God did not create people to just lounge around in a garden, nap in the sun, and pop grapes. We were made to be active agents in creation, God's ambassadors to the world Designed to be used for students ages twelve to sixteen, this theologically-rich curriculum-updated by CBE's African partners to be relevant to an African context-traces the missional meta-narrative woven throughout Scripture, from creation and the call of Abraham to Christ's revolutionary kingdom and the Spirit-empowered church. Students will be equipped with practical ideas on how to live purposefully as part of the body of Christ, and challenged to go "all in," developing their gifts and pursuing God's calling on their life, regardless of gender. Each session contains: A Bible reading. A narrative overview of the Bible reading, focusing on the session's theme. Discussion questions to facilitate conversation-no "yes or no" questions or fluffy fill-in-the-blanks. A hands-on group activity for tangible learning. Focus on God's missional call regardless of gender.

God didn't create people to just lounge around in a garden, napping in the sun and popping grapes. We were made to be active agents in creation, God's ambassadors to the world This theologically-rich curriculum traces the missional meta-narrative woven throughout scripture, from creation and the call of Abraham, to Christ's revolutionary kingdom and the Spirit-empowered church. Students will be equipped with practical ideas on how to live purposefully as part of the body of Christ, and challenged to go "all in," developing their gifts and pursuing God's calling on their life. Each session contains: A short video. A Bible reading. A narrative overview of the Bible reading, focusing on the session's theme. Discussion questions to facilitate conversation-no "yes or no" questions or fluffy fill-in- the-blanks. A hands-on group activity for tangible learning.

Christians in every generation are called, as Jude put it, to "contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints." If we are not to fail in this calling, we must understand what contending for the faith looks like in our day and age. The mainstream cultural air we all breathe celebrates tolerance and pressures us to embrace perceived unity as the highest good. In this climate, any sort of division is seen as hateful and wrong. Yet to humbly explain and demonstrate the gospel of Jesus Christ to believer and unbeliever alike is the greatest kindness and the most loving act possible. The ultimate question about Jesus today is the same as when he walked the earth: is he or is he not who he claimed to be? He said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). With the entire Christian faith standing or falling on the validity of such an utterly exclusive and uncompromising claim, doctrine that truly aligns with Jesus will cause division. When we represent our faith honestly, it is simply inevitable: at times we will be at odds with others -- friends, relatives, perhaps even other Christians. Yet we are called to contend, in obedience to and for the sake of the most divisive person in history. And the challenge is to do it in the way Jude describes: as an act of mercy toward those who doubt and those who have been deceived, regardless of whether they claim faith in Christ.

What causes poverty? What am I supposed to do about it? These questions are driving a new generation of Christians to take action on behalf of the poor through social and political action, global partnerships, and financial generosity, as they desire to become the generation that ends poverty forever. Yet in pursuit of this goal, they risk losing sight of a fundamental reality: the root cause of poverty isn't found in material or external circumstances. The root cause of poverty is sin- and sin is not a problem we can solve. But Jesus can. In Awaiting a Savior, Aaron Armstrong reminds readers that even as we are responsible for pursuing biblical solutions to poverty, our hope for truly resolving it comes not from the good we do, but from the return of Christ, who will once and for all put an end to sin, suffering and death as he brings about the new creation.