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An extended Sunday Sermon edition of Wilderness Wanderings!\xa0 The text is Luke 1:57-80 from the New International Version of the Bible.\xa0 Dive In discussion questions are below for further reflection!

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DIVE IN QUESTIONS

1. When you think of darkness (like the kind spoken of in v. 79)\u2014what sorts of things come to mind? What is that darkness?\xa0 What do you think that darkness might be in our secular world today?
2. What might have the people of Zechariah & Elizabeth\u2019s town thought that the darkness was?\xa0 What kind of salvation were they looking for?
3. What knowledge of salvation was John to give the people?\xa0 How was that different from what they were looking for?\xa0 How was it the same (even if it addressed the problems of darkness in a different way)?
4. What sin do you struggle with in the darkness of your own heart?\xa0
5. How will you join the work of the kingdom of light within our world this week?
6. Zechariah speaks as though God\u2019s redemption & salvation have already happened, even though Jesus hadn\u2019t yet come the first time. Why was he able to speak like that? Even though Jesus hasn\u2019t yet come the second time, why are we able to speak like that?