HS Midweek — 11/19/08

This evening, for the first time ever, in the place of Mike teaching we had a guest speaker via DVD. We watched "How Great is Our God" by Louie Giglio. In his forty minute talk, Louie spoke about astronomy, gradually introducing us to the incomparable magnitude of the universe — the universe our God created. He works for thirty minutes just presenting how miniscule, powerless, and unimportant we humans are. Until finally he turns around to show our importance that's given to us by God. As we been bought with a price — the sacrifice of Jesus — and God knows us, everyone of us by name, we, too, are of vast importance.

If you'd like to see some more from Louie Giglio, you can check it out on Youtube, or talk to Mike, Jimmy, or Austin.

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Tough Questions

These are a good many of the questions texted to Mike as our biggest "God Questions." We'll begin answering them as blog posts on here, and we'll be talking about them Wednesday nights, too. Feel free to add any questions you have or add any input, suggestions, or ideas to any of the questions already posted here.

• What evidence do we have that God exists?
• Why does God allow suffering?
• Was Jesus white?
• I don't believe in evolution; what proof do we have against it?
• How do you help a friend realize that their life has meaning, and that they are important to you?
• What does God look like?
• I wonder not so much if God exists but why He exists. Can you answer that for me?
• When is God coming for us or returning?
• Why is there a bunny for Easter, and why do we paint eggs and hide them?
• Why is life so complicated?
• Is predestination true?
• How do we know He [God] is real?
• What is the meaning of life?
• How do you stay connected to Him?
• How can I hear God speak to me?
• Am I a bad Christian if I believe in evolution?
  

And if you need to start a little more superficially...

• Are you a man or a woman megatron?

That's it for now. We don't want to just answer these questions for you, let's get a little discussive (possibly argumentative?) and work these out together. Check back for more!

HS Midweek — 11/05/2008

Surviving Bad Days — Week 3

It's important to ask for help on bad days. The pain entailed with bad days has a lot of negative effects. It can confuse us and give us pessimistic views on life, cause us to doubt God, and make us weary and tired from carrying our burdens. Looking to others for help allows us to realign ourselves with God and our perspectives on life. We can give others an opportunity to share God with us, and us with them. Most of all it gives us a chance to demonstrate and grow a maturity in our faith and dependence on God.

"Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not too important."
Galatians 6: 2-3

"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest . . . For my yoke is easy to bear and the burden I give you is light." Matthew 11: 28-30

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