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Exchanged Glory: A Vision of Freedom
1. How badly do you want to be free indeed?
2. If your journey to freedom proves to be a long one, what do you believe will sustain you along the way?
3. In what ways might God use your journey for good?
4. Why should you expect surprises?
Chapter One. The Growing Struggle
1. Do you have sins that seem inescapable? What makes you feel this way?
2. Do you believe that Christians should experience the same sort of godly intimacy, guidance, and power that the Christians did in the book of Acts? Why or why not?
3. What can help you grow into greater power?
4. What sorts of experiences have you had, if any, where you have felt oppressed by demonic powers?
5. What does it mean to “forsake all” (Luke 14:33) so we can be disciples of Christ?
Chapter Two. Disappointed, Comforted, and Overwhelmed
1. If you have had a time when you have felt as if God has failed you that you can describe, please share it with the group.
2. The apostle Paul wrote, “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). What does it mean to have our faith based in the power of God?
3. How do you interpret the Scripture: “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him” (John 14:21)?
4. Do you expect God to be close to you even when your life is a mess? Why or why not?
5. When you are honest with yourself, do you like God? Why or why not?
Chapter Three. A Few Thoughts about the Fear of the Lord
1. What does it mean to work out your salvation with fear and trembling (Phil 2:12)?
2. What does it mean that Jesus took your punishment?
3. What are some false fears that masquerade as the fear of the Lord?
4. When you sin, what good reasons do you have to run to God rather than from Him?
5. Jesus delighted in the fear of the Lord; how should we follow His example?
Chapter Four. Surprised by Wrath and Mercy
1. Do you feel that those who reject God’s truth are worthy of hell? Why or why not?
2. What does it mean to think lightly of God’s kindness, forbearance, and patience?
3. How much does the blood of Jesus mean to you?
4. How is it that a person can hold, at the same time, a fear of God and a love for God?
5. How did the author’s experience of God’s mercy for the previous eight years set the stage for his ability to embrace God’s wrath?
1. Why is it good to seek out friends who can help us in our struggles?
2. In what ways do you believe you “suppress the truth in unrighteousness?”
3. What is the difference between ungodliness and unrighteousness?
4. Do you struggle with seeing God as the false god of permissive-love or the false god of harshness? Please explain.
Chapter Six. Therefore God Gave Them Over
1. What is the difference between being given over to some sin and being given up on?
2. What is the difference between being given over to some sin and being pushed over?
3. How does ungodliness weaken us and make us susceptible to other sins?
4. How does a deep wisdom about the purpose and meaning of sex help someone to walk in sexual purity?
5. How has your relationship (or lack of relationship) with your earthly father affected your relationship with your Heavenly Father?
1. In what ways do you believe your culture has affected your view of God?
2. What does it mean to know Jesus?
3. What do you feel you need in your life in order to be OK?
4. Why is it important to distinguish between willful sins and sins that spring out of disobedience?
5. What happens when you cut yourself off from God because you feel rejected over your sins?
Chapter Eight. Heaven would be Hell for Sinners
1. Do you believe an eternal lake of fire is a just punishment for sin? Why or why not?
2. What would it be like to experience the disease of sin in an eternity that offers no cure?
3. If you truly lived with the ongoing revelation that eternity is the state in which you will live the vast majority of your life, how would this affect you?
Chapter Nine. Stuck in the Old Self
1. Do you ever feel like you are two different people living in the same body? Please explain.
2. Why is humility important for Christians?
3. What does it mean to be dead to sin and alive to God?
Chapter Ten. Falling off the Tightrope
1. Have you ever entered a situation that seemed to consistently bring out the worst in you? Please explain.
2. What are some dangers involved in believing that God will always work in our emotions before requiring us to take action?
3. What are some dangers involved in believing that our actions are the only area in which God will change us?
4. How has your upbringing influenced your view of God and His relationship with you?
Chapter Eleven. Escape to the New Self
1. What are some ways your sins, your family’s sins, and your culture’s sins have programmed you to view life a certain way?
2. What ideas do you have about the balance between powerful encounters with God and the use of your mind and will to consciously apply truth to your life?
3. In what ways have you placed yourself on God’s alter so your old way of life can be replaced by His way?
4. What obstacles do you need to overcome in order to endure small but painful changes until larger more freeing changes come?
1. What are some of the ways in which strongholds exalt themselves against a relationship with God based on true knowledge?
2. What are some areas in your life where the “train tracks in your heart” tend to carry you away from the knowledge of God?
3. What character qualities must a person develop in order to work with God as He reroutes the “train tracks in their heart?”
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