JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• From Questions and Doubt
• to Enduring Faith

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Journey to enduring faith

• A Concept of Christian Growth from Doubt and
  Questions to Enduring Faith.
• The result of 40 years of simplifying
  Christianity for searching young people.

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• COMPLICATING FACTORS
• Christianese Words we use but do not
  understand Nurture, Sanctified,
  Incarnation, In Christ, Omniscience,
  Salvation, Resurrection of the Body, Hell,
  Heaven, Satan.
• Puzzle Pieces Topical explanations of
  Christian principles without a road map to
  connect the dots Sin, Suffering, Compassion,
  Worship, Works, Faith, Forgiveness, Witness,
  Stewardship.

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of
  heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ His only
  Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy
  Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under
  Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried
  the third day He rose from the dead, He ascended
  into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God
  the Father Almighty from thence He shall come
  to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in
  the Holy Spirit, the Holy catholic church, the
  communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
  resurrection of the body, and the life
  everlasting.

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH
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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• PURPOSE
• 1. Describe a concept of a Christian Journey
  (Connect the dots into a road map).
• 2. Offer an approach to deal with Christianese
  (Develop a vocabulary of useful terms)
• 3. Use traditional theology and simplify
• 4. Make it brief and conversational

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• OUTCOME
• 1. Know how to deal with Questions and Doubt
• 2. Learn a new concept in how to Study the Bible
• 3. Know how to Pray
• 4. Understand the importance of Belief
• 5. Understand what Giving Back really means
• 6. Have a concept of Eternal Life and Heaven
• 7. Have a concept of Sin and Hell
• 8. Understand Grace
• 9. Possess Enduring Faith

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• COURSE SCHEDULE
• Week 1. Introduction
• Week 2. Questions and
• Doubt
• Week 3. God
• Week 4. Prayer
• Week 5. Bible Study
• Week 6. Belief
• Part I Part II

• Week 7. Works and Worship
• Week 8. Witness
• Week 9. Surrender
• Week 10. Eternal Life and Heaven
• Week 11. Sin and Hell
• Week 12. Grace
• Part III Part IV

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH

• PROCESS
• Questionnaire Each week for the week ahead
• Homework Read 1 Chapter per week/Schedule
• Underline sentences/thoughts that stand out
• Classroom
• Short overview of Homework Chapter
• Class Observations from Homework
• Emphasis on underlined sentences/thoughts
• Questionnaire results
• Emphasis on areas of agreement/disagreement

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART I

• CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS AND DOUBT

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART I

• QUESTIONS AND DOUBT
• Relevant?
• Disturbing?
• Good or Bad?
• Occasional?, Frequent?
• Which ones?

• POSSIBILITIES
• Normal
• Useful
• Good
• Maybe, Just Maybe
• God is reaching out
• Personal
• Privilege
• Responsibility

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART II
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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART II

• CHAPTER 2 GOD
• Traveling Companion
• Trinity
• Father
• Son
• Holy Spirit
• Who is God?
• Intellectual Path
• Spiritual Path

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART II

• CHAPTER 3 PRAYER
• Connecting with God
• The Why of Prayer
• The How of Prayer
• Spiritual Path Foundation
• Trust

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH PART II

• CHAPTER 4 BIBLE
• 5 Bible Messages
• What God Did
• What We are to Do
• From Bible Reading to Bible Study
• Intellectual Path Foundation
• Understanding

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART IICHAPTER
5Belief
UNDERSTANDING TRUST BIBLE STUDY
PRAYER Intellectual
Path Spiritual Path
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Christianity UncomplicatedPART III
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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART III

• CHAPTER 6 WORKS AND WORSHIP
• Good Works
• Good Works and Eternal Life
• Worship
• Traditional or Contemporary
• Anytime

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART III

• CHAPTER 7 WITNESS
• Witness by Works
• Courage
• Witness by Words
• Timing
• Style

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART III

• CHAPTER 8 SURRENDER
• Surrender?
• Suffering
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Surrender Mindset
• Everything is about GodEverything

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITH PART IV
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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART IV

• CHAPTER 9 HEAVEN AND ETERNAL LIFE
• ETERNAL LIFE NOW
• HEAVEN
• PHYSICAL VS SPIRITUAL
• OUR SPIRITUAL SELVES

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART IV

• CHAPTER 10 SIN AND HELL
• SIN
• CONSEQUENCES
• HELL

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART IV

• CHAPTER 11 GRACE
• GRACE
• GRACE DEFINED
• ENDURING FAITH

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART V
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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART V

• CHAPTER 12 IN A NUTSHELL
• QUESTIONS AND DOUBT
• GOD
• PRAYER
• BIBLE
• BELIEF
• WORKS AND WORSHIP
• WITNESS
• SURRENDER

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JOURNEY TO ENDURING FAITHPART V

• CHAPTER 12 REMEMBERING OUR JOURNEY
• HEAVEN AND ETERNAL LIFE
• SIN AND HELL
• GRACE