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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Attached and below are the discussion questions for this week’s Book Club.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nancy Yeager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attached and below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Lamb, the gospel according to biff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Discussion Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Did you find Lamb to be fairly true to the Bible as you know it? Did you learn anything from Lamb?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Early in the book, Biff writes about "little-boy love," describing it as "...the cleanest pain I've ever known. Love without desire, or conditions, or limits — a pure and radiant glow in the heart that could make me giddy and sad and glorious all at once." Do you understand what he's saying?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Would Joshua have made it to maturity without Biff? Do you think Jesus had any human — not divine help in becoming who he was?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Is Moore making a statement about historical facts in the Bible, or about the value of friendship in general?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Were you offended by this book in any way? There's so much here that Moore could almost be called an "equal opportunity offender."<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Did you find that some parts bothered you, while others didn't? Did he go too far, in any way? Not far enough?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>At one point, Biff asks, "Are all women stronger and better than me?" and Josh answers, "Yes." Do you think Moore believes this?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Do you think Christianity teaches this? From what you know about other world religions, how does the role of women differ in each?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Did you recognize any moments in your own development as you heard the story of Christ's?</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Do you relate to the character of Josh? Does this story of "Josh" make you feel any differently about Jesus as a human being?</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Is Moore making a statement about historical facts in the Bible, or about the value of friendship in general?</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>