How Much Does Sin Weigh?<\/a>” would be particularly useful in discussing the numbing effect of sin. The lessons are designed to start with a short story that can be used to generate a discussion. There is a page of starter questions and a long list of verses. There is no particular order because the intent is that the discussion flow in its own natural order. Thus you should study all the verses in advance and know which ones would apply to which topic. Then as the topics come up, you can turn over to the appropriate verses to make a point. The lessons are each independent and can be given in any order.<\/p>\nThe second study was designed to give teenagers (and adults) a greater appreciation of the God whom they serve. Knowing the nature of God, we are better able to understand the reasons for His commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I read\u00a0your article on whether boys and girls swimming together was ok or not. I saw it referenced in one of your last posts. I have been explaining a little bit about watching TV shows and listening to certain music or I should say lyrics to songs how it numbs our feelings and we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[913,110,451,395,309],"class_list":["post-11374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-bible-study","tag-children","tag-teaching","tag-teenagers","tag-youth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13897,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-kids-swim-with-the-opposite-sex\/","url_meta":{"origin":11374,"position":0},"title":"Should kids swim with the opposite sex?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I want to ask why mixed swimming wasn't discussed in your article, \"Proper Attire\"? 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