Small Group Questions for Breaking Dawn


  • Several couples provide examples of marriage for Bella – Charlie & Renee, Carlisle & Esme, Same & Emily. Compare and contrast these couples. Which one is the strongest influence in Bella’s life?
  • Read Ephesians 4:1-6. What are we commanded to do? In light of Bella and Edward’s nuptials, how can these verses also apply to marriage?
  • Study I Corinthians 12:12-31. What are some of the gifts mentioned in this passage? Have you been given any of these? How can you use these gifts within the community of Christ?
  • Read Ephesians 4:7-24. What does maturity look like in Christ? How is one’s life different with the Holy Spirit?
  • Why is sexual intimacy best enjoyed in a marriage? Do you agree with that belief? Why or why not?
  • Read Ephesians 4:25-32. What are some behaviors that destroy the community of Christ? What behaviors promote unity?
  • In Breaking Dawn, Book II, the narrator changes to Jacob. How is his perspective and outlook different than Bella?
  • Read Ephesians 5:1-7. How can sexuality become a problem for Christians? What kind of support do we need to be sexually pure in this culture?
  • Bella continues with a very dangerous pregnancy. How would you have handled this situation? Did Bella make the right choice?
  • Read Ephesians 5:8-16. We are commanded to be filled with the Spirit. What other things must be put away so we can be filled?
  • Look over Romans 8. What do you learn about the Holy Spirit in these verses? How have you experienced the Spirit in your life?
  • Read Ephesians 5:22-33. What is Paul teaching us about marriage? What other verses in Ephesians provide advice on marriage?
  • When Bella completes her vampire conversion, how is she different? Is it what she dreamed it would be?
  • Read Ephesians 6:1-4. Paul gives little advice to parents in these verses. What does he say? What other verses in Ephesians provide advice on parenting?
  • When Irina betrays the Cullen family, they are faced with a challenge from the Volturi. What do we learn about the Volturi as other vampires arrive to stand with the Cullens?
  • Read Ephesians 6:5-9. Where is slavery present in our world today? What people groups disgust you? How would Paul counsel you on this topic?
  • Garrett gives a revolutionary speech in response to the Volturi visit. What has he observed about the Cullen family? What makes them different from other vampires?
  • Read Ephesians 6:10-18. Why must we have armor in this world? How can we stand and fight together as the community of Christ?