Can I Ask That?: 8 Hard Questions about God and Faith Sticky Faith Curriculum Student Guide

Ready? Go ahead. Ever had a question about god that you were scared to ask? Ever felt like your hard questions get squashed, silenced, or brushed aside? We get that. Designed for use in small groups alongside the can i ask that leader guide, how can i follow a god who would let christians do such bad things? whether you've never asked these questions before or you've been aching for the chance, anyway? Why does the Bible contradict itself? Can I be a Christian and believe in evolution? Does God discriminate against women? Is Jesus really the only way to God? What does the Bible say about being gay? Does God endorse violence? And, these eight sessions tackle the following tough questions:  What is the Bible, this guide is meant to be a starting point for each conversation.

God isn't anxious about your questions, struggles, or doubts. And finally, God can handle it. We wrote this guide for people like you. And we have good news. Second, it's not only okay to ask hard questions, but it's actually important-some say essential-for your faith journey. You can ask that. We don't think you should be either.

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Can I Ask That?: 8 Hard Questions about God & Faith Sticky Faith Curriculum Leader Guide

It's silence. The trusted voice of the fuller youth institute and proven best practices from churches around the country converge to provide you with tools both to start conversations about hard questions, as well as to lead students toward discovering their own faith convictions. Designed for use in small groups alongside the can i ask that student guide, these eight sessions tackle the following tough questions:what is the Bible, anyway? Why does the Bible contradict itself? Can I be a Christian and believe in evolution? Does God discriminate against women? Is Jesus really the only way to God? What does the Bible say about being gay? Does God endorse violence? How can I follow a God who would let Christians do such bad things?

Just when they're capable of diving into the deep end of their faith, all too often the church keeps them splashing around in shallow waters. As eight years of sticky faith research on teenagers has shown, it's not doubt or hard questions that are toxic to faith. Teenagers are tired of vague or nonexistent answers to their tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity.

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Can I Ask That Volume 2: More Hard Questions About God & Faith Sticky Faith Curriculum Leader Guide

As eight years of sticky faith research on teenagers has shown, it's not doubt or hard questions that are toxic to faith. Teenagers are tired of vague or nonexistent answers to their tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Just when they're capable of diving into the deep end of their faith, all too often the church keeps them splashing around in shallow waters.

It's silence. The trusted voice of the fuller youth institute and proven best practices from churches around the country converge to provide you with tools both to start conversations about hard questions, as well as to lead students toward discovering their own faith convictions. Designed for use in small groups alongside the can i ask that volume 2 student guide, these six sessions tackle the following tough questions:·       is it wrong to doubt god?·       Is hell real? How could God send someone there?·       Can I do something so bad God won't forgive me?·       Why do bad things happen to good people? ·       Is sex outside marriage wrong?·       Why is it so awkward to talk about Jesus with my friends?

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Can I Ask That Volume 2: More Hard Questions About God & Faith Sticky Faith Curriculum Student Guide

We wrote this guide for people like you. If you're tired of vague, or nonexistent answers to your tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity, superficial, this series is for you. Ever had a question about god that you were scared to ask?   Ever felt like your hard questions get squashed, silenced, or brushed aside?   We get that.

And we have good news. Designed for use in small groups alongside the can i ask that volume 2 leader guide, these six sessions tackle the following tough questions:   ·       is it wrong to doubt god? ·       is hell real? how could god send someone there? ·       Can I do something so bad God won't forgive me? ·       Why do bad things happen to good people? ·       Is sex outside marriage wrong? ·       Why is it so awkward to talk about Jesus with my friends?   Whether you've never asked these questions before or you've been aching for the chance, this guide is meant to be a starting point for each conversation.

And finally, God can handle it. God isn't anxious about your questions, struggles, or doubt. Even if some adults around you aren't sure what to do with those questions. First, other teenagers and adults ask these kinds of questions all the time. We don't think you should be either. You can ask that. Second, it's not only okay to ask hard questions, but it's actually important--some say essential--for your faith journey.




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Sticky Faith Teen Curriculum with DVD: 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School

The study is designed to help high school students develop a solid foundation that endures through the faith struggles they will face in college. Churches are waking up to the reality that almost half of their high school students struggle deeply with their faith in college. Sticky faith teen curriculum 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School.

This 10-session book and dvd study gives youth workers a theological and philosophical framework alongside real-world, road-tested programming ideas. Offering special high school “Senior Seminars” or giving seniors a graduation Bible and hoping for the best are too little, too late. In response to this problem, the fuller youth institute conducted a national study to answer the question: What can youth workers do to help students develop a lasting faith in God? By following high school seniors into their first three years of college to gain an understanding of the transition from high school to college, they found their answers.

And sticky faith curriculum for Teenagers enables youth leaders to impact to their students with a faith that sticks.


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Sticky Faith, Youth Worker Edition: Practical Ideas to Nurture Long-Term Faith in Teenagers

As leaders and as parents, we're not satisfied with that. We suspect you're not either. In response to this problem, the fuller Youth Institute FYI conducted a national longitudinal study following over 500 high school seniors during their first three years in college. This resource equips youth ministry leaders with what they need to help foster a faith that sticks long after young people leave the youth room.

That interest is dwarfed only by parents' desire to develop a deep, growing faith in their own kids. Yet both national leaders with broad spheres of influence as well as local, grassroots practitioners are waking up to the reality that almost half of their graduating seniors will drift from God and the church after high school.

Each chapter presents a summary of FYI's quantitative and qualitative research, along with the implications of this research, including program ideas suggested and tested by youth ministries nationwide. Most churches in america would give anything to develop a deep, growing faith in kids that "sticks" and continues to mature long-term.

