· Read Ephesians 2:11–22
· Richard mentioned how he encountered a dividing wall that prevented him from being on the basketball team in High School. He also mentioned being inside the dividing wall that kept others out of the school bands. Have you encountered such walls before? Where?
· Paul talks about two groups that were separated by a dividing wall. What are the two groups?
-Why were they divided?
-What was the result of the division?
-How was this dividing wall broken down?
· What is the result of this wall being broken down for Jews? for Gentiles?
· Richard spoke of dividing walls in the church. Thinking on a larger scale, for example between denominations or wings of the church such as left and right, where are there dividing walls between Christians?
· What does Christ's unifying work on the cross mean for these dividing walls?
· How are we called to act in light of these walls?
· What are some practical ways that we can work toward unity?
· What dividing walls to you see in the church at a more personal level?
-Where do you see yourself as divided from other brothers and sisters in Christ?
· Why do these divisions exist?
-What is the source of the alienation causing those walls?
· How are you called to act in light of these walls?