FBCJ SOLID Youth

*Opening testimony by Kira Syrios* PowerPoint slides available here! This message takes a brief overview of the history of Catholicism with a specific emphasis on its founders as well as its authority. As will be our manner, we then look at what the Bible has to say about both.

The many personalities of the book of Esther speak directly of the various types of people in our sphere of influence that God wants us to reach. How do you evangelize these types of people? This message serves as a precursor to our new evangelism series we begin next week.

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The goal of this series is for us to see not only what we believe but WHY we believe it. We also want to have a better understanding of the various beliefs found all around us so that we can better reach our community with the true gospel and see people come to GENUINE salvation. We kick off our fall series looking at what the Bible says constitutes a true local church.

*Opening testimony by Alex Mencini* We close out our study on the crowns by looking at the subject matter of balance and temperance. If you're a spiritual athlete running the race and fighting the good fight, you need to know how to tap into this.

Daniel's entire life was upended at the age of 15 as he was trafficked away from everything he knew. But rather than face all kinds of horrors, he was given the world and everything in it (1 Jn. 2:15-17) on a platter. He could have given himself over to the world had it not been for his purpose-driven heart. What would you do in that situation?

These back-to-back crowns go hand-in-hand as they both have to do with loving people. Remember: we're going to be tried not for how much we did these things, but "what sort it is" (1 Cor. 3:13). Is your heart for these causes?

Rather than go to 2 Kings 22, we're setting our sights on the 2 Chronicles account for additional details that are often left out for Josiah's story. What is it that God really wants you to do when you discover the book for yourself?

This one gets heavy...Often nicknamed "The Martyr's Crown", you don't necessarily have to die a physical death in order to achieve it, but it must be through death that it is earned.

God took us on a bit of a detour with this message to look at what our response should be to the things that are outside the realm of our control. We also look at the key to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. over giants as well as finishing the character qualities of David that made him a teen God used.