Core Identities

“WE ARE FAMILY”

Sunday, November 8th, 2026

“We are Family” (Colossians 3:12-17)
Tyler Daniels | Sojourn Church

Discussion Questions:

  1. When does church most feel like a family? When has “Sojourners are family” been hard to live up to? Why is the family identity, when we live up to it well, attractive in a Gospel sense?

  2. Discuss the Bible’s other words, images, and ideas for church: a body (see 1 Corinthians 10:15-17 and Ephesians 4:1-6), made up of many members (see Romans 12:3-8 and 1 Cor. 12:12-26), as a “called out” church (see Matthew 16:18 and John 17:14-19). How do these matter in the life of the family we are called to be, together?

  3. What are we told to “put on,” as a church family? (See vv. 12-14.) Which of these do you see in your church—and in yourself? Which do need to grow in? Why is love the “above all”—and how should a church’s members live it out?

“WE ARE WORSHIPERS”

Sunday, November 1st, 2026

“We are Worshipers” (John 4:19-24)
Tyler Daniels | Sojourn Church

Discussion Questions:

  1. Define “worship.” What elements—practices, features, focuses—would you count as essential in worship? How is God’s worth and worthiness (His “worthship”) evident in your life and in the life of your church? How can we—personally and corporately—improve?

  2. What are some controversies or differences you see, in our religious culture, about right worship? Which religions or groups claim things that are different from Christian truth? How does Jesus clarify the nature of right worship in vv. 21-24, and how is His invitation simultaneously narrow and broad?

  3. Why does worship have to be in Spirit and in truth? Why is one without the other dangerous? Why is this verse a defense of doctrine? What is the evidence of both—worship in Spirit and in truth—in your life and in the church’s ministry?