Questions to focus on: Tools for the Master

These questions can be used at different levels. You can take 30 seconds to think about one or two. You can discuss them in a team or group of like-minded Christians. Or they can be used in a college class, including assignments and research projects, and answered in writing at any depth. They may be freely reproduced for this purpose. Please email us additional questions that could be added to this page.
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  1. Why is important for tools to be kept sharp, well-maintained, and protected from damage?
  2. What were the tools of New Testament fishermen, and what parallels can you draw with evangelism?
  3. Find examples of ministries in the past could be described as 'incarnational'? In what ways were they effective? Was the ministry costly and sacrificial for those involved?
  4. How can we learn to 'walk the talk'? In what areas is there most likely to be a disparity between what we are known to stand for, and what we actually do.
  5. Would you agree that two important aspects of Jesus' ministry were: meeting felt needs, and communicating through stories? Why has the church often failed to use these strategies? How do we use these strategies in the context of Web Evangelism?
  6. Jesus mentored 12 men (and to a lesser extent a larger grouping of men and women). Are there people whom we could be mentoring, and others that we could receive mentoring help from?
  7. Find examples in the Bible of mentoring relationships. How important were they in the spiritual and personal development of key people of God?
  8. Suggest five areas of personal or character weakness which would make it difficult for someone to be a mentor.
  9. Suggest five areas of personal or character weakness which would make it hard for someone to receive effective mentoring.
  10. Discuss the role of trust and confidentiality in mentoring.