Good Questions when reading theology!

Total Church Questions:

1. In your own words how would you briefly summarize the main point of this chapter? (ie. in one line what are they on about?)

2. Was this a new idea in the book up to this point? (ie. How does this chapter relate to the rest of the book so far?)

3. Was this a new idea for your Christian thinking at this point in time?

4. How does the author back up their main point in this chapter? (ie. how do they develop their argument, what are the minor points they make to support their main point?)

5. What is the authority that their main point is based upon? (Is their main point supported directly from the Bible or is it inferred from the Bible, or is it based upon observations of life, culture, group dynamics, logic or philosophy etc?)

6. Has the author made some assumptions in their argument? And do you think they are good ones?

7. What did you like about what the author had to say? (and Why?)

8. What didn’t you like about what the author had to say? (and why?)

9. Are there things that you think are going well for you/us based on what the author is proposing?

10. Are there things you think you/we should change because of what the author is proposing?