1. Approach questions. An approach question is asked at the beginning of the study before the passage is read. It can spark a discussion in three ways: First, it helps the group members warm up to each other. No matter how well people may know each other, there is always a stiffness that needs to be overcome before people will begin to talk openly. An approach question helps to break the ice. For example, in this study on Matthew 20 we might ask: “When you were a child, what did you want to be when