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Topics – What’s your view? What Scriptural truth would you base your discussion upon? 

Week 1 - Faith, Business and Tolerance. Tolerance has its limits–or does it? When should we speak out? What if my job is jeopardized when my personal moral or religious convictions collide with the marketplace? Can I be bound to not speak about the things of God? How far should tolerance stretch so as not to offend another or to remain politically correct? Are my convictions worth fighting for? Is the church-state separation a prescription to isolate believers, and quarantine religion or a provision for challenge? Should we keep faith private, at home and in the church where its safe? Which Biblical truths would serve as anchor-points for you to navigate your position?

Week 2 - The Church- Take it or leave it! - In an honest assessment 90% of men in the U.S. say they believe in God. Five out of six actually state they are “Christians”. But only one in six can be found in church on any given Sunday. Some men actually hate being there and are unafraid to say so! This speaks to the state of men in America, and to the church. Why? Why are there three women for every two men in church? Why will 9 out of 10 guys with kids at home have children who will leave the church, or 50% become captive to addiction or divorce? What is the church’s mission? What would have to change to make church more valuable to men? Is there a blueprint in the Bible for men’s role in church,  family and society?

Week 3 - Illegal Immigration–Welcome or Reform? Is it our role to extend hospitality to a stranger, welcoming them with compassion, displaying forgiveness and showing human dignity? Or, should we support immigration reform because it is the government’s right to set laws and the duty of Christians to respect those laws?  Is there a church and state issue here? What does the Bible say about immigration? Is the Bible to be used in societal issues such as immigration?

Week 4 - Abortion–time to relax?- Recently Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted of first-degree murder of three babies born alive at his Philadelphia, PA abortion facility as well as aborting 21 babies after his state’s 24-week pregnancy legal limit, yet just 11 days earlier (May 2, 2013) President Obama approved the ‘morning-after’ pill for 15 year olds relaxing restrictions. What are the implications of this seeming cultural juxtaposition? What is the role of the church in this discussion? What if it was your 15 yr. old daughter? Grandchild? How would you deal with an unwanted pregnancy in your family? How would you come to that conclusion? What Scripture would inform you to deal with this issue?

Week 5 - Healthcare- Forcing human life value? Should government, insurance companies or private citizens have control over  healthcare decisions? Who should manage  healthcare? Who or what gets to make the decision whether or not a person receives certain medical care? Are we assigning worth to human life? When is the line drawn between “letting go” and “snuffing out”? From what philosophies or view of life are our current policies being shaped? What role do you see a Biblical view of life playing into the healthcare debate?

Week 6 – Sexual Tsunami- Perils of  Porn – A Christian ethicist has been quoted to say that pornography is “the greatest danger this country faces” in the midst of a literal tsunami of sex crimes.  Is there a relationship between pornography and sexual behaviors? What effect does viewing porn ‘just occasionally’ have? Repetitive viewing? How could pornography affect the church? Is it in the church?  If God created me, and my sex drive, and provided me a wife to enjoy the gift of sex, why can I get so easily distracted with that which is not mine? What arguments rage in culture to make my harmful choices  ’okay’? What Biblical truths cause me to pursue and be satisfied with what God has already provided?