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Sermon Discussion Guide: Disputing with God: God's Will Be Done
Continue reflecting on Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane with questions about honest faith, the Holy Spirit, fear-based images of God and the courage to trust that we are never left alone.

Disputing with God: Persistence
What happens when a difficult biblical story challenges not only our understanding of Jesus, but also the God we have constructed for ourselves? Pastor Mark reflects on the Canaanite woman, the boundaries we draw, and the persistent love of God that refuses to leave us unchanged.

Sermon Discussion Guide: Disputing with God: Persistence
Continue reflecting on “God’s Persistent Love” with questions about difficult Scripture, faithful disagreement, the barriers we create, and the God who continually challenges and pursues us in love.

Disputing with God: Advocating for Others
In this sermon on Genesis 18, Pastor Mark Hanna revisits the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and invites us to read it through the biblical call to hospitality, not exclusion. He explores how Scripture asks us to wrestle with justice, mercy, covenant, and the ways our lives are bound together. This sermon offers permission to bring our questions, doubts, and evolving images of God into a living faith.

Sermon Discussion Guide: Disputing with God: Advocating for others
This discussion guide invites reflection on Genesis 18, hospitality to strangers, and the relationship between justice and mercy. Use these questions to explore how Scripture can lead us toward greater love of God and neighbor. Wherever you are in your faith journey, there’s a place for your questions at RPPC.

Disputing with God: Repairing Relationships
In this sermon on Exodus 33 and 34, Pastor Mark reflects on idolatry, certainty, and the living God who refuses to fit neatly into our boxes. Through Moses’ honest dispute with God, we are invited to consider a faith rooted not in formulas or fear, but in relationship, mystery, love, and repair.

Sermon Discussion Guide: Disputing with God: Repairing Relationships
This discussion guide invites reflection on Pastor Mark’s sermon “Disputing with God: Repairing Relationships.” Use these questions to explore idolatry, honest faith, divine compassion, and what it means to follow a God who meets us in the messiness of relationship.

Disputing with God ~ Appealing to God's Mercy
In this thoughtful reflection on Exodus 32, Pastor Mark explores the story of the Golden Calf through the lens of mercy, freedom, and relationship with God. Wrestling with questions about anger, compassion, and human responsibility, the sermon invites us to consider what it means to be genuine partners with God—and why faithful questioning may be a sign of deep trust rather than doubt.
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Roland Park Presbyterian Church is a local community of faith that was founded in 1901. RPPC is an inclusive and welcoming member congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and More Light Presbyterians as well as an Earth Care and Matthew 25 Congregation that is pursuing justice, practicing hospitality and engaging curious faith. RPPC worships together each Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
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