Pulled Together is a seven-week study exploring what Jesus makes of us when we practice faithfulness to him together. Each week includes a short reading, a Bible study guide, and a Scripture passage designed to help us discover the kind of life Jesus forms among his people.
Week 1: What God Has Made
Before we ask what church gives us, Ephesians 2 asks us to see what God has made: people once far apart, brought near in Christ and built together into his dwelling place. As you read, notice what depends on Christ’s action rather than ours—and what that might mean for how we measure the value of gathering.
Week 2: Self-Giving and Hospitable
Romans 15 takes us inside the cost of belonging: bearing with weakness, surrendering self-protection, and welcoming people we might not naturally choose. As you read, notice how Christ’s welcome becomes the pattern for ours—and how God uses this costly life together to produce hope.
Week 3: Power-Surrendered
1 Peter 5 gives us a strange picture of power in God’s household: real authority and different roles, but no ladder of human importance. As you read, notice how Peter places leaders, followers, the anxious, and the suffering alike under God’s mighty hand—and how trusting him loosens our need to secure rank for ourselves.
Week 4: Repentant and Reconciling
Ephesians 4 takes us into the challenge of living truthfully with people we actually belong to. As you read, notice how Paul connects truth, anger, speech, and forgiveness—and how faithfulness within an imperfect body can form us into people who are both more truthful and more loving.
Week 5: Growing Through the Motions
Acts 2 and Colossians 3 show a people giving themselves to repeated practices that keep the message of Christ among them. As you read, notice how familiar rhythms can become more than “going through the motions”—they can give the Jesus story a place to dwell in us until it begins to shape what we notice, remember, and carry into ordinary life.
Week 6: Alive, Improbably Together
John 13 reveals something surprising about the church’s mission: the love believers share with one another can itself show the world who Jesus is. As you read, consider how ordinary relationships can grow into a life of genuine affection and delight—and why enjoying that life together is more than a blessing for those who belong.
Week 7: Significant, Together (coming soon)
Scripture
Reflection
Study Guide