Questions...

The truth about our society is that we often times want to have "it" whatever "it" is figured out.  We treat faith almost like we treat math. 2 +2=4 meaning that our questions have simple answers.

The reality of our lives is that if we are honest is that we don't have things figured out. Last night we started a little series titled "questions." The first thing we did was come up with questions. I call these cosmic questions. It is questions that everyone has. The temptation though is to seek for easy, mathmatical answers, but none of these questions have easy answers or answers that we can fully know.

So here are some of the questions your youth asked last night... 
1. Was there anything before God?
2. Where is heaven?
3. How was God created?
4. Why do people of different faiths fight each other?
5. Is the bible all real? Who wrote the bible?
6. Can we believe in creationism and evolutionism at the same time?
7. Does going to church save you? What happens to non believers when they die?
8. Does someone like Hitler go to hell?

The temptation is always to answer these questions really fast. But the reality to all these questions is that they are complex. And a lot of what we believe can often times be formulated by what others think and not what the bible says. We will break these questions up the next few weeks and hopefully be enlightened.

I encourage you to ask some of these questions to your youth (They are the ones that came up with them). Ask them what they think. Tell them what you think and why you believe what you believe. Maybe this can lead to deep discussions. I am looking forward to this time!