Module Five: Exalted Through Dying

“Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
— Philippians 2:9–11

Module Five: Exalted Through Dying

In preparation for this week's material, please read chapters 6–7 in Larry Duggins’s Simple Harmony. In addition, consider the following:

  • “Childlike Acceptance” from Turning to the Mystics

  • “What Can Music Do to Change a Destructive Story?” from KarmaTube

  • ''Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.''

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881). Father Zossima, in The Brothers Karamazov, bk. 6, ch. 3, sct. H (1879-1880)

Discussion Questions:

  • Through which means of grace do you feel closest to God?

  • Does worship have to be in a particular format in order to fill you up?

  • Why? Is the Lord’s Supper meaningful to you? Why?

    Duggins, Larry. Simple Harmony: Thoughts on Holistic Christian Life (p. 38). Kindle Edition.

  • List two things that you are currently doing that relate to loving God.

  • What would the bee hive image look like in your community?

  • Why is witness important?

    Duggins, Larry. Simple Harmony: Thoughts on Holistic Christian Life (p. 46). Kindle Edition.