1. What ideas of hope strike you in Isaiah 56:3-8? What are some fulfillments you see of these in our church or the New Testament story?
 

2. Read Jeremiah 7:1-15 & James 1:26-27
What are some ways we can be guilty of putting ceremony ahead of obedience & ethical behavior?
 

3. We talked about access to God & invitation to worship being inclusive of all peoples. What are some ways we can support this in our church, while still being mindful Jesus is authority to define who is excluded from the kingdom of God?
 

4. How does Jesus authority both comfort you? What is a way it might be hard to submit or agree with his authority?