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- Why do young people especially need a mentor? We all need someone who knows more than we do to discuss doubts and questions
- What are some characteristics of a good mentor? Be available; be understanding; be willing to talk about tough questions; make us feel safe
- What could one do to help find a good mentor? Pray. Ask.
- List ten questions/thoughts that can come into a young adult’s mind that indicate that they are about to abandon their (assumed) Christian faith? (EDV xli, xlvi) (1) how can I feel better about these bad decisions I’ve made? (2) I’m only young once… doesn’t everybody try out some of these things when they’re young?… I’ll have plenty of time to act old later on. (3) I think I’ll feel a lot cooler if I just fit in with the others and don’t worry too much about my Christian upbringing (4) All these non-christian professors are asking questions that i can’t answer. And they seem to be so nice!… Maybe they are right after all. (5) How could all these scientists possibly be wrong? (6) I think I’ll have friends more to my liking if I just sorta soft pedal all this Christian stuff. (7) how can I claim to believe things that I can’t really prove? (8) I’m Not sure I really believed all the stuff in the Bible anyway… I can’t see that it’s actually done me any good. (9) these non-christian people seem like pretty good people… They seem nicer than a lot of Christians I know. (10) anyway where DID Cain get his wife?
- Why are students who go to church because it seems to be good for them likely candidates to drop out? They may decide that it isn’t so good for them after all.
- Give 5 Biblical examples of men who found it necessary to “stand alone.” (1) David; (2) Job; (3) Paul; (4) Daniel; (5) Jesus
Why, ultimately, do we never stand alone? Jesus will never leave us.