Old Skool Jesus #6

Last week, we talked about one of my favorite subjects: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ! I opened the night with a great little video I'm sure most of you have seen called: "Jesus is my Friend" (below) and got them laughing to begin. Then I went back to a couple of my earlier talks about Jesus being God and a quick recap of the cross. I shared that the people who doubted (i.e. Jesus' family and disciples) that he was in fact God, no longer doubted...

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Old Skool Jesus #5

This week was pretty freakin' sweet! We went to the deep level of walking through the crucifixion, step by gory step.I started by telling the students that we don't remember or even know the true depth of pain, humiliation and torture that Jesus went through on the cross. In Jesus' day, the word "cross" was equivalent to a swear word, because it was so gory, so nasty that it wasn't even spoken in normal conversation.We have trivialized the cross...

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Old Skool Jesus #4

This week, we came back to our theme: "Old Skool Jesus" with a talk on "Why Did Jesus Come?" One of the leaders in the Middle School Ministry (Pete) spoke to the teens on Tuesday night and I spoke to them Wednesday Night. Pete had a great opening (which I stole) where he placed around the room pictures of people who needed help. Some were hilarious pictures of people getting hurt and others were more serious in nature where people were fleeing...

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