Mere Christianity-Week 1

Thanks Ed for the first installment of Mere Christianity. For those of you who weren't there we covered the introduction, preface, chapter 1, and about half chapter 2. Our stated plan for this first section of the book was to take two weeks to discuss it. However, as we occasionally do, it looks like the first section is going to go about one more week.

A few questions from the study/discussion:

• Do you think Lewis' concept of the "natural law" is real?
• Do you believe in a moral code that is common to and known by all people?
• Is the concept of the natural law consistent with the Bible?

Feel free to put in your two cents by clicking on the comment link below.

If you would like to get a book for the study, Kristy and Ed will have copies available on Wednesday or you can pick one up in class next Sunday. The cost for books is $12.

We have been discussing a little get together for our class. We'd like to talk about upcoming studies, plan for the summer months, and hang out. An initial date of Feb. 18th was suggested but due to the long weekend several families will be out of town so we will need to come up with another date. Are there any suggestions?

Please note: The notes for the Prodigal Son study are linked a few posts back. If you would like to get them please do so before Friday, February 10, 2006. On that date I will remove the file so that we can start posting the notes for Mere Christianity.

If you've come here please let me know by posting a short note.

Books for sale...

Kristy Turner will be at church this Wednesday night and she will have copies of "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis ($12). This is the book we'll used as the foundation of our next Sunday School lesson. This new study will start this Sunday with a lesson by Ed so get your book soon.

The book is organized in four sections or "books". Ed will cover the first, Scott the second, and Matt the third. A little simple math reveals that there is space for volunteers. Look that last section over. If you see a title that catches your attention or a topic that you've always been interested in, consider putting together a few questions from the text or questions that you think the text doesn't cover and we'll discuss them when the time comes.

Well, that's all for now. Leave a comment to let me know that you've been here.

Scott

"Study Guide" for Mere Christianity

Hey Matt and Ed,
I found a "study guide" for Mere Christianity. It looks like it has a few discussion questions for the end of each chapter. I've posted it here.

Recap

If you missed Sunday School last week, we laid out the plan for the next couple of months. Here's the proposed plan: We will finish up the Prodigal Son study next week. Following the Prodigal son we intend to start a new study on the CS Lewis book, "Mere Christianity". You can buy the book here or you can get a copy from Scott on Wednesday or in class. After that, the whole thing's up for grabs...We plan on having another get together where we bring several different options for studies and we'll decide based on those options. If you have any books, studies, topics, etc. speak up and we'll consider it.

Material for the current study

I know this is a little late but here is a link to the handout that Matt put together for the prodigal son study. Just click on it to download. Also, you'll see the image that is referenced in the book below.

What's next?

I know, I know, we just started a new lesson series in Sunday School. We've only just begun...But, as Ed reminded me yesterday, we are only about two Sundays away from not having a scheduled lesson. So, what's next? I'd really like to get some ideas from everyone out there so that Matt, Ed and I aren't dictating the content of the class. Don't get me wrong, I would love to continue to tell you to go and ignore all the rules. I'm sure Ed has a long list of rules he'd like us to follow in addition to the 10 commandments. As far as Matt's concerned...well, I'm not sure he'd like to do. But we don't want to be the one's who pick all of the lessons.

Alright, enough whining, start shelling out your ideas. Let us know in the comments section so that we can get a bunch of ideas out there. Do it now, it's easy, just click the comments link. You can do it!

The Prodigal Son

Thanks Matt & Monica for the first installment of the Prodigal Son. We had some interesting discussion today, I hope it continues. If anyone is interested in getting the book you can purchase it by clicking here.

A few topics that came up today would make interesting future studies:

1. The roles a person plays in their family (e.g., mother, father, trouble maker).
2. Christian mentoring.
3. The church family as surrogate family for other church members.

If you have anything to say about these topics or something that was mentioned that I may have forgotten feel free to put it in the comments section.