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1. Does the Bible teach that some people will treat Christians badly?
   1. Yes
2. Give the gist of 4 verses that teach us to expect some people to hate us
   1. Jesus said,  “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” (John 15:18)
   2. “Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.” (1 John 3:13)
   3. Jesus said..  “What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.” (Luke 6:22)
   4. Jesus also said, “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers.” (Matthew 5:11)
3. How can two people claim to love Jesus, but have very different understandings of what is right and wrong?
   1. Some people say they love Jesus, but their Jesus is not the Jesus of the Bible. He is an imaginary Jesus that they invented in their own minds. Their imaginary Jesus may not condemn sin the way the real Jesus condemns sin.
4. How can we make sure our Jesus is not imaginary?
   1. Study carefully what the Bible teaches about Jesus. Have a mentor who loves God’s Word and has been a Christian for many years.
5. Why is it so dangerous to make our lives all about the pleasures and fun we can have in this world?
   1. The end of our life in this world is coming soon. At that point all that will matter is how we loved and served Jesus
6. What can I do if I’m having doubts about whether I can trust the Bible or not?
   1. Watch the Veritas 2020 videos carefully and prayerfully
7. What are some examples of the way people today are rejecting God’s Word?
   1. They are rejecting much of what God teaches us about sex, about men and women, about marriage, about unborn children, about freedom, and about our identity in general. 
   2. They are rejecting God’s authority to tell them the truth and replacing it with their own ideas and their own feelings.
8. What are those people doing to Christians who still believe God’s Word about these things?
   1. Bullying them. Calling them names: bigot or a hypocrite or a homophobe or anti-woman… or a racist… or intolerant
9. Between what two extremes  must we Christians find balance in our response to these people?
   1. Standing firm and being courageous and speaking the truth in love on the one hand
   2. not being foolish or foolhardy or unnecessarily offensive or unloving or unkind
10. Who determines our gender?
    1. God
11. Is it OK if people decide to change their gender?
    1. No
12. Who gets to decide whether unborn babies, or old people, get to live or not?
    1. God
13. Who gets to decide how what sex is created for and how it is to be enjoyed?
    1. God
14. If people disagree with God’s Word about these things, how should we see them?
    1. As very confused people who are rejecting God’s truth, even though some of them may be sweet.and wonderful in many ways.
15. How does God warn us about ways that may seem right to us but are really not right at all?
    1. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” God says it twice for emphasis. (Proverbs 14:12 & 16:25)
16. Is “Black lives matter” a true statement?
    1. Of course
17. So what’s the problem with “Black Lives Matter?”
    1. It’s a non-Christian movement that uses words like “racism,” “poor,” “oppression,” etc. to teach values that are strongly opposed by God.
18. How do we know that the United States is not, in general, a racist country?
    1. Because of laws passed to prohibit slavery and Jim Crow.
    2. Because so many black people are doing all they can to get INTO this country.
19. How can I tell if I’m a racist?
    1. Am I partial for or against people because of the color of their skin? Would I make a choice to work with someone, eat with someone, be friends with someone, etc on the basis of their skin color?
20. When bullies don’t have good arguments for what they believe, how do they try to win?
    1. By name calling, threats, trying to shut people up, by trying to shame and ridicule others, by telling people they are “on the wrong side of history,” etc.
21. What are the “ditches” that Christians need to watch out for?
    1. Being afraid to speak the truth
    2. Being ugly, rude, or obnoxious
22. What two things must we pray for in order to stay balanced in what we say or don’t say?
    1. Courage
    2. Wisdom
23. What does Steve believe is the greater danger for Christians today?
    1. That we will be fearful and intimidated and afraid to speak the truth
24. What did the early followers of Jesus say when bullies tried to get them to shut up?
    1.  “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:19-20)