Searching for Answers: Exploring Difficult Questions about Faith and the Bible, Facilitator’s Guide

Reading Scripture can raise difficult questions for us. Exploring our faith through these questions can deepen our trust in and strengthen our relationship with God. But where do we go for answers?Searching for Answers is not designed to give pat answers to complex questions. Instead, this study will help believers think through the issues with which they may be struggling. It will provide ways for the church to talk openly and honestly about questions of faith. Topics in this 7-week study include: Chapter 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering? Chapter 2: What Should a Christian Believe About Creation? Chapter 3: How Do We Reconcile the Violence of the Old Testament with the Call to be Peacemakers in the New Testament? Chapter 4: Is the Bible Trustworthy? Chapter 5: How Do We Know God s Will Chapter 6: Is Christianity the Only True Religion/Is Christ the Only Way? Chapter 7: Why Don’t We See More Miraculous Signs in the Church Today? The Dialog series offers topical and biblical small group studies that generate meaningful conversation. Each 7-week study explores a subject significant to the church and to the story of God. Dialog creates community. So let’s talk.