For Fernandez Evans Jr. (He's the teacher tonight) - Morality

Open the class with a them writing a note to someone in the church. I think having 1 or 2 people writting to Mr. Sullivan for an excellent song service would be a great idea. Then one to Flint for his idea. Then one to Hoover telling him we missed him. Call me at any time if you have any questions. Anyone who finishes their notes, pile them in the popcorn drawer and recite the memory verse. 1 Corinthians 15:19 (I think). This should only take 10 minutes, then dive into the lesson.

http://www.rzim.org/justthinkingfv/tabid/602/articleid/10020/cbmoduleid/1297/default.aspx

Take what you will from that article and convey it to the class.

Emphasize the difference between the thinking that morality is a code of rules for your self and the actuall definition: the differentiation of wrong from right. Without God, there is no right nor wrong, thus, morality does not exist apart from a higher power outside of people's opinions.

To stress this point, watch the YouTube video I recorded vocally emphasizing a point.




Finally and lastly, if there is time, ask the class a game they want to play. Going a few minutes over is ok if you haven't been able to fully explain the subject.


Personal note to Fernandez, thanks a bunch for teaching, buddy!!

Great singing!

As the video states, best singing I've heard in a while, I encourage everyone to write a note telling Mr Sullivan how amazing he did!! Everyone needs encouragement, never forget that.

Verse for October 23rd.

So, I will not be at service this evening, but here is the first verse!!

1 Corinthians 15:17-19 "And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied"

You really only need 19, but bonus points for 17 & 18. I don't think I need to explain why I think we need to know this verse. It is not for others, but for ourselves as a reminder.

Song for next Helping Hands video? #1

Next Helping Hands project song? You guys tell me!

Catching Up

So I'm a bit behind. So very sorry all! I got my new iPhone in the mail yesterday and downloaded IMovie mobile. Thus, expect great videos for all our projects from now on! If you have a song you like and want it used for the next video or videos, tell me the link in church or maybe here would be better! From here out, I'm going to post a memory verse during service Sunday morning. Check here before class that evening and recite the memory verse to me for points. You will get prizes once you complete 4 verses. The verses only apply for that week, but will often apply to daily life, so knowing them is good! It's a Bible class for teens, so it would be dumb to treat it any other way.

On to sadder news, when I went to the church friday, the parking lot was leveled!!! Thus, we're out of business. I encourage you to check this site or subscribe for info like this. And please! make it easy on me and email/text me if you get these updates. It saves about 45 minutes of calling to every kid or family. Get my number at church if you need me. Next Sunday we WILL do something, I promise.

Lastly, if you have anything at all I should add to this site, or you want to write your own article, email me. Don't text. Email.


In summary, sorry for the lack of posting, Helping Hands videos will look awesome now, the Helping Hands project is changed and postponed, and email me if you have anything to add to the site. Thank you all. God bless.

Stand Your Ground

Yesterday was a TON of fun for all those present. It was a very uplifting time of fun, games, and God. I encourage every Christian to read Zephaniah all the way through. It demonstrates the wrath of God, but then the awesome redemption and love of God. We should never forget, our fathers are someone to be respected and loved, so it is with our Lord. Expect a few pictures up soon(ish) and many lessons to come from this great day. God bless!

Class - Sept 25th (Hypocrites)

The story is told about a father complaining about the amount of time his family spent in front of the television. His children watched too many cartoons and neglected their homework. His wife preferred watching soap operas as opposed to doing housework. What is his solution? He declares, “As soon as the football season is over, I’m going to pull the plug.” Hypocrisy! Someone once said, “Hypocrisy is like a pin. It is pointed in one direction, and yet headed in another.”

Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines hypocrisy as an “act of playing a part on stage; a feigning to be what one is not; the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion.” A hypocrite is one who fakes virtues or qualities he does not have.

In any great forest you will find huge trees. They tower above other trees and appear to be the very picture of strength and maturity. However, loggers will sometimes not even bother to cut down these huge trees. At first one wonders, “Why leave them? After all, a tree that big must contain twice or thrice the amount of limber as a smaller tree.” The reason is simple. Huge trees are often rotten on the inside. They are the hollow trees that children’s picture books show raccoons living in. And they are the trees that are often blown over in a strong windstorm because, while they appear to be the picture of strength, in fact their hollowness makes them weak. This is the essence of hypocrisy – appearing strong on the outside, but hollow and rotten on the inside.

One of the saddest things about hypocrisy is that many in the Lord’s church have succumbed to deadly playacting. Some Christians try to outwardly appear faithful and concerned about the Lord’s work, but inwardly they are worldly – they are only pretenders. Jesus said, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity” (Matt. 23:27-28). Jesus said we must beware of hypocrisy (Luke 12:1). Paul speaks of hypocrisy when he says, “They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate” (Tit. 1:16).

In our present day many are hypocrites in worship. Our Lord declared, “Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men” (Matt. 15:7-9).

Many are Christians are hypocrites when they see only the faults of others and refuse to see their own. “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye” (Luke 6:41-42).

One can be hypocritical when they try to make laws where God has not made them. Our Lord warned, “But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?” (Luke 13:15-16).

There are many other ways that one can be a hypocrite that are just too numerous to mention. But remember this, hypocrites are great pretenders. Thus, let us be warned, for the Great and Almighty Judge said that hypocrites will not go to heaven (Matt. 24:51)!

Taken from: http://preachersfiles.com/hypocrisy

We attempted to yet again have a fun game, but due to lack of acting skills and a lack of cooperation, we could not continue nor finish the lesson. I do request better behavior in class for the future, please. Ken Hoover and myself take time in this class and put our hearts in it, show respect. Having fun is welcome, but being crazy is not.