Today, I was teaching a lesson on baptism to the grade 6 and 7 kids.
I'll be honest - I was pretty nervous because this church has a different view on baptism than I grew up with, and I was not quite sure how to handle those differences. Well, lucky me! They had so many questions that I never even really got a chance to talk about baptism.
A sample set, for your reading pleasure:
- If you stole a cookie and then got in a car crash before you repented, do you go to hell?
- If abortion is okay, then why do people seem so sad when they have miscarriages?
- If you die before you get confirmed but you WERE baptized as a baby, you're okay, right?
- Do muslims go to hell even though they believe in God?
- If you are in hell, and you're going to be there forever, how can you be punished if you try to get across that chasm?
- You have to have an abortion if you are raped, right? Would your baby go to hell though? Do babies go to heaven or hell?
- Jesus was God when he was on earth, but was he a normal boy?
- When you sin, do you have to reset the balance somehow?
There were so many more. I can't even remember them all. But it was torturous. Then I asked them how a person receives salvation. I won't even trouble you with the answers, but they were creative!!
I am never ever ever teaching kids with the ability to reason EVER again. 4 year olds, maximum. :)
I'll be honest - I was pretty nervous because this church has a different view on baptism than I grew up with, and I was not quite sure how to handle those differences. Well, lucky me! They had so many questions that I never even really got a chance to talk about baptism.
A sample set, for your reading pleasure:
- If you stole a cookie and then got in a car crash before you repented, do you go to hell?
- If abortion is okay, then why do people seem so sad when they have miscarriages?
- If you die before you get confirmed but you WERE baptized as a baby, you're okay, right?
- Do muslims go to hell even though they believe in God?
- If you are in hell, and you're going to be there forever, how can you be punished if you try to get across that chasm?
- You have to have an abortion if you are raped, right? Would your baby go to hell though? Do babies go to heaven or hell?
- Jesus was God when he was on earth, but was he a normal boy?
- When you sin, do you have to reset the balance somehow?
There were so many more. I can't even remember them all. But it was torturous. Then I asked them how a person receives salvation. I won't even trouble you with the answers, but they were creative!!
I am never ever ever teaching kids with the ability to reason EVER again. 4 year olds, maximum. :)