Starter Question: Describe a time when you felt desperate and God was your only hope. What happened? 1. Read Mark 9:14-29

2. The disciples and the religious scholars are arguing when Jesus comes down off the Mount of Transfiguration. How do you think the world perceives arguments among religious people? Do they help or hurt?

3. What does this passage teach us about a person who is possessed by an impure or unclean spirit?

4. In your opinion, is Jesus harsh with the Dad in the story? Or is he compassionate? Why? What in the story makes you consider this either way?

5. Notice in the story how the crowd is always depicted as moving toward Jesus. Why does Mark include that detail?