Meet Your Maker: God’s Image in Us

In this Liberty Students study from our Meet Your Maker series, we learned what it really means that God created us in His image, if we’re still in God’s image, and how Jesus restores His image in us. The Bottom Line for the night was: “The only way you Continue reading

Framework #25 – “Doctrine of God: God as Son and Spirit”

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Free files for youth pastors:

06 – Doc of Gd – God as Son and Spirit (ppt)

06 – Doc of God – God as Son and Spirit (fillout sheet)

06 – Doc of God – God as Son and Spirit (mp3)

06 – Doc of God – God as Son and Spirit (study notes)

We started out this lesson with the discussion question: “In what ways are Jesus and the Holy Spirit alike, and in what ways are they different?” I wonder how many teenagers have asked themselves that question. I wonder if I thought about that at all when I was a teenager. This question isn’t just technical like splitting atoms nor is it too deep like asking about the elements found on the moon. We’re talking about our God! Continue reading

Framework #23 – “Doctrine of God: God is Three”

04-doc-of-god-god-is-three-blog-pic Free files for youth pastors:

04 – Doc of God – God is Three (fillout sheet)

04 – Doc of God – God is Three (ppt)

04 – Doc of God – God is Three (mp3)

“Have your read The Shack yet?” That is a question running rampant in both Christian and non-Christian circles today. The Shack is a book written to help people understand one of the deepest doctrines of all Scripture: the Trinity. With millions reading this book, we are seeing a begging and pleading from people to know God better. Continue reading

Framework #22 – “Doctrine of God: God is Good”

03 - Doc of God - God is Good (pic)Free files for youth pastors:

03 – Doc of God – God is Good (mp3)

03 – Doc of God – God is Good (ppt)

03 – Doc of God – God is Good (lesson notes)

03 – Doc of God – God is Good (fillout sheet)

Go ahead and be thinking to yourself: “In what ways are humans like God and not like God?” What does it mean that we were created in God’s image? Did God fully make us like Him? Can we fully become like Him? Did He share everything true about Himself partly with us? Can we become more like Him if we’re already in His image? Continue reading

Framework #8 – MACRO Theology – Doctrine of God

Free files for my fellow student pastors…

01-God (handout)

01-God (ppt)

01-God (mp3)

           

          How many times have you been asked questions or have heard comments about people’s questions concerning God, such as: “How can anyone really know that Christianity is the only way?  How do you truly believe that God exists?  Can’t all the other religions be just as right since they believe just as strongly?  Why are we here?  What is our purpose?  Where did everything come from?”  These are the questions I actually get asked most in student ministry.  They are asking to be able to answer them for their friends who come to them with questions. 

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