Thursday, February 5, 2009
Meeting Feb. 5, 2009
The Discussion in the room tonight was lively and varied. The discussion online was also diverse. It was by most accounts a good night. Some would likely like it to be a little more structured while others woud like more freedom. Both of which are likely good indicators that the meetings are going well. At the heart of the study is a desire to defend and promote the truths of God. A second aim however, is that we have an open and honest dialogue with those who believe and those who do not. For Christians to listen to their faith being brought into question and to bear for a time is difficult to do. But, God is long suffering and if we are to do as Eph. 5:1 instructs us, then we must be long suffering as well. This class by its very stated purpose will be an excercise in that very thing, so here is to the beginning of something that at least has the potential to be really interesting.
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Concur with Russ. Our skeptics need to feel free to voice their observations without fear of mass counter arguments. I need to keep in mind the "long suffering" aspect of the meetings. I wonder if it might help the overall environment if we reduce the numbers of some of our older fella's, like me. I would think that since we want this to be geared toward the youngsters, we might be better served to decrease our "old guy" footprint, in order to present a less threatening environtment to our skeptics.
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Tom - "old guy"
I certainly think there should be an overwhelmingly dominating presence of students than older adults. Students may get the impression that this is just another "disciplining" attempt to "convert the youngsters to Christ." The impression is intended to be more like, "Wow, what a brain-job. I didn't know there were other people my age into this kind of thing on both sides of the fence...."
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