GROUP QUESTIONS

Some questions from our gatherings:

• Why does Adam name his wife twice?

• Why would knowing good and evil be such a bad thing?

• Why, upon noticing that it's "bad" for Adam to be alone, does God present him with animals as potential companions? 

• Why doesn't God tell Adam to name the fish of the sea?

• Was God lonely? He sees Adam and says that it’s not good for him to be alone. Is there an analogy to be made in whether or not God thinks it’s good for God to be alone?

• What do the garments of skin symbolize?

• Is it possible for us to have the same relationship with the Father that Jesus described? What might that look like?

• How do we navigate the tension between imaginative engagement with scripture and the fear of "getting it wrong"?

• How can we cultivate a more heartfelt and less purely intellectual connection with scripture?

• What does it mean for the Bible to "read us"?

• What are the implications of Jesus’ promise that his followers would do “greater things” than he did?