CollegeLife

As the summer comes to an end, many students ask, “What has happened this summer? Have I changed any?” Well in College Life today, the topic of discussion was about the summer, how the summer has affected us spiritually. During discussion, we heard a story of a mission trip to Japan where 23 people came to have a personal relationship with Jesus. Also, we heard about mission trips to Vietnam and Mexico where people just need love. Finally, we heard stories about how God has moved the students who resided in Knoxville.

In summary, what has God done for you this summer? Is it what you expected? What does God have in store for you as we approach the upcoming school year? Is it unfathomable? Post your comments, or tell your story about the summer, and how it has affected you.

So after another wonderful Tuesday Night Gathering at Greenbrier many headed over to chick-fil-a to grab a milkshake and play a little apples to apples! What fun- games at a chick-fil-a on a Tuesday night!

Last night we talked about running the race in Hebrews 12. Ed, J.C.’s dad, led us in an energetic discussion of what does it mean to “run the race.”  So for you what does it mean?

Are you running the race? 

What does it mean to win the race? 

 Many said that death would be winning, but Ed was quick to point out, now that Christ is IN us, winning the race is daily letting Christ live through us.  God is His grace isn’t making us wait till Heavn to know Him, God came here!

So I’ll end with his question:  How are you doing in the race?

What comes to mind when you think of psychology, and how it relates to Christianity? Do college classes/cultures fully explain our behavior in words? Well, yesterday in College Life Kevin Huggins explained how psychology has formulated throughout the past decades and “How Psychological Models View the Human Soul.”Psychology is an ever-changing topic with the interval of theories being about twenty years because new theories are determined to find the force behind human behavior. The past decades of Psychology can be broken up into four groups:

• First Force Psychology or Psychodynamic Psychotherapy thought that the primary force behind human behavior was unconsciousness drives in a person’s soul. Some subgroups that fall within the First Force are: Psychoanalytical, Transactional Analysis, and Neo-Freudian. (During the 1950’s)
• Second Force Psychology or Behavorial Psychotherapy thought that the primary force behind human behavior was a person’s present environment. Groups that fall within this category are: Behavorial, Multimodal, Systemic, and Feminist. (During the 1960’s and 1970’s)
• Third Force Psychology or Humanistic Psychotherapy thought that the primary force behind human behavior was human choice. Person-Centered, Reality, Gestalt, and Narrative were some subgroups of the third force. (During the 1980’s and 1990’s)
• Fourth Force Psychology or Postmodern Psychotherapy thinks that the primary force behind human behavior is spiritual calling. The three subgroups are Empirical or Outcome-based Psychotherapy, Integrative, and Tanspersonal. (In our culture today)

With psychological theories ever changing, the one theory that truly answers the nature of our human soul and behavior is the Biblical Counseling Theory. This theory explains that all souls share a nature by dependency-on resources that only God can provide, duty-to serve the God who created them, dignity-to choose their own behavior/character, and depravity-that compels them to advance their own interest at the expense of God and others.

So after diving into psychology, what is your view of it? Does the Biblical model of the soul overcome the four models viewed over the years?

In other news, this is a reminder of the study of Hebrews tomorrow night at Greenbrier 7pm. After Tuesday Nights, you are all welcome to come out to the Chick-fil-A (on Kingston Pike). It’s going to be way cool!

So last night at our Tuesday Night Gathering we talked about faith? Hebrews 11- the Hall of Fame of faith.  But how do you really define faith?  It would be easy to quote the author of Hebrews and say, “it’s being sure of what you hope for and certain of what is unseen.” But what does that even mean? That’s easy to quote, but hard to put action behind. 

We landed on a couple of different analogies- faith is hope in action.  It’s more than just memorizing information about God, it’s being transformed BY God.  Not having faith is like being a chef who has memorized a cook book but never actually cooked anything, what a waste! Not having faith is like creating an amazing chair but never putting your weight on it and letting it hold you.  HAVING faith is like looking at a “magic eye” poster and “getting it”.  Even if the world around you can’t see the picture, you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you see it. 

That’s how it is with Christ.  Even when the world around you says they don’t understand, having faith is being certain of who Jesus is! Having faith is being sure that God is who he says he is and he’s going to do what he says he’s going to do.

 So what is your faith like?

How would you describe your faith? Is it mental assent or is there action behind it?

Chapter 11 of Hebrews has a lot of action words- does your faith have action? Not works- just stepping out in faith, trusting God is who He says He is and God will do what He says He’s going to do.

Thanks to all of those who came out to the lake day at the Neely’s house- fun times were had by all! We had tubing, wakeboarding, and wake skating- if you haven’t seen this you aren’t prepared, it’s amazing- at least Grant is!

Some also played brawl ball, or commonly known as pool basketball.

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