Youths · About 15 minutes

Sin and the Need for Good News

This week we are revisiting How to Read Parables. Keep the focus on what Luke 10:25-37; 15:1-32 actually says and one faithful response.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Connect How to Read Parables to the story already learned in Jesus, Gospel, and Discipleship.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Connect How to Read Parables to the story already learned in Jesus, Gospel, and Discipleship.
5 min
Read
Read a manageable selection from Luke 10:25-37; 15:1-32 and name direct observations.
3 min
Understand
Restate the big idea in your own words: Parables confront hearers and must be read within their narrative and audience setting.
3 min
Play
Use How to Read Parables Evidence Grid verbally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Name one concrete faithful response for this week.

Talk about it

What does the passage directly say?
What meaning follows from it?
What is one response we can practise?

This week

Action: Choose one concrete response connected to parables confront hearers and must be read within their narrative and audience setting and practise it this week.

Prayer: Thank God for what is clear in the passage; ask for wisdom to respond faithfully without claiming more than the text supports.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.

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