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    Half Truths Youth Study Book: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say
    Half Truths Youth Study Book: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say
    Half Truths Youth Study Book: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say
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    Half Truths Youth Study Book: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say

    By Adam Hamilton

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    They are simple phrases. They sound Christian—like something you
    might find in the Bible. We’ve all heard these words. Maybe we’ve said
    them. They capture some element of truth, yet they miss the point in
    important ways.


    Join Adam Hamilton in this 5-week Bible study to search for the whole
    truth by comparing common Christian clichés with the wisdom found in
    Scripture. The clichés include:


    Everything happens for a reason.

    God helps those who help themselves.

    God won’t give you more than you can handle.

    God said it, I believe it, that settles it.

    Love the sinner, hate the sin.


    The Youth Study Book helps young people in grades 6-12 understand how to apply God’s truth to these simple Christian clichés. Written in an engaging style that will capture the humor and imagination of young people, it can be used as a book study only or in combination with the DVD.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateApr 4, 2016
    ISBN9781501813993
    Half Truths Youth Study Book: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say
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    Adam Hamilton

    Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City. Started in 1990 with four people, the church has grown to become the largest United Methodist Church in the United States with over 18,000 members. The church is well known for connecting with agnostics, skeptics, and spiritual seekers. In 2012, it was recognized as the most influential mainline church in America, and Hamilton was asked by the White House to deliver the sermon at the Obama inaugural prayer service. Hamilton, whose theological training includes an undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University and a graduate degree from Southern Methodist University where he was honored for his work in social ethics, is the author of nineteen books. He has been married to his wife, LaVon, for thirty-one years and has two adult daughters.

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      2.5-3 stars. Kind of bland and some of his arguments are just weak, around Biblical hermeneutics in particular. I tend to assume that’s because of the nature of the book, but I know he doesn’t go deeper in his book on reading the Bible, so...

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    Half Truths Youth Study Book - Adam Hamilton

    1.

    EVERYTHING HAPPENS

    FOR A REASON

    [Then Moses said to the Israelites,] I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days.

    —Deuteronomy 30:19-20a NRSV

    Gather Around God’s Word

    Lead me in your truth—teach it to me—because you are the God who saves me. I put my hope in you all day long.

    (Psalm 25:5)

    Open the Bible and light a candle.

    God of truth, we admit your ways often seem hidden from us, and we confess we often claim more knowledge of your will than we actually possess. May your Spirit guide us to humbly seek signs of your work. Help us place less trust in our own wisdom and more trust in your Son, Jesus Christ, who became wisdom from you for us, to make us righteous and holy and to save us. Amen.

    Sing or read Be Still, My Soul (words by Katharina von Schlegel)

    Jesus said, You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teaching. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (John 8:31-32)

    Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

    Getting Started

    Spend some time browsing recent issues of your local newspaper or a magazine focused on current events and/or some local, national, and world news websites. Clip or copy two or three headlines that grab your attention. Spread them before you and look at them as you think about these questions:

    •Which, if any, of these headlines make sense to you? Which ones agree with your understanding of how the world works, or ought to work?

    •Which, if any, of these headlines leave you shaking your head and asking why?

    •In which, if any, of these headlines do you think you see glimpses of God at work? Why?

    •What do you imagine Jesus would say if he were reading these headlines with you?

    Study the Scripture

    Read Deuteronomy 30:11-21. Moses is addressing the Israelites at the end of their forty years of wandering in the wilderness, just before they enter the land God has promised them as their new home.

    •In your own words, what is Moses’ main message to the Israelites? What does he want them to do?

    •What reasons does Moses give for the Israelites to do what he is telling them? (See especially verses 11-14, 16.)

    •What consequences will the Israelites face if they fail to do what Moses tells them? (See especially verses 17-18.)

    •In your experience, how easy or difficult is it to do what Moses is telling the Israelites to do? Can you talk about a time when you either did or did not make the choice Moses wants them to make? What happened?

    •Do you think Moses’ message accurately explains why we experience blessing and curse (verse 19)? Why or why not?

    •How much freedom do you think God gives us to choose what we do and what happens to us? Explain your answer.

    Read and Reflect

    Do We Choose Our Own Adventures?

    In middle school, my favorite books were the Choose Your Own Adventure series. In these books, you are the hero—sometimes an ordinary kid in such extraordinary circumstances as a haunted house or a lost civilization; sometimes someone more exotic like an astronaut, secret agent, or circus performer. You start reading on page 1, but what pages you turn to next depends on how you respond to various decision points in the text.

    Some choices are pretty routine stuff: "If you go west, turn to page 5. If you head east, turn to page 13." But other choices seem more consequential. Will you trust the mysterious wizard to lead you out of the cave? Turn to page 29. Will you tell the unidentified alien ship that you welcome it in peace? Turn to page 42.

    I never felt really satisfied unless I got to make at least a dozen choices before hitting those dreaded words in bold face at the bottom of the page: The End (usually preceded by your sudden, terrible

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