11: Families of Faith – Teaching Plan

Key Thought: Christian families confront cultural challenges all the time. Most times these challenges have a negative influence. The gospel gives us light and strength to deal with these challenges.

June 15, 2019

1. Have a volunteer read Acts 10:14-17. 28.

Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
Does this tell us anything about our attitudes in sharing our faith with people of other cultures or religions?
Personal Application: How much is your faith determined by culture and how much by Biblical truth? How do we discern the difference? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: One of your relatives states: “How do you deal with someone who thinks that because culture changes over time, so does Bible principles and truth? Many Bible principles they relegate to being culturally biased and irrelevant today.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 18:19.

Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
How can you best adapt your faith to your culture without comprising essential truths?
Personal Application: What things in your culture are helpful to family life and what are not? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: One of your friends states, “In our American culture today, many things are allowable now than were before the 1960’s. Living together, divorce, recreational drug use, and abortions are all social norms today. What was sin years ago is just normal behavior today.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Judges 2:10-13.

Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
What crisis developed in Israel after Joshua and his peers died?
Personal Application: How difficult is it to pass your faith and obedience to God down to your children and grandchildren? Share your thoughts
Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “I’m going to raise my children to follow what they want when they get old enough. I’m not going to force my religion on them. When they get old enough, they can choose what they want to do.” How would you reply to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Matthew 28:5-7.

Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
How do your family and culture reflect the kingdom of heaven in your environment?
Personal Application: How can we better improve our family circle to share the gospel with others? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

Amen!