Jolting Questions within GBI Curriculum
The following is a sample of the thought-provoking, heart-engaging, and life-transforming questions that students will be asked to ponder throughout their stay at Grizzly Bible Institute:
What was God’s impulse to create the world?
What is the ultimate goal of God?
Why is God happy beyond our wildest imagination?
Why is it necessary for God being a Trinity?
If God is so utterly enamored with His own glory, how can He be a God of love?
How does one magnify God: like a microscope or like a telescope?
Does God ordain all things? Can God’s purposes be thwarted?
According to Romans 9, what does it mean for God to be God?
What is the glory of God? What is the glory of Jesus Christ?
Why is there is more healing in beholding splendor than in beholding self?
Why do the children of God love the glory of God?
Which analogy fits God better: is God like a mountain spring or like a watering trough?
Why is it so important to be stunned by the God-centeredness of God?
What does it mean to be loved by God?
What is the connection between the holiness, righteousness, and love of God?
What was the purpose of Jesus´ ministry years?
Why is the perfect life of Jesus so utterly indispensable?
Why do some consider Romans 3:21-26 as the most important paragraph in the Bible?
What did the death of Jesus really accomplish?
How does one boast in the cross of Jesus Christ?
What is the essence of sin?
What can original sin be boiled down to?
How was Israel a lesson book for all the nations?
Is an eternal hell just?
What is the gospel?
What does the new birth really look like?
Is saving faith more than intellectual agreement and more than a decision of the will?
What are the practical implications of the “already but not yet’ dimensions of salvation?
What is the inner essence of moment by moment worship of God?
How does one get filled with the Holy Spirit?
How does the Spirit produce a life of love in Christians and why?
What does true love aim for?
Is joy & delight in God essential in the Christian life?
How do God’s glory & our joy relate?
Why are so many Christians resistant to aggressively pursuing maximum joy in God?
What is the value of suffering in the Christian life?
Is gratitude to God the motive for Christian obedience?
What is God’s appointed way to sever such sins as anxiety, pride, bitterness, lust, etc.?
What is the purpose of prayer? Why does God not answer our prayers as we always like?
Is it possible to commit idolatry in giving thanks to God?
Is there such a thing as conditional grace?
What must one beware of in serving God?
What is dissatisfied contentment?
How does one discern (i.e. determine God’s will) by desire?
What is the ultimate goal of studying doctrine?
How should one study theology?
What is the great guardian of Biblical orthodoxy?
How can one avoid the common mistake: “correct theology, wrong text’?
How should one handle mysteries in the Bible?
Are the breathtaking promises in the Prophets applicable to Christians today?
What do the parables of Jesus teach about the kingdom of God?
What are the mysteries of the kingdom of God?
How does one handle the explicit warning passages in the book of Hebrews?
What motivated the Christians in Hebrews to risk their lives in the cause of love?
How does one glorify God in death?
Will joy in God increase forever?
What is the essence of authentic corporate worship?
How does the profound interconnectedness of the Body of Christ (the church) display itself? Why is eternal security a community project?
Is God committing idolatry in delighting so much in creation?
What is the ultimate aim of world missions?
What role does suffering play in world missions?
How can a missionary say: “I never made a sacrifice’?
How should one view the self-denial passages?
What is true Biblical leadership?
What is true masculinity? What is true femininity?
What are the immense benefits of singleness?
Who should men & women take their cues from in the marriage relationship?
Is divorce ever an option?
What is homosexuality a parable of?
Why is Jonathan Edwards considered to be greatest theologian ever in America?
What must one guard against when attempting to imitate the great heroes of the Faith?
How can one help people be more satisfied with God?
Why is “professionalism’ so lethal in Christian ministry?
How can one display the supremacy of God in such a God-denying culture?
What should radical risk-taking for the glory of God look like?
How can one have God-like impact in life?
Again this list is not exhaustive. These are a sample of the all-important issues that will be addressed in the teaching & discipleship at Grizzly Bible Institute. The questions may not be all unique, but we are convinced that the many of the answers will jolt the students. Can you possibly think of anything better & more satisfying to discuss and to come to grips with?