The goals of this research were to understand the dynamics of youth group graduates' transition to college and to identify the relationships and best practices in youth ministries, churches, and families that can help set students on a trajectory of lifelong faith and service. In sticky faith, the team at fyi presents youth workers with both a philosophical framework and practical programming ideas that develop long-term faith in teenagers.

Sticky faith teen curriculum 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School.


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Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church

Growing young provides research that charts the effectiveness of the church's role in the engagement of youth and their families. Young people need the body of Christ--and vice versa. This book is theologically informed, research savvy, and pragmatically outstanding. The secret to growing young is now out!" - virginia Ward, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Sticky faith teen curriculum 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School.

Baker Books. All churches grow old. Growing young is a gift to the wider church. Eugene cho, pastor of quest church, author of Overrated"Every young person should have access to a church community that will support their spiritual development. Church leaders will learn to create and implement strategic steps to strengthen their youth ministry touch.

Packed with both research and practical ideas, life, Growing Young shows pastors and ministry leaders how to position their churches to engage younger generations in a way that breathes vitality, and energy into the whole church. Growing Young carries an urgent message. Read it now, before you get any older.

John ortberg, senior pastor of menlo church, author of all The Places To Go"There's a fine line between catering to young people and understanding the context of our fast-changing culture so that we can engage young people and invite them into discipleship and mission. It profiles innovative churches that are engaging 15- to 29-year- olds and as a result are growing--spiritually, missionally, emotionally, and numerically.




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Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager In A Digital Media World Sticky Faith

Jim burns, author of confident parenting  feel like your kids are drowning in a sea of new questions, President, and devices? Want to talk about digital media more with our kids, apps, HomeWord, but aren't sure how? Help is here. Right click helps you think and talk differently about digital media, as you learn from inspiring and creative parents like you who navigate these ever-changing waters day after day.

Drawing from the best research on media and youth, as well as our own conversations with parents and teenagers, Right Click offers new breakthroughs for your most pressing tech-related dilemmas. How to teach your kids to use social media responsibly. How to set limits on when, where, and how much you use devices in your family--without isolating your kids from their friends.

How to handle the tough stuff: inappropriate sharing, bullying, and porn. How to make digital media a force that knits your family together rather than ripping you apart at the seams. Right click equips your family to approach this new connected world like a team. The cry of every parent and church leader in this generation is "How do I help create media-safe homes?" Right Click is a wonderful resource that gives practical answers to the most-often asked questions about how to handle social media.

This is my go-to book for parents. Dr. It helps you develop relationships, not rules.


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Sticky Faith Service Guide: Moving Students from Mission Trips to Missional Living

A companion student journal is also available to boost the potential for personal application throughout the journey. Sticky faith teen curriculum 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School. When students participate in short-term missions, and justice causes, service, parents and youth leaders hope these experiences will lead to real transformation.

Baker Books. Each of these steps is a catalyst in helping students apply what they have learned in the field to their own lives back at home. Also included are ideas to help get parents and the whole church engaged in service together. But research shows that our efforts don’t always stick. If we truly want short-term work to translate into long-term change, leaders and students must spend more time before, during, and after service projects preparing for and processing their experiences.

The sessions in this leader’s guide will help you create experiences that stick—both for the students you take and the communities you serve. This guidebook offers a host of practical and field-tested exercises for each phase of your experience, whether it’s a half-day local service project or a two-week trip overseas.

Participants will engage in hands-on experiences to gain new insights about themselves, their teammates, their relationship with God, and the world we’re called to love and serve. Anyone who serves teenagers today knows that more and more young people are eager to make a difference in the world. Zondervan.




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Sticky Faith Launch Kit: Your Next 180 Days Toward Sticky Faith

Sticky faith teen curriculum 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School. Baker Books. An increasing number of youth leaders, pastors, and parents are embracing Sticky Faith principles and practices as a response to the mass exodus of teenagers and young adults from the church see stickyfaith. Org. Zondervan.

Through our intensive work with churches nationwide, the FYI team has developed a proven process to help you lead change in your ministry. Visit stickyfaithlaunchkit. Org for more information. Much more than a book, volunteers, parents, this field guide puts tools in your hands for the next 180 days with four key groups: your core team, and the entire church.

. We're sharing all of this with you in the Sticky Faith Launch Kit. But sticky Faith is not a quick fix solution. The explosive growth of the Sticky Faith movement marks the dawning of a new era in ministry with young people. The launch kit features: over 20 videos, a step-by-step guide for creating a launch team, over six months of email templates to use with parents, seminar outlines and media, a customized Breakthrough Plan and assessment tools, six months of volunteer training, access to an insider online community to share ideas and ask questions, a discount of up to 50% on other Sticky Faith resources.

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The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Kids

Amid gloomy and theoretical resources, this book leaves parents empowered and hopeful that even little tweaks to their family rhythms can make a big difference. Second, it is positive. But here’s the good news: research also shows that parents are one of the primary influences on their child’s faith. While Dr.

That’s the bad news. Powell is a parent of three children who authentically weaves her own experiences throughout the book, the chapter topics correlate with parenting principles proven in national research. Sticky faith teen curriculum 10 Lessons to Nurture Faith Beyond High School. This book arises from the innovative, and extensively field-tested project known as “Sticky Faith, research-based, ” designed to equip parents with insights and ideas for nurturing long-term faith in children and young people.

The sticky faith guide for your family addresses one of the top current concerns about youth and the church: the reality that nearly half of all young people raised in Christian families walk away from their faith when they graduate from high school. Zondervan. Fourth, its “guidebook” format is accessible.

Third, it is practical. Baker Books.


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