FCF

Question 1

Explain the Fallen Condition Focus

Answer 1

Our inner tendency toward temptation and evil. (soul hardness, warring desires, fleshly fruit) : : lust

Question 2

Explain the Finite Condition Focus

Answer 2

A non-sinful aspect of our being creaturely in a fallen world that requires the grace of the passage : : created with sexual desire

• Not sin, but of not being God (knowing everything, able to fix everything, able to be everywhere at once)

Question 3

Explain the Fragile Condition Focus

Answer 3

An aspect of our vulnerability to being sinned against or mishandled due to the fallen, finite or faltering nature of others : : being mistreated sexually

• Crying out to God

Question 4

Explain the Faltering Condition Focus

Answer 4

A reminder that even the most earnest follower of Jesus is fallen, finite and fragile : : David & Bathsheba

Question 5

FCF Strategy #1

Answer 5

“low-hanging fruit” - an explicit statement of one of the four F’s in your text

Question 6

FCF Strategy #2

Answer 6

• No low-hanging fruit?
  
  • Connect to Divine Provision
    
    • ask: what could go wrong if we didn’t have access to the grace revealed in the text?
  • Connect to Human Response
    
    • ask: what would we naturally tend to do/believe/treasure instead of the response God requires (usually the opposite!)
  • Brainstorm - walk verse by verse noting every possible FCF implied; see if there’s a common theme

Question 7

FCF Strategy #3

Answer 7

Be text-specific - make sure your FCF is not so generic that it could fit nearly any biblical text; craft it to reflect specific concerns of your text

Question 8

FCF Strategy #4

Answer 8

Test the Fit - FCF and Big Idea clearly belong together

Question 9

FCF Strategy #5

Answer 9

Find a Jesus size need - expose a problem so serious, so deep, so extreme that the only thing that could fix it is the Son of God putting on flesh and blood to live and die and rise again for us.

• The gospel is not a band-aid, so the FCF shouldn’t sound like a “boo-boo”