1. Watch session on formed.org “The Search” and/or read Chapter from the book “The Search”
2. Answer Study Guide questions below
3. Share answers with a group: Small Church Community, Ministry, family, friends.
4. Watch & participate in “The Search Continues” Webinar w/ Fr. Frank Wednesday, December 23rd at 7:00pm (The recorded session is available below)

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Session 4 Reflection: We all love a good story---from the characters, the twists and turns of a captivating plot, and the dynamics of a conflict, to the resolution at the end. Perhaps we love stories because they give us insight into ourselves, revealing to us a deeper sense of meaning in our lives. The Bible is the story of God’s love for you and me. It begins with him creating us out of love, redeeming us by that love, and finally transforming us in his love. This divine author is love—an eternal exchange of love within the life of the Blessed Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. What a story!

Discussion Questions:

1. Where does our (Christians) love story begin?
2. How do we recapture God’s love story for us? Is His love a burden for us?
3. What do you think about the statement Dr. Ben Akers mentions about “The Fall”? “What happens with The Fall? Because the most important and foundational relationship with God is broken, all these other relationships fall apart as well. The intellect becomes darkened; the will becomes weakened; the passions are disordered; the relationship between Adam and Eve is broken; the relationship with creation is broken as well; the world becomes broken.
4. What does Dr. Sean Innerst mean when he said, “We don’t live in the world God made. We live in the world we have made of the world God made?
5. What do you think of the statement that Chris Stefanick mentioned, “We ask God why there are children dying of starvation in Haiti when God says, ‘I was about to ask you that same question?’”
6. Why did Chris Stefanick say, “For a Christian, joy isn’t what happens when life is going perfectly; it’s what happens when you know you are loved perfectly, even when life is a mess.”
7. What is the one thing you have learned from this session?

Session 4 Prayer: Dear God, the story of salvation has been called the greatest story ever told. What makes this story great is that it impacts each of us personally in that it is our own story. Created out of love to be redeemed and transformed by love may each of us say yes to a saving relationship with you. Amen.

This was previosly recorded on
Wednesday, December 23rd at 7:00pm