The following 8-session study will help you and your group think about and answer common questions that believers have pondered over the years about the Christian faith.
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We think that an all-knowing God should have given us the ability to always do right. But from the beginning, humans have disobeyed God and chosen to sin instead. Why did ...
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At the very heart of Christian belief is a concept called the Trinity. It's so central that one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century, Karl Barth, said, "Trinity ...
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We usually avoid talk of our own mortality. Author Tim Jones observes that Americans, with hospitals and funeral homes to shield them from death's inevitable presence, find ...
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The Old Testament gives us many terrifying accounts of how God executed his wrath on Israel and surrounding nations. In today's civilized society, expressing anger is considered ...
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In his great literary classic, Miguel de Cervantes gave us a wonderfully comedic picture of the legendary Don Quixote, who was a romantic in an age when Enlightenment logic ...
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How did the characteristics of hatred and fear come to be associated with evangelical believers? Perhaps it can be traced back to our theology, Richard J. Mouw, President ...
William Faulkner wrote, "a man is the sum of his misfortunes."1
Faulkner's observation states a profound truth. We are the product of our sufferings. Our pains forge our ...
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Considering that heaven is the eternal home of the believer, it is surprising how little we seem to know about it, and how much we think we know that is not actually in the ...
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When and how will the millennium of Christ's reign occur? Will Christ return to reign on earth before or after the church has been raptured? Will there be a literal thousand-year ...
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"Many of us do not know how to listen to the voice of God in Scripture, because we were trained to view the Bible as a series of verses strung together like pearls ...
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Some claim that to be saved, one must not only believe and acknowledge that Christ is Lord but also submit one's life to his lordship. Others say the Bible lays down no ...
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While the popular mood of society toward the past alternates between love and loathing, Timothy Jones says that recalling the past is essential for knowing who we are as persons ...
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Mercy has been defined as "kindness in excess of what may be expected by fairness." If God had been only fair and just with each of us, where would we be? But ...
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Encounters with angels are relatively common in Scripture. These inhabitants of the heavenly realm do not surprise us when we find them among the men and women we meet in ...
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Before Christians face spiritual battle, they should know something about the Enemy. Who is the Devil, and how should we think about him? Though more power is sometimes attributed ...
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Pain and sorrow are part of human existence. Each of us has known hurt and sadness, and often our instinct is to search for a reason why. Are we being punished for some ...
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How do Christians reconcile pain and confusion about unanswered prayer with our belief in an all-powerful God of love?
Using the article "The Gift of Unanswered Prayer" ...
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When we face hardship, many of us take comfort in the thought that we'll grow and become better people for it. But is that always the ultimate reason for our suffering? ...
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Was that unexpected $50 check from your uncle an answered prayer or a coincidence? What about how you met your spouse, or the encouragement you find in reading the Bible? ...