Wide Open, Week 6: I’ve Got Questions
Discussion Questions
Zach described a pattern he sees in students — asking great questions and then immediately apologizing for asking them. Have you ever felt that same shame around your own spiritual questions? Where do you think that comes from?
The sailors in Jonah's story showed more faith than the prophet himself — obeying, repenting, and worshiping God while Jonah was on the run. Who in your life, perhaps someone outside the church, has modeled something that looked more like faith than you expected?
Zach pointed out that Jonah technically did what God asked — he showed up and preached four words — but clearly didn't want to. Have you ever obeyed God technically but not wholeheartedly? What was going on inside you in that moment?
The book ends with God asking Jonah a question rather than giving him an answer. What does it tell you about God that he chose to end the conversation that way — and what question do you wish God would ask you right now?
Zach compared faith to a pitcher learning to pitch rather than just throw — moving from raw, unexamined belief to something more intentional and developed. Where are you in that process, and what has prompted the most growth in your own faith journey?
The real villain of Jonah turns out to be not his cowardice but his unwillingness to love his enemies. Who are the Ninevites in your life — the people you'd honestly rather God not extend grace to — and what does this story say to you about that?
Jonah knew God's character well enough to predict that he would show mercy to Nineveh — and was angry about it. Have you ever been frustrated by God's grace toward someone else? What did that reveal about you?
Zach said that a simple faith that worked in easier seasons sometimes stops working when life gets harder or more complicated. Has that been true for you? What questions emerged from a hard season that changed the way you understood your faith?
The message closed with an invitation to make our church a place where people with tough questions feel genuinely welcome. What would have to change — in you personally, or in how we function as a community — for that to truly be the case?
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