Alpha how can i be sure of my faith

I am passionate about Youth Alpha because it allows young people to explore life, faith and meaning faith in a non-pressurised, inclusive, and fun way which gives them an opportunity to listen and share. Youth Alpha plays a significant role for this generation as it allows young people the opportunity to explore who they are and their unique purpose in life. The Alpha Youth Series is one of the best resources I have seen in years. It is accessible, clear, fun and deep.

I cannot recommend it enough as a wonderful fresh tool with which to reach young people with the Gospel. We will provide you with tools to train and equip your team to run Alpha and inspire your youth group to invite their friends.

We will give you access to the Alpha Youth Series and discussion guides. Then, the final thing to do is set a launch date. Once you create an account on MyAlpha, you will have access to all Alpha Youth Series episodes, discussion guides and supporting resources. Use these to train and equip your youth leadership team with the series content, before setting a date to launch your youth Alpha.

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Alpha is a 9-week series that makes it easy for you to create a space where youth will be excited to engage in conversations about faith. Tools to run Alpha online are available now. We will help you build a series of sessions that include: Connection Tools to make your sessions fun and engaging with new online game suggestions. Build a deeper sense of community in each session. He knows everything that has ever happened and ever will happen.

That would be a good start. The pastor states that he believes that I will come to know God. You need to walk by faith. Supposedly my eternal well-being depends on me accepting the Christian claim. So I must have some good evidence on which to accept such a claim. Faith is more real when you just feel it inside? What does that mean? Let us think about that for a moment. I state that I have done that on innumerable occasions in the past, however I assure her that I will try again later tonight.

Another thoroughly enjoyable evening on the Alpha Course. This statement interested me. Turning to atheism, I attributed different explanations to them coincidence, the momentum coming solely from me , but I knew all the same what I was talking of. Moving on to Thomas.

Maybe the point of that is for Jesus to make that statement. Comment by m0rk October 5, I think a better example of faith is found in the first astronauts who landed on the moon. But for the first astronauts who landed on the moon, that was something never done before.

They had to have great faith that all the scientists, engineers, and workers had done their job correctly. I think this is a better example of people who expressed great faith, but not a blind faith. I hope my posts are helping you see both sides of the argument. Thanks, Frank. Comment by Frank W. October 8, Nor did they have faith in the existence of the moon. Comment by Stephen Butterfield October 8, Hi Stephen, I think you are pushing the analogy too far.

But every time we get on an airplane or go skydiving we are exercising some amount of faith but that faith is not a blind one. We see people getting on and off airplanes all the time, but we also know that pilot errors have crashed many airplanes. Ultimately we get on because we trust exercise faith that the pilot whom we have never met did not spend all night at a pub and can actually fly the plane. If you want an example of requiring faith in the existance of something, I can think of 2 examples.

I think of Columbus who had faith in the existance of a round earth. I also think of treasure hunters who search the ocean floor for sunken ships that they have never seen. They allocate thousands of pounds and man hours based on faith that the documents they posess correctly tell them that such ships did exist and the approximate whereabouts of where they sunk.

Christians believe that their Bible is a treasure map that leads them to a God they have never seen. So I can understand the concept of having faith in something they have never seen with their own eyes.

October 9, I also wanted to share a story that might help understand the difference between belief and faith. A tight rope walk was getting ready to cross a large chasm. He asked the crowd, how many of you believe I can make it across? I admire Columbus because he had the courage to act on his faith as so do most great men. I too went on an Alpha Course a few years ago, as I thought it was not fair to criticise it unless I had experience of it!

Edit: S. I wonder if you have given a link to your blog to the BHA , as I have no doubt they would very much like it. I saw a link to this site on one of the BBC message boards Christian Topic I am almost sure it was and found it most interesting.

Comment by Susan Buckingham November 24, So far, I see the same old semantic legerdemain that is the favorite tool of religion the world over. When I board an airplane, I am playing the percentages, not exercising faith. Is that because we tend not to trust other drivers, have a decent understanding of our own skills and limitations, and have a measure of control in which to exercise self-preservation?

