(A Girls-Only Study of Modesty and Beauty)Main Point: Modesty offers us the opportunity to use our beauty to bring God glory. The Discussion Starter:Jessica Rey is an actress, a seamstress, an author, and a thinker. The beautiful young woman recently grew disillusioned with female apparel, so she started her own line of clothing that’s based on modesty and beauty...
CLICK HERE for a simple PowerPoint for this message.(Thanks to www.sxc.hu for the background art)PASSAGE:John 5:1-9 (NLT)Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. [2] Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. [3] Crowds of sick people-blind, lame, or paralyzed-lay on the porches. [4] [5] One of the men...
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, sexual content and brief strong language.Starring Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, John Leguizamo, Tika Sumpter and Laurence FishburneDirected by Tim Story (Think Like a Man)TODD’S WORD: Ride along makes the classic mistake of showing us all of the funny scenes in the trailer. JONATHAN’S WORD: Not true. There were at least 2 more funny...
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.Starring Robert RedfordDirected by J.C. ChandorA story about an old man and the sea. Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio...
Main Point: The Trinity is difficult to understand, but instead of relying on man’s flawed analogies, we should trust in the Bible’s perfect teaching on the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Discussion Starter:This is a funny little take on the difficulty of truly understanding the Trinity as revealed in the Bible. Of course, most of us...
Main Point of Discussion: This discussion is a great reminder that as Christians we still have our sin nature, and we need God’s power and grace to defeat it and serve Jesus.The Song: “Demons”Las Vegas rockers “Imagine Dragons” have topped the charts again with their latest effort entitled “Demons.” The song is essentially about a protagonist who is...
Main Point: Smile… You’re God’s Masterpiece Discussion Starter: Dove’s Real Beauty videos don’t really require an introduction. Most of us remember seeing the viral YouTube “Evolution” video where a woman sits down and is bombarded by people applying make up and hair… and then Photoshop… to attempt to measure up to the world’s definition of beauty. Dove’s Campaign for...