Radically Happy

From an interactive Zoom call at 10 AM Pacific on Friday, April 10th, 2020 AD for Episode 2 of The Great Reset: Becoming the Church Decentralized.

Question: How does God loves us? Why is that Good News?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL2suA6n6_8

Perspective

Six-Syllable Gospel: God Loves Us Like Jesus

Our Father Loves Us The Way That…	Verse	His Role	Our Role	Metric	Risk
Jesus Loves Us	John 3:16	Deliverer	Consumer	Inputs	Victimhood
He Loves Jesus	2 Cor 5:21	Director	Producer	Outputs	Burnout
Makes Us Like Jesus	1 John 2:6	Discipler	Becomer	Outcomes	Self-Help

Discussion

1. How does this perspective challenge or expand your experience of God’s love?
2. Where does your experience of earthly fathers make it easier (or harder) to appreciate certain aspects of God’s love?
3. How can we honor them, by building on the foundation they gave us, and even going beyond it?
4. How might this perspective be misunderstood, misapplied, or otherwise harmful? What could help prevent that?
5. What could we gain if we are willing to lose everything we previously used to define ourselves, as Christ did?