Can I Ask That Volume 2: More Hard Questions About God & Faith [Sticky Faith Curriculum] Leader Guide

by Jim Candy, Brad M. Griffin, Kara Powell

Teenagers are tired of vague or nonexistent answers to their tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Just when they're capable of diving into the deep end of their faith, all too often the church keeps them splashing around in shallow waters. As eight years of Sticky Faith research on teenagers has shown, it's not doubt or hard questions that are toxic to faith. It's silence.
The trusted voice of the Fuller Youth Institute and proven best practices from churches around the country converge to provide you with tools both to start conversations about hard questions, as well as to lead students toward discovering their own faith convictions.Designed for use in small groups alongside the Can I Ask That Volume 2 Student Guide , these six sessions tackle the following tough
·       Is it wrong to doubt God?
·       Is hell real? How could God send someone there?
·       Can I do something so bad God won't forgive me?
·       Why do bad things happen to good people?
·       Is sex outside marriage wrong?
·       Why is it so awkward to talk about Jesus with my friends?

190 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2015

Reviews

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent topics that are extremely relevant to youth ministry, but the leader guide has fewer options for theological differences than I’d like. The best part of this book is the “big idea” at the beginning of each section and the compilation of resources - these things alone makes the book invaluable. I gave it a 3 because of the lack of diversity of belief (even within an evangelical context) represented in the leader guide.

[David Lipely · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wow! I read through this book and it's predecessor in one sitting because it is a quick and easy read.

First the good-
-this book is fast pace and makes it easy to construct lesson outlines and discussion questions from within it.
-this book is easy to follow and interesting to interact with.
-this book deals with many controversial topics that many other books will not touch.

Now the bad-
-though it is a quick read that means sadly that it leaves out many supporting scriptures and leaves the reader to make a choice from almost nothing but their own opinion in things that can easily be added in from the biblical text. (Though the teacher could do this them self with lots of extra work.)
-though the book deals with many controversies, never once does it actually deal with them, but instead it leaves them in the hands of the youth this book is assigned to, to make up their own decision.
That is scary. The book gives them thoughts and ideas which i am totally okay as kids should think for themselves, and doubt their faith in growing it stronger. But then it gives them no scriptural or little scriptural support as to either side of these issues, making the decision, like i mentioned above, to be made on opinion of the youth reading it as a devotional, and not leaving the decision to Gods word.

So in closing-
-this book can be a wonderful tool if used properly and if pre read to avoid awkward silence in small group discussion...as well, if planned out discussion lessons are formed from it's outline type layout you may be able to make a pretty cool and teachable series from it!