Chan explains the "movie of life" in chapter two. He says most of us think the movie of life is about us, but in reality we are the very brief scene in HIS movie--from the time Jesus ascends to Heaven to the time we will all worship Him. So this leaves us with "two-fifths of a second to live" according to Chan. What does this mean to you and what do you want your "two-fifths of a second" to be about? (pg. 42,43)
Second question:
What would be your response to this question found in chapter 3?
"Why would a loving God force me to love Him?"
"The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us." Francis Chan
July 6th post: read chapter 4,5
Love you all!!!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
A Few Reminders:
Hey girls! So we are all in summer mode right now and I wanted to remind you all of a few things. Please make sure to sign off using your first and last names. We have several of you with the same names, so it will help us out if you can do that for grading purposes. Also, there seems to have been some confusion regarding when you had to respond to the posts. We are going to allow you one week to respond. So when the post goes up next Tuesday the 22nd, you will have to the following Tuesday to respond.
As far as grading is concerned, you will receive more credit if you also respond to other responses. Hope that makes sense! I also sent some of you facebook requests because your email addresses were "bogus" in Mrs. Haynes words. Usually wouldn't do that, but needed to contact some of you to remind you..:)
Hope you are enjoying your summer and trying to stay cool!
Wanted to also give you the schedule of the posts for the remainder of the summer:
June 22nd
July 6th
July 20th
August 3rd
August 17th
Love you all!!!!
As far as grading is concerned, you will receive more credit if you also respond to other responses. Hope that makes sense! I also sent some of you facebook requests because your email addresses were "bogus" in Mrs. Haynes words. Usually wouldn't do that, but needed to contact some of you to remind you..:)
Hope you are enjoying your summer and trying to stay cool!
Wanted to also give you the schedule of the posts for the remainder of the summer:
June 22nd
July 6th
July 20th
August 3rd
August 17th
Love you all!!!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Preface/Chapter One-Post #1
Hey girls! Hope you have enjoyed your first few weeks of summer, and the beginning of our book Crazy Love. I wanted to remind you that there is a link on the blog of the chapter videos and highly recommend that you watch those as you enter in to each chapter.
We have read in the preface and beginning of chapter 1 about how big our God really is and Chan invites us to stop and think about Creation in regards to his love towards us. He explains to us that in order to fully know Him and love him we need to be reminded of some of His attributes-"He is holy, eternal, all-knowing, all powerful, fair and just." That loving Him sometimes seems hard and it shouldn't be. So to start off this discussion I want you to think about what is your view of God? Who is he to you personally and then I want you to think about a time where you have experienced the "awe" factor of God.
In your life right now, what is your view of God? Who is He to you personally and has there every been a time where you have experienced this "awe" factor of our Creator that Chan writes about?
I hope that this book challenges you in ways you have not been challenged spiritually and that you allow change to take place. As Chan says, "Change, as we all know is uncomfortable. It is up to you to respond to what you read. But you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or stay the same."
For the next post: June 22nd, read chapters 2 and 3
Because there is so much within each chapter for us to absorb, take your time as you read. You might want to go back and re-read a chapter. Take the time to let the information soak in and really be receptive to what the Lord is trying to teach us through Crazy Love. See ya' back in a few weeks!
We have read in the preface and beginning of chapter 1 about how big our God really is and Chan invites us to stop and think about Creation in regards to his love towards us. He explains to us that in order to fully know Him and love him we need to be reminded of some of His attributes-"He is holy, eternal, all-knowing, all powerful, fair and just." That loving Him sometimes seems hard and it shouldn't be. So to start off this discussion I want you to think about what is your view of God? Who is he to you personally and then I want you to think about a time where you have experienced the "awe" factor of God.
In your life right now, what is your view of God? Who is He to you personally and has there every been a time where you have experienced this "awe" factor of our Creator that Chan writes about?
I hope that this book challenges you in ways you have not been challenged spiritually and that you allow change to take place. As Chan says, "Change, as we all know is uncomfortable. It is up to you to respond to what you read. But you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or stay the same."
For the next post: June 22nd, read chapters 2 and 3
Because there is so much within each chapter for us to absorb, take your time as you read. You might want to go back and re-read a chapter. Take the time to let the information soak in and really be receptive to what the Lord is trying to teach us through Crazy Love. See ya' back in a few weeks!
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