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  Set Adrift : Deconstructing What You Believe Without Sinking Your Faith

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  How to analyze and reevaluate your Christian beliefs and experiences in the church while keeping the core of your faith intact.

  The number of Christians leaving the church today is significant. Many feel there is no place for them within the faith–they no longer feel at home in their church community or tradition. For various reasons, they are unsettled by the version of Christianity they’ve inherited.

  Stripping away the nonessential aspects of Christianity, Sean McDowell and John Marriott will help you navigate the jarring questions and cultural challenges that lead many to walk away from the faith. You’ll come to recognize that there are other ways Christians throughout history have understood what faithfulness to Jesus looks like.

  Each chapter provides practical advice on how to disassemble, rethink, and reassemble beliefs that are truly Christian and culturally and personally relevant. You’ll learn how you can continue to seek an authentic faith by:

  *Establishing Jesus and his teachings as the foundation.
  *Utilizing the creeds as boundary markers of what is essential.
  *Seeing the entire Bible as a truthful revelation from God.
  *Seeing Christianity as a historic and global tradition that encompasses diverse communities and viewpoints.

  The authors of this book can personally identify with the process of disillusionment that many young believers go through. They wrote Set Adrift as people who had to navigate their own way back through the fog of deconstruction. They wrote it to offer their own personal suggestions for what to do when you’re not sure what to believe anymore.

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  My Bible Study Notes

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  Cover design printed on durable PVC
  Foiled title
  One-color insides
  Lined pages
  52-week notebook

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  Find Your People Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)

  $19.99

  This Study Guide includes:

  *Individual access to 7 streaming video sessions
  *Discussion and reflection questions with video notes
  *Personal study between sessions
  *Leader’s Guide

  Never in the history of civilization have we been more connected and felt more alone. We are all so lonely. What if fundamentally the ways we have set up our lives is broken? We’ve withdrawn rather than moved through it. We want supper clubs and friends, instead of war partners. We have a wrong view of community.

  This 7-session video Bible study begins with a look at the original community in Genesis, the Trinity, and the creation of people to see what God had planned for us all along. We will also discover throughout the study the five life patterns required to build deep, connected relationships:

  *Proximity
  *Shared Mission
  *Transparency
  *Accountability
  *Consistency

  The seven sessions include:

  *Week 1: Introduction / God’s Plan It is not good for man to be alone. (Creation)

  *Week 2: Shame / The Disruption of Community Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. (Shame)

  *Week 3: Sitting Around the Fire / Proximity I will make My dwelling among you. (God’s Presence)

  *Week 4: Working Together / Shared Mission Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others. (Jesus and the Disciples)

  *Week 5: Open Doors / Transparency And all who believed were together and had all things in common. (Acts)

  *Week 6: Tribal Elders / Accountability Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (The Church Grows)

  *Week 7: Meals Together / Consistency Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. (The Kingdom of God / New Heavens)

  Designed for use with the following items, each sold separately:
  Find Your People Video Study
  Find Your People Conversation Card Deck

  *Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2026. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Eligible only on retail purchases inside the United States. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.

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  5 Minute Devotions For Teens

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  5-Minute Devotions for Teens: A Guide to God and Mental Health removes the stigma on mental health and advises Christian teens what they can do when they are depressed and anxious. Scattered throughout the book are tips to help teens maintain good mental health practices such as meditation, disconnecting from social media and technology, saying affirmations, and much more.

  Each day includes a Scripture verse, short devotional, and a prayer or prompt.

  This 100-day devotional will help teens 13 to 17 years old:
  *deal with mental health issues, depression, and/or anxiety.
  *re-enter normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic.
  *develop an authentic relationship with God and deepen their faith.

  5-Minute Devotions for Teens is an affordable resource that can be read again and again.

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