#121 Mere Christianity: Small Group 8 Week Guide
Week 1
Reading: Book 1 Chapter 1-3
Discussion
Chapter 1
Is there a standard of conduct?
What is the law of human nature?
Is morality universal or dependent on culture?
Do you obey the law of human nature/ are you moral?
Chapter 2
Is there a herd instinct or moral law?
What is a herd instinct?
What is a social convention?
Is there a truer or less true morality?
Chapter 3
Is going against the law of human nature okay to do?
Is human nature founded on what is good for you or good for society?
Week 2
Reading: Book 1 Chapter 4 - Book 2 Chapter 2
Discussion
Chapter 4
Was morality created or just observations about human nature?
Do you find yourself under a law?
Chapter 5
Is humanity on the right track morally speaking?
What can we observe under any potential God by the nature of the universe?
Chapter 1
Is anything absolutely good or bad or is everything partly good and bad?
Do other religions get anything right?
If God made a good world, why has it gone bad?
Chapter 2
Is Christianity simple?
Did God create religion?
What is duality?
Why is duality wrong?
Week 3
Reading: Book 2 Chapter 3 - Book 3 Chapter 2
Discussion
Chapter 3
How can things go against God’s will?
Can you be right and God wrong about something?
Can humanity be sustained or happy without God?
Was Jesus a great human teacher?
Chapter 4
Why do we need to repent, can’t God forgive us without our repentance?
Chapter 5
Is Christ in you?
What does it mean for Christ to be in you?
Why isn’t God interfering more right now?
Chapter 1
What is God like?
What is morality concerned with?
Can we legislate good behaviour?
Can society make people good on the inside?
Is the individual or the government more important?
Chapter 2
Cardinal virtues, Prudence?
Are you prudent?
Can you stand to see others enjoy what you cannot?
Week 4
Reading: Book 3 Chapter 3-6
Discussion
Chapter 3
What is the place of the Church in society?
What do you think about Lewis’s idea of a Christian society?
What about lending money at interest?
How do you feel about charity and giving to others?
Chapter 4
What is a good man or woman?
What are the limits of psychology as opposed to morality?
Chapter 5
What is a reasonable Christian morality?
What is a reasonable Christian chastity?
Can you be closer or further from heaven as Lewis describes it?
Chapter 6
What is Christian Marriage, and how is it different?
Can Christian’s get divorced?
Should there be a ‘head’ in a Christian marriage?
Week 5
Reading: Book 3 Chapter 7-10
Discussion
Chapter 7
Do you find it easy to forgive others?
What does forgiveness look like?
Should there be a distinction between murder and killing?
What do you think about the phrase, “hate the sin, love the sinner?”
Chapter 8
What is pride?
Are you prideful?
What can you do about pride?
Are Christian’s better than non-Christian’s?
Chapter 9
What are the Christian Virtues?
How can you be more charitable to others?
Is Lewis right that hating leads to more hating?
Chapter 10
What is Christian hope?
How is hope a virtue?
In what way is heaven something that we hope for?
Week 6
Reading: Book 3 Chapter 11 - Book 4 Chapter 3
Discussion
Chapter 11
Is the mind ruled by reason?
How does faith affect your life?
How can you practice faith in God?
Chapter 12
What is the other type of faith?
In what way is faith from God or ourselves?
Chapter 1
What is the place of theology in your life?
What is the distinction of Bios vs Zoe
Chapter 2
What does it mean to be taken into heaven?
Does God show himself to you in some way?
Chapter 3
How does God hear all of our prayers?
Is God in or outside of time?
Week 7
Reading: Book 4 Chapter 4-7
Discussion
Chapter 4
Does the Trinity make sense to you?
Sharing in the Zoe of life rather than just the Bios?
Chapter 5
How might God feel turning into a human?
How is God keeping you going?
Chapter 6
Why didn’t God just turn us into Sons and Daughters to start with?
Could God have done anything different?
Are all people the same in some fundamental way or different in some fundamental way?
Chapter 7
Praying The Lord’s Prayer?
What ought you to be doing right now?
What do you think about that example of being closer to Christ by leaving the church?
Week 8
Reading: Book 4 Chapter 8-11
Discussion
Chapter 8
Is Christianity hard or easy?
What does it mean to hand over your whole self to God?
What area of your life do you need to hand over to God?
Chapter 9
How does God feel about your efforts at goodness?
What does God intend us to be?
Why do Christians still have a hard time being good?
Chapter 10
Why aren’t Christian’s nicer?
In what way are you rich and how does that affect your journey to being more like Christ?
Chapter 11
The next step from being creatures of God to being sons of God?
In what way are Christians infants?
Are all Christians the same?
