Leading Question: How can “redemption” appeal to a secular age?

Key issues/puzzles:

For Believers:

Does God make our decisions for us? – predestinarian Calvinists

Do we make decisions for God? – free-will Wesleyans and Arminians

For Secularists: No sense of need, no sense of the presence of God. Since secularists see little value and no authority in the text of Scripture, we will touch on this question at the end of our discussion.

Key biblical passages:

Isaiah 11:1-9

1 Corinthians 2

2 Tim. 3:14-17

Of the various titles/tasks for Jesus, the official study guide has focused on the idea of “Redemption.” That is one of the ...