1. The Narrative Question: What is the overarching story line of the Bible? What’s the big picture? Is there a discernible plotline in the library of the Bible?
2. The Authority Question: How should the Bible be understood? Can it be used to justify violence? Why is it I conflict with science?
3. The God Question: Is God violent? Why does God seem genocidal in many Biblical passages? “Is faith capable of becoming a stronger force for peace and reconciliation than it has been for violence in the past?”
4. The Jesus Question: Who is Jesus and why is he important? What accounts for the vast differences in understandings of Jesus?
5. The Gospel Question: What is the gospel? Is it information on how to avoid hell and go to heaven or a message of liberation and transformation for select individuals (or for all individuals?). Is there a difference between the Gospel of Jesus and that of Paul?
6. The Church Question: What do we do about the church? What must change for the church in the light of new understandings. How is the Spirit of God at work in the church and in the world?
7. The Sex Question: Can we find a way to address human sexuality without fighting about it? What about new discoveries in neurobiology, psychopharmacology, anthropology, and related fields? Why is homosexuality such a hot issue for churches right now?
8. The Future Question: Can we find a better way of viewing the future? Eschatology even influences foreign policy? What kind will contribute to a more just and joyful future?
9. The Pluralism Question: How should followers of Jesus relate to people of other religions? The world’s future is threatened by interreligious fear, hatred, and violence. Is Jesus the only way?
10. The What Do We Do Now Question? How can we translate our quest into action? How do we avoid the unintended consequences of even asking these questions (e.g. division, disruption, distraction)?
