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In this BLOG entry, over the next couple of weeks, students at Good Shepherd will be adding their reviews of books they read for the "Life Issues" class. This is part of their REVEAL coursework.
In addition to the reading and classroom time, we went on two field trips: 1) to the Birthing Unit at GRHS; 2) to the McBride-Hantge Funeral Chapel. They students saw and heard about things at both ends of the spectrum.
So, read on! Enjoy what the students have to say. What they read. What they learned. And, maybe how it shaped their thoughts. Through it all, they are confident to say that in matters of Life/Death...we are glad that God is in charge of it all. We don't know enough to make these decisions...except to trust Him to guide us.
Pastor James
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Julia
03:02 PM on February 15, 2012
My name is Julia I am 12 years old and I read this book for a Life Issues class for conformation. I really didn?t understand a lot of the words like relativism (a concept that points of view have no absolute truth), moral and many more but I liked this book because it was a big challenge to read and understand. I read about how there are 3 types of relativism, the death of morality which results in anything goes, and what moral relativism really is.
"Relativism" was written by Francis J. Beckwith and Gregory Koukul copyright date 1998 Published by Baker Books
"Relativism" was written by Francis J. Beckwith and Gregory Koukul copyright date 1998 Published by Baker Books
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AaronDonnay
06:25 PM on February 15, 2012
HOLY PEOPLE HOLY LIVES
This report is by Aaron. I read the book ?Holy People Holy Lives? written by Richard C. Eyer, copyright date 2000. I read this book for a portion of confirmation class ?Life Issues?, this report is on chapters 4-10.
This book is about life making decisions and how we don?t decide when people die, only God does.
It talks about how some decisions people make today are bad but many people don?t consider these decisions as bad decisions but as decisions to make themselves feel better.
Some examples are abortion, euthanasia, suicide, pregnancy before marriage, divorce, sperm donor, in vitro fertilization, and surrogate mother hood.
The reason suicide is bad is because it is up to God to make life or death decisions. Killing yourself is like saying, ?God, I don?t like what you did with me.?
Abortion is killing a baby. A baby is a baby at time of conception therefore abortion is killing a human being.
You should also remember God does not want us to have intercourse before marriage. Marriage also brings us closer to God.
There are reasons why God gives us children or why he does not. A child is a gift from God.
Also think twice about abortion, and if you don?t want or can?t take care of a baby put it up for adoption and give it a chance to live and you might also help someone who can?t have their own baby.
Finally, we all should believe in God. We shall live by faith, and if we let God help us make our decisions our lives will outlast this earthly existence which is powered by our faith in God.
A couple of terms I didn?t know before I read this book were ethics and euthanasia. I found out that ethics means a system of moral principles, and euthanasia is known as mercy killing. The act of putting to death painlessly or allowing too die.
I learned that you should stop before making life changing decisions and ask yourself ?what would God say about this choice??
God makes everything happen for a reason, and that He wants life to take its course, and He has a plan for everybody and He?s the one that knows how we are going to turn out.
He also wants us to have patience and wait because if He wants something to happen He?ll make it happen.
This report is by Aaron. I read the book ?Holy People Holy Lives? written by Richard C. Eyer, copyright date 2000. I read this book for a portion of confirmation class ?Life Issues?, this report is on chapters 4-10.
This book is about life making decisions and how we don?t decide when people die, only God does.
It talks about how some decisions people make today are bad but many people don?t consider these decisions as bad decisions but as decisions to make themselves feel better.
Some examples are abortion, euthanasia, suicide, pregnancy before marriage, divorce, sperm donor, in vitro fertilization, and surrogate mother hood.
The reason suicide is bad is because it is up to God to make life or death decisions. Killing yourself is like saying, ?God, I don?t like what you did with me.?
Abortion is killing a baby. A baby is a baby at time of conception therefore abortion is killing a human being.
You should also remember God does not want us to have intercourse before marriage. Marriage also brings us closer to God.
There are reasons why God gives us children or why he does not. A child is a gift from God.
Also think twice about abortion, and if you don?t want or can?t take care of a baby put it up for adoption and give it a chance to live and you might also help someone who can?t have their own baby.
Finally, we all should believe in God. We shall live by faith, and if we let God help us make our decisions our lives will outlast this earthly existence which is powered by our faith in God.
A couple of terms I didn?t know before I read this book were ethics and euthanasia. I found out that ethics means a system of moral principles, and euthanasia is known as mercy killing. The act of putting to death painlessly or allowing too die.
I learned that you should stop before making life changing decisions and ask yourself ?what would God say about this choice??
God makes everything happen for a reason, and that He wants life to take its course, and He has a plan for everybody and He?s the one that knows how we are going to turn out.
He also wants us to have patience and wait because if He wants something to happen He?ll make it happen.
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Krista Boraas
08:32 PM on February 15, 2012
My Reflection
My name is Krista, I am 13 years old, and I read The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask for my confirmation class. The book is by Mark Mittelberg, copyright date 2010. I read chapters one, five, six, seven, eight, and ten. The book, The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask, gave me a lot of answers to questions I had. I learned that the Earth is so fine-tuned that life can live on it, that it would have had to been created by God. That means he exists. I also learned that when we experience pain or suffering, God expects us to come to him and pray.
I liked the stories of personal experiences he told because they helped me connect to what the chapter was truly about, which made it easier to read. I think the best story took place in the beginning of chapter six. The man was faced with choices, like a lot of people, but chose the right one. Some of the stuff I read, like words, was hard to understand. Two terms I did not know before reading this book are ?consummate?, which means to make complete, and ?parameters?, which means determining characteristics.
Overall, I liked this book because it gave me clarity to the little things, and big things I wondered about. I think that all Christians, and people, should read this book because it really helps to explain who God was and what he did for us.
