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Hello,
I need some verses, point-of-views, and poll results for a possible biblical discussion topic. It's similar to the Halloween threads. Do you condone the celebration of Christmas or Easter?
Oh, before you answer, please keep part of your answer in the following framework. The goal is this: to encourage young adults who have fallen away to return through love, obedience, and example-setting. Like all churches, ours have "history" but for us, the history targeted the then-youth who are now grown up. We are trying to bring them back with solid theology and scriptural reading - and it's hard enough to get them to come to a "Bible Study." No bashing over the head with Bibles. Our church has tried that and all it did was push them away further and faster than bunnies can breed.
The idea is to follow a 3-step process: remember, repent, and return. So the topics generally move in that direction. The first few cover "remembrance." The next ones are "repentance" and "return."
We've covered the following topics:
Week 1: The need and importance of scriptural study and how it equips and prepares us to do what God calls us to do.
Week 2: The importance of putting time aside just for God no matter what life is currently throwing at you.
Week 3: The seven letters to the seven churches in Asia found in Revelation with emphasis that we are in the age of the seventh church (the lukewarm church - the church that compromises between hot and cold).
Week 4 & 5 (will be this week and the following week) - No topic set yet.
Week 6 & 7 (Christmas and baptism week) - Possible topics:
- The real Christianity that the media doesn't tell you.
- Did you know that more Christians have died and continue to die from persecution than anything we've done in the past? Find out on Tuesday.
- The easiest salvation that no other religion can offer - no good works pre-requisite!
Possible topics:
- Uprooting your comforts: Christmas, Easter, and Halloween.
- Simply Christian 10-week course (I haven't previewed it yet).
- How to increase/grow your faith.
- What does the Bible say about self-esteem?
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- Cooking with salt. (Salt of the church)
- Non-believers, you won't go to Hell at the Second Coming - only a BBQ at the Lake of Fire.
Thanks, will appreciate the help!
I need some verses, point-of-views, and poll results for a possible biblical discussion topic. It's similar to the Halloween threads. Do you condone the celebration of Christmas or Easter?
Oh, before you answer, please keep part of your answer in the following framework. The goal is this: to encourage young adults who have fallen away to return through love, obedience, and example-setting. Like all churches, ours have "history" but for us, the history targeted the then-youth who are now grown up. We are trying to bring them back with solid theology and scriptural reading - and it's hard enough to get them to come to a "Bible Study." No bashing over the head with Bibles. Our church has tried that and all it did was push them away further and faster than bunnies can breed.
The idea is to follow a 3-step process: remember, repent, and return. So the topics generally move in that direction. The first few cover "remembrance." The next ones are "repentance" and "return."
We've covered the following topics:
Week 1: The need and importance of scriptural study and how it equips and prepares us to do what God calls us to do.
Week 2: The importance of putting time aside just for God no matter what life is currently throwing at you.
Week 3: The seven letters to the seven churches in Asia found in Revelation with emphasis that we are in the age of the seventh church (the lukewarm church - the church that compromises between hot and cold).
Week 4 & 5 (will be this week and the following week) - No topic set yet.
Week 6 & 7 (Christmas and baptism week) - Possible topics:
- The real Christianity that the media doesn't tell you.
- Did you know that more Christians have died and continue to die from persecution than anything we've done in the past? Find out on Tuesday.
- The easiest salvation that no other religion can offer - no good works pre-requisite!
Possible topics:
- Uprooting your comforts: Christmas, Easter, and Halloween.
- Simply Christian 10-week course (I haven't previewed it yet).
- How to increase/grow your faith.
- What does the Bible say about self-esteem?
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- Cooking with salt. (Salt of the church)
- Non-believers, you won't go to Hell at the Second Coming - only a BBQ at the Lake of Fire.
Thanks, will appreciate the help!