Reference

15 Gospel-Centered Questions

From the Appendix of Dodson, Gospel-Centered Discipleship (Rev. & Exp., 2022), pp. 177–178. These questions cultivate gospel motivation — use them in your own heart, in one-on-one sessions, and in discipleship groups. Questions 11–15 are from Sam Storms, A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ (Crossway, 2010), used by permission.

About the heart & desires

  1. What do you desire more than anything else?
  2. What do you find yourself daydreaming or fantasizing about?
  3. What lies do you subtly believe that undermine the truth of the gospel?
  4. Are you astonished by the gospel?
  5. Where have you made much of yourself and little of God?

About daily life

  1. Is technology interrupting your communion with God?
  2. Is work a source of significance? How?
  3. Where do your thoughts drift when you enter a social setting?
  4. What fears keep you from resting in Christ?
  5. What consumes your thoughts when you have alone time?

About witness (what others observe)

  1. When people see how you spend money, do they conclude that God is a priceless treasure, exceedingly valuable above all worldly goods?
  2. When people observe your relationship with others, are they alerted to the power of Christ's forgiveness of you that alone accounts for your forgiveness of them?
  3. If you are complimented for some accomplishment, does the way you receive it drive onlookers to give thanks to the Lord?
  4. Is your use of leisure time or devotion to a hobby or how you speak of your spouse the sort that persuades others that your heart is content with what God is for you in Christ?
  5. Does your reaction to bad news produce in you doubt or fear, or does it inspire confidence to trust in God's providence?

How to use them

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