Monday, April 30th

Today we started off with prayer by Courtney and Kyara. They prayed about the end of the month, school year, and all of our stresses we may have. Next, we got two packets, one called  "Christianity in View" that has comparisons between Orthodoxy, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. The second one was about the history of Orthodoxy.

The next thing we did was watch a video clip of a talk about life on Oprah by a speaker who had only a couple months to live. His main points were:

-Brick walls are there for a reason
-People vs. Things (material items)
-Tigger vs. Eeyore (enthusiastic about life, or complaining)
-Work/Play well with others
-Apologizing
-Show Gratitude
-Don't complain/work harder
-He spoke about this for his three kids

The last thing we talked about was summing up what Eschatology is. It is the study of the last things (heaven, hell, purgatory, Kingdom of God, etc.) "Death will not have the final word" means the legacy of people on Earth will live on. It is not an ending place- everything Christianity stands for is for life after death. "One who has hope lives differently" means if you live your life for a purpose, you will be focused and have a different attitude. If you know something is coming you will act a certain way. Revelation 21:4 means Gods conquers all things evil in Heaven. There will be complete and total justice where God has what he intended in the beginning to be. Faith vs. Works is about salvation. Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism believe these two are important but are not a one time deal- it is an ongoing process. Protestantism believes you must have faith.