I trust the FAA, the commercial airlines, and the whole system to provide a competent pilot that has an analogous level of skill and control in the cockpit… and he has a co-pilot. I tend to thank the pilot when we touch down, not God. Comment by breakerslion December 22, Faith is trust in action.

March 3, Frank, this is not the same thing at all. Someone who thought getting on a plane was safe would never say this. Belief in God, whether right or wrong, is the exact opposite of this. Comment by Ally July 13, When you get on a plane, you are exercising faith. Faith in the pilot, faith in the air traffic controllers, faith in the engineers that designed it, faith in the security screeers, etc. Some people choose not to fly because they do not have faith in the airline system while others do because they do have faith.

Beleiving in God is similar. Weigh the evidence and make an intelligent decision for yourself. Whatever you choose make sure it is based on the most accurate information possible. You may be surprised what you find if you keep an open mind.

An honest person will say that both atheists and theists express faith in what they believe. January 6, Thanks for the blog Stephan really interesting. There is alot of talk about feelings however the bible states that faith comes though hearing and hearing from the word of God — faith should be based on what the bible says not feelings. If I trusted my feelings I would believe some very strange things!

The evidence you are looking for is contained within the bible. The bible is full of science — the old testement talks about the planets as spheres long before the world was know to be round. The old testement also talks about the springs of the deep and we know today there are vents in the ocean floor from which springs hot water. These are not the only references.

Frank Morrison, a lawyer who had been brought up in a rationalistic environment, had come to hold the opinion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was nothing but a fairy tale happy ending which spoiled the matchless story of Jesus. He felt that he owed it to himself and to others to write a book which would present the truth about Jesus, expose the misconceptions, and dispel forever the mythical story of the resurrection.

Upon studying the facts, however, he, too, came to a different conclusion. The sheer weight of the evidence compelled him to conclude that Jesus actually did rise from the dead. Morrison wrote his book — but not the one he had planned.

It is titled, Who Moved the Stone? Furthermore there are many cases of miraculous healings today. Just 2 months ago my housemate was in so much pain with his back that he was unable to get up from his bed — I went into his room to find out why he was not up and about — I offered to pray for him and by the time I had finished my prayer God has completly healed his back I mean he got up twisted and went out! Similar accounts are held by other people in our church. This is not the only time I have seen God answer my prayers in a miraculous way.

But please take heart there is real concreate evidence avaible. Just as a quick one which provokes thought, the higgs bosom partical theory regards a force that sweeped the universe after the big bang creating mass, this is an interting theory because it basicaly reinforces the fact that currently science has no explination as to why everything in the universe has mass.

Comment by Morgan Ball January 19, These people are insane. My friend is taking the course now. And found you site looking for others who have done it.

Those words have no meaning in a universe where god is omnipotent. So the human Jesus blood sacrifice plan was based on divine whim, not necessity. When people ask why did Jesus die? God could reach any goal using all manner of means that for an all powerful being, would be just as efficient.

Comment by tracieh September 23, Comment by Hamman Samuel October 7, Moreland and K. So does God exist? Comment by Nay March 3, Stephen Butterfield in an atheistic diary of his full Alpha Course attendance, describes a teacher claiming that pre-Flood creatures on Earth were all vegetarian, including the Great White Shark. Or vegan sharks, and lions and lambs being together in peace, could both be poetry, or metaphor for the whole of creation being restored to peace and harmony.

The dialogue can become infinitely long…. Comment by rent January 22, You are commenting using your WordPress.

You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. He has not the modesty born of the imperfections of human nature; he has the arrogance of theological certainty and the tyranny born of ignorant assurance. Alpha Course: Reviewed by Stephen Butterfield.

Home 2 no title. Impeccable logic, huh? Yeah, I bet. Another lengthy silence ensues. My list is two miles long.