My name is Krista, I am 13 years old, and I read The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask for my confirmation class. The book is by Mark Mittelberg, copyright date 2010. I read chapters one, five, six, seven, eight, and ten. The book, The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask, gave me a lot of answers to questions I had. I learned that the Earth is so fine-tuned that life can live on it, that it would have had to been created by God. That means he exists. I also learned that when we experience pain or suffering, God expects us to come to him and pray.
I liked the stories of personal experiences he told because they helped me connect to what the chapter was truly about, which made it easier to read. I think the best story took place in the beginning of chapter six. The man was faced with choices, like a lot of people, but chose the right one. Some of the stuff I read, like words, was hard to understand. Two terms I did not know before reading this book are ?consummate?, which means to make complete, and ?parameters?, which means determining characteristics.
Overall, I liked this book because it gave me clarity to the little things, and big things I wondered about. I think that all Christians, and people, should read this book because it really helps to explain who God was and what he did for us.
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Nathan Schmidt
10:05 PM on February 15, 2012
Hi, my name is Nathan and I am 14. I read the book ?The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask?. The book was about questions that Christians are asked daily because of their beliefs and how they should answer them. For example, different topics included in the book were; abortion, God?s existence, evolution, the evil that exists in the world, and homosexuality.
Each chapter had a question at the beginning of the chapter and a short summery at the end that repeated what was discussed in the chapter.
I liked the book because it helped strengthen my belief in God and showed how Christians could show their beliefs to people and show reasons why they believe in God.
I would recommend this book to Christians because it explains the Bible more clearly and can help you preach God?s Word to other people.
Each chapter had a question at the beginning of the chapter and a short summery at the end that repeated what was discussed in the chapter.
I liked the book because it helped strengthen my belief in God and showed how Christians could show their beliefs to people and show reasons why they believe in God.
I would recommend this book to Christians because it explains the Bible more clearly and can help you preach God?s Word to other people.
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Jordan
02:49 PM on February 16, 2012
Hello, my name is Jordan. I read the book How to be a Christian in a Brave new World for confirmation class. I read the whole book. The book is by Joni Eareckson Tada, and Nigel M. De S. Cameron copyrighted in 2006. This book talked about the danger of messing with cloning and designing our babies. A couple of terms I didn?t know before are
"ethics" and " quadriplegic." I learned "ethics" means a system of moral principles, and "quadriplegic" means someone who is paralyzed in all four limbs. What I mainly learned from the book is God didn?t put us on this earth to do his job. Like take creating human life into our own hands, or designing exactly how our babies are going to look. That my friends is his job, not ours. It takes great power, and a great mind to do such things and we don?t have that. The only person that has that power is the Lord Jesus Christ. So let?s let him use it, and not take matters into our own hands.
thank you.
"ethics" and " quadriplegic." I learned "ethics" means a system of moral principles, and "quadriplegic" means someone who is paralyzed in all four limbs. What I mainly learned from the book is God didn?t put us on this earth to do his job. Like take creating human life into our own hands, or designing exactly how our babies are going to look. That my friends is his job, not ours. It takes great power, and a great mind to do such things and we don?t have that. The only person that has that power is the Lord Jesus Christ. So let?s let him use it, and not take matters into our own hands.
thank you.
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Mitchell
06:12 PM on February 23, 2012
This book taught me many lessons in the life of a Christian. It answered many of my personally popular questions.
I think the author really pulled me in during the first chapter. The question- Am I doubting god? ? interested me and showed me the difference between thinking and doubting.
Another chapter that interested me was chapter 3, Failure. I find myself in the final seconds of a game and I?m praying to God that things turn out positively. I realized God puts me through these things so I can grow stronger in my life. He is not ignoring your prayer he is making you a stronger Christian.
The most interesting chapter in my opinion was chapter 2, Unanswered Prayer. The author taught me that God considers our prayers carefully. Many times we get frustrated and ask God why he rejected the request we sent him. The author states, ?Many times Christians pray and have the wrong motives.?
Chapter 6, Abortion. This topic is one of the more difficult things to discuss. William Lane Craig told me that the baby is always a human from the point it is conceived.
William Lane Craig is also very smart so if you are younger and not fond of big words you probably would shy away from this book, however, the book is very educating if you have a large range of vocabulary.
Craig is great at comparing the questions to his own experiences, this helped me get a greater understanding of the book. He also is a very logical writer he made a lot of sense to me, but sometimes he didn?t.
- Hard Questions, Real Answers by William Lane Craig; © 2003
I think the author really pulled me in during the first chapter. The question- Am I doubting god? ? interested me and showed me the difference between thinking and doubting.
Another chapter that interested me was chapter 3, Failure. I find myself in the final seconds of a game and I?m praying to God that things turn out positively. I realized God puts me through these things so I can grow stronger in my life. He is not ignoring your prayer he is making you a stronger Christian.
The most interesting chapter in my opinion was chapter 2, Unanswered Prayer. The author taught me that God considers our prayers carefully. Many times we get frustrated and ask God why he rejected the request we sent him. The author states, ?Many times Christians pray and have the wrong motives.?
Chapter 6, Abortion. This topic is one of the more difficult things to discuss. William Lane Craig told me that the baby is always a human from the point it is conceived.
William Lane Craig is also very smart so if you are younger and not fond of big words you probably would shy away from this book, however, the book is very educating if you have a large range of vocabulary.
Craig is great at comparing the questions to his own experiences, this helped me get a greater understanding of the book. He also is a very logical writer he made a lot of sense to me, but sometimes he didn?t.
- Hard Questions, Real Answers by William Lane Craig; © 2003
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