Trinity Study: 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 application questions

Following up on the video discussion from yesterday, here are some questions and reflections for application.

• Do you think of yourself as being "on the way" with regard to your salvation? And do you see the cross as the power to enable you to continue to grow and progress in it? What leads us at times to think the we are "past the cross" and focus on something else?
• What comes to mind when you think of "power"? What are powerful things, in your opinion? Consider what makes them powerful to you. Do you see those things in the cross? What does the "power of the cross" teach you about real power? 
• What comes to mind when you think of "folly" and "foolishness"? How is what the world offers in terms of "power" actually folly compared to God? 
• Which of the two groups do you tend to be like the most: the Jews, who need signs to believe, or the Greeks, who need convincing arguments or eloquent words? What did this passage speak to in your heart, about these tendencies?