Notes

TOB Class notes for May 26

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Last time, Sunday, May 26, was our final class for the academic year. Led by Mr. Doran, the class completed Chapter 12 of TOB for Teens: High School Edition -- "Living the Good (and Free!) Life." This chapter pulled together the threads of all that we have studied about ...

TOB Ch 11: Relationships

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Class date: May 12, 2019

Mr. Doran taught this class. Here's his class outline. :-)

  1. Opening
    1. Prayer
    2. Bible Trivia
  1. Chaste/Unchaste Relationships:
    1. Fill out matrix on big sheet of paper
      1. Do as a group
      2. Page 173-L in leader book
  1. “Dump Him/Her” List -- when is it time to walk (or ...

Class update for April 28

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Class will be meeting next on Sunday, May 12.

Last time
, we discussed how pornography kills love, degrades persons, and harms relationships. It also leads to a loss of personal freedom and often to addiction.

Key points:

Porn is any media — songs, stories, images, or videos — intended ...

Addiction -- more info

Submitted by Suchi Myjak on

What is addiction, and how does it happen?

The American Society for Addiction Medicine explains:
We all have the brain reward circuitry that makes food and sex rewarding. In fact, this is a survival mechanism. In a healthy brain, these rewards have feedback mechanisms for satiety or ‘enough.’ In someone ...

TOB Class update for April 7

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Class will be meeting next Sunday, April 28.

Last time, we studied Chapter 11: Dating with Purpose and Purity. Some important points:

  • The purpose of dating is to find a spouse.
  • This means that anytime you go on a date with someone, you keep that end in mind and ...

TOB class update for Mar 31

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Class will meet again THIS Sunday, April 7
But then we get a three-week break until the next one.

Last time, we completed Chapter 9: Celibacy & Religious Life, plus Chapter 10: Finding Your Vocation.

Key points on Celibacy & Religious Life:

  • Celibacy in an exceptional calling from God ...

Gender Agenda - Notes

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Class date: 17 March, 2019

IMPORTANT: The focus is on transgender ideology and its errors, as distinct from individuals who experience transgender feelings.

Thought to ponder:

How can it be that if a girl likes pink and princesses, she’s the victim of tyrannical social conditioning, but if a boy ...

Notes: Redefining Marriage

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Class date: 03 Mar 2019

Opening prayer: Come Holy Spirit

  1. How did we get here?
    • 1996: Defense of Marriage Act, signed by Pres. Clinton
    • 1996: Oregon – One Man + One Woman
    • 2000:
      “Marriage has historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time, and I think ...

TOB class update for Feb 17

Submitted by Suchi Myjak on

Class will NOT be meeting next Sunday.
Our next class date is Sunday, Mar 3.

Last time, we studied TOB for Teens, Chapter 8: Marriage. This chapter draws together the threads of several previous chapters. We also spent some focused time the qualities that one would desire in a ...