hope look like there?
8. The sermon talked about welcoming the foreigner, walking in the light, and expecting God to act. What is one way you can practice active, expectant hope this week?
9. Hope grows through obedience, and obedience transforms us. What “old way” in your life might God be inviting you to release so that something new can grow?
10.As the church year begins, what spiritual “new year’s resolution” could help you walk more fully in the light of the Lord? What change do you hope that obedience will produce in you?