However, high school tends to be one of the most neglected age groups within the church. Imagine the impact of the church where students are rooted in God's Word and parents are actively engaged in discipling their children.
Deuteronomy was written with a more communal context than what is experienced in the west. However, the implications of its directives
As a Christian strives to grow in Christ, he must be regularly in the Word of God. The growing desire to know and read God's Word reflects the true belief that the Bible is inspired by God and useful for equipping the man of God (2 Tim 3:16-17).
As a follower of Christ grows in Christian maturity and understanding of God’s Word there should be a natural outflow, or application, of the
Drane points out that in the Old Testament "the family was held together by traditional concerns. Parents must teach their children the Word of God and use the Word in the discipleship of their children.
The discipleship alluded to in 2 Timothy is explicitly commanded by Jesus in Matthew 28. This command and the promise that accompanies it
As Richard Taylor puts it: "The church, then, is a divine institution, founded by Christ and composed of true believers. Many of the problems in the local church today can be traced to biblical illiteracy. Barry Shafer notes, "The church today, including both the adults and the teenage generation, find themselves in an era of widespread biblical illiteracy."1 Despite the negative trends, the ship can still be righted.
Karen Estep, presenting the constructivist theory6, emphasizes that "the individual should be able to build beyond what he has learned by building his own understanding and a theologically based view of life, work and family."7 Youth pastors need to teach students of the Bible on a mode that does just that—. Jones writes, “The role of God-called leaders in the church is to encourage, recognize, and equip fellow church members (Ephesians 4:11-13) to serve as priests and missionaries first in their own households and then beyond. outside their households (Acts 2:39).”21 Church personnel must not only teach and equip the saints to make disciples, but must also design it so that they themselves make disciples. The youth pastor must work and collaborate with these ministry leaders for the sake of the youth in the church.
Parents and their students were also asked to complete the pre-curriculum survey.6 The request to participate in this electronic survey was sent to all students via email on Tuesday 15, 22 and 29 December 2020 and 5 January 2021. Families from New Hope Church with a high school student. Leaders are also expected to interact with their students at least once during the week.9 Leader training focused on each of these specific areas.
Would Do Differently
SURVEY RESULTS
-5 times a week How often, except for meals. times, do you pray with your children. -3 times a week How often do you have one? per week Every day 4-5 times a week I feel that I am mostly. responsible for the spiritual formation of my child. Every day Once a week How often, except. week Daily How often do you talk to. week Every day 2-3 times a week I understand what I am. reading when I read the Bible.
-5 times a week How often do you do? have spiritual conversations with your middle schooler. -5 times a week How often do you do? have personal time in the Word. per week Daily 4-5 times per week. How often do you talk to other people about God? week Daily 4-5 times a week. what I read when I read the Bible.
CURRICULUM LESSONS
What Is Your Bible? The Basics 1.13.21
Each book is inspired of God—meaning they were written by human hands, but God gave man the exact words to write on.1 The Bible is a work of literature made up of six different genres—or styles of writing. We know that the Bible is inspired by God, we know this from verses like 2 Timothy 3:16: “All Scripture is breathed forth of God and profitable for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness”3. Aside from the fact that every book and genre is about God and reveals bits of information about God to us, the Bible tells one big story.
Thus, as we read any part of the Bible, we can use the larger story to help us understand the shorter stories we study. We call the books in the Bible canon which comes from a Greek word that means rule or principle. This has nothing to do with the geological evidence or the literary support that the Bible has.
Studying an Epistle: Setting up Titus 1.27.21
This context, combined with seeing it as part of the big story, sets us up for success when looking at individual portions. For whatever reason, I was standing in an aisle in the store restocking the shelves and this seemingly random elderly gentleman walked up to me and began, not so kindly, informing me of how incompetent I was and how Home Depot was better and some other evil words that I cannot say. While there were many issues going on in that man's life, one of the more immediate things was that he approached someone he didn't intend to.
This is one of the reasons why the beginning of a letter, one where the writer and the reader are identified, is so important. Look with me at Titus 1:1-4, “Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which corresponds to godliness, 2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, which never. For the sake of the faith of God's elect and that they would know the truth made known by the preaching of the Word, which Paul was called by God to do (vs1-3) To whom he wrote.
Titus 1:5-16 Truth and Character Matter 2.24.21
Except for the Acts of the Apostles, all the writings in the letters are prescriptive - meaning they prescribe how to go about things. Knowing that this is prescriptive, telling us how to go about something, let's look at Titus. However, if we stop and think about it, especially in light of the larger story of the Bible, these are indeed qualities that should apply to all of us as Christians.
Although these characteristics are specifically listed to help Titus evaluate who can be an elder (and someday when you're looking for a church when you move away, make sure the leadership meets these character standards), but these things should also be true for us as followers of Christ. The more mature we are in our faith, the more these things should characterize our lives. Confess when these things are not true for you and ask the Spirit to work in you and bring you to maturity.
Titus 2:1-10 Hold to Truth and Live It Out 3.3.21
9 Slaves must be subject to their own masters in everything; they should be pleasant, not. Both the "but" and the instructions to "teach that which is in accordance with sound doctrine" refer directly back to the end of chapter one, where Paul tells them to be aware of false teachers who spread good-sounding lies and lead families astray. . On a positive note, one of the obvious results of knowing God and God's Word is the way they live and relate to others.
Doctrine, what you actually believe to be true, will affect how you live and interact with the world around you. Older men and women and younger women are addressed and Paul says at the end of v.5 that "so that the word of God may not be put to shame." If you claim to be a Christian and follow the teachings of the Bible, but live in ways that are not in accordance with its teachings, you cause others to question and even have an aversion to God's Word. Our lives are given by God, redeemed by God and called by God, so it makes sense to know and use God's word in our lives.
Titus 2:11-15 Jesus, Our Motivation 3.10.21
We follow what the Bible teaches because it is God's word, it helps us know God, it helps us grow in love and obedience to Him, and it is truly the best thing about us. First, it gives us why, or the motivation for why we should live for Jesus in ways that follow what the Bible teaches us. But when you understand the reason for something, even if you don't love the thing, you will do it because you see the value of doing it.
The Bible calls us to something so much bigger and better than anything this world can offer us. This is not a "do this and you'll go to heaven" list. It is a list of characteristics that apply to you when you look for Jesus, who brings salvation to all people and whose Word we are trained to use. If you see areas where your life doesn't fit together, stop and pray and ask God to help you address these things and live more and more in line with what His Word teaches.
Titus 3:1-11 Focused, Prepared, and Equipped 3.17.21
Titus 3:12-15 Learn and Do - Be Fruitful 3.24.21
13 where Paul asks that Zenas and Apollos be sent on their way and that they lack nothing - the church, under Titus' leadership, sees that they are prepared with what they need for their mission. Paul says "be not barren." This is the result of sound doctrine and good works. The Great Story of Scripture (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration) in Pictures: Your Input Requested.” Børsen, 28 November 2012.
The following pages contain images of small group content in the form of a leader's guide.1 This guide was given to adult volunteers for the purpose of facilitating small group youth gathering time. The following pages contain pictures of the brochure at home, starting with the cover below. We started our study, but we started by looking at a little "what the Bible is." Ask your student if they can give you an overview of the "big story".
Since this is a "week off" you and your student are challenged to continue reading 1 Timothy 2 by reviewing 1 Timothy 2. We took a slightly different approach this evening as each small group studied, prepared, and then taught the rest of the group a verse or two.
