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Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #1

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:59:09 +0000

Do you watch Oprah? If not, who is someone close to you that watches The Oprah Winfrey Show?

Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #2

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:58:09 +0000

Oprah didn’t feel right about God being Jealous, but Avartari suggests that God’s jealousy is not the same as human jealousy. What were the reasons Avatari gave?

Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #3

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:57:14 +0000

Could Jealousy ever be used for good? How so? What analogy did Avatari give?

Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #4

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:56:55 +0000

Could Jealousy ever be used for good? How so? What analogy did Avatari give?

Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #5

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:55:32 +0000

Avartari shares that God’s jealousy is combined with God’s love? What are some characteristics that Avartari says she discovered about God’s love?

Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #6

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:54:12 +0000

Oprah believes that there are many paths to what you call God. She doesn’t believe that Jesus is the only way. What biblical teaching might contract this thinking?

Discussion I: Chapters 1-3 – #7

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:53:08 +0000

Read John 14 and Acts 4. How do you think Oprah would respond to these two chapters?

Discussion II: Chapters 4-5 – #1

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:52:56 +0000

How does Avatari define religious pluralism? Avatari makes a distinction between two types of pluralism? How do they differ?

Discussion II: Chapters 4-5 – #2

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:51:15 +0000

Avatari mentioned that even though the “new religious pluralism” is touted as open-mindedness, it’s rather just another type of exclusivism? How is that possible?

Discussion II: Chapters 4-5 – #3

wnd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:50:18 +0000

Oprah and Eckhart seem to indicate that beliefs are not important. What did Jesus in the New Testament say about the relationship of salvation and belief?