- Monday (Oct 23) is your Unit 3 Test
Handouts: Devotion 1 Presentation Schedule (yellow)
Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)
- Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)
Journal 3-5: Study Packet, Page 13
- Read Acts 17:16-21 & then answer:
- - 1) v16) How did Paul feel/react to seeing a city that was full of people worshiping false gods (idols)?
- - - "His spirit was provoked within him" -- He was saddened & distressed by the things they believed to be true that were actually false!
- - 2) Every day, what was Paul doing & where did he do it?
- - - He reasoned for believing in Jesus Christ
- - - He did this in the synagogue & marketplace
- - 3) v18) What were the different responses the people of Athens (Athenians) had toward Paul?
- - - Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him
- Done with that? Now read Acts 17:22-34 & answer:
- - 5) List at least two ways that Paul shared Jesus with the Athenians by engaging them with their own culture.
- - - He connected to their altar "to an unknown god"
- - 3) v18) What were the different responses the people of Athens (Athenians) had toward Paul?
- - - Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him
- - - Some called him a babbler
- - - Some noted that he was he was arguing for another god
- - - They brought him to a common place (like a community theater) to explain his ideas fully
- - 4) v18) What as Paul preaching?
- - - The good news about Jesus & the resurrection!- Done with that? Now read Acts 17:22-34 & answer:
- - 5) List at least two ways that Paul shared Jesus with the Athenians by engaging them with their own culture.
- - - He connected to their altar "to an unknown god"
- - - He quoted their poets, "we are his offspring"
- - 6) vv32-34) In the end, what were the different responses Athenians had toward Paul?
- - - Some of them mocked him
- - 6) vv32-34) In the end, what were the different responses Athenians had toward Paul?
- - - Some of them mocked him
- - - Some wanted to hear more
- - - Some became followers & believed
- - 7) Summarize what Paul taught about God.
- - 7) Summarize what Paul taught about God.
- - - There are may things about God that you could mention!
- - - God will judge the world, raising Jesus from the dead is evidence of that
We discussed this journal at length later int he period.
Journal Turn & Talk:
- What are some key lessons we can learn from how Paul shared Jesus with people in this passage?
- - Does your heart ‘feel’ for them?
- - Do you try to respectfully reason with them?
- - Do you use language and ideas that they know to help them know the God that they do not yet understand?
- - Do you keep going, even when many people mock?
- - Do you tell the important truths about God?
When done, ensure these Study Packet pages are completed:
- 5) Studying Colossians 2:6-8
- 6) Elephant Story
- 7-8a) Verses on Truth, Knowledge, & our Mind
- 9) Self-Defeating Statements
- 10) Re:View Response to Culture
- - Does your heart ‘feel’ for them?
- - Do you try to respectfully reason with them?
- - Do you use language and ideas that they know to help them know the God that they do not yet understand?
- - Do you keep going, even when many people mock?
- - Do you tell the important truths about God?
When done, ensure these Study Packet pages are completed:
- 5) Studying Colossians 2:6-8
- 6) Elephant Story
- 7-8a) Verses on Truth, Knowledge, & our Mind
- 9) Self-Defeating Statements
- 10) Re:View Response to Culture
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