TOB Ch 11: Relationships | Essential Apologetics

Class date: May 12, 2019

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

Opening
1. Prayer
2. Bible Trivia

Chaste/Unchaste Relationships:
1. Fill out matrix on big sheet of paper
  1. Do as a group
  2. Page 173-L in leader book

“Dump Him/Her” List -- when is it time to walk (or run!) away?
1. Separate into guys/gals and fill out tables
  1. Page 170/171 in leader book
2. Share with the class (15 mins)
  1. Stronger, more confident, controlling one’s life

Emotional Virtues
1. Virtue
  1. Behavior showing high moral standard
2. Emotional virtues
  1. Striving for human excellence
  2. Forming the habit of knowing and choosing the good
  3. Training your passions & emotions to work towards the good
  4. Gives you the freedom to love
3. 80-20 problem: If you are single, it is hard to not struggle with what I call The 80-20 Problem and It’s Big Three—spending 80% of your time worrying about these three questions:
  1. Who am I going to date and eventually marry?
  2. What is s/he going to do for me and how is s/he going to make me feel?
  3. How good can I look doing it?
4. Worrying about these 3 questions 80% of the time leaves only 20% of your time to focus on what I call Real Life’s Big Three:
  1. Who do I want to be?
  2. What am I living for?
  3. Who am I living for?
5. What if we flipped it around? 80% of your energy going towards Real Life’s Big Three, now that’s what I’m talking about! ~ Sarah Swafford

Irresistible Man/Woman
1. Hand out sheets
  1. Ladies get “irresistible man” handout and vice versa
  2. What one characteristic is important to you about the opposite sex?
  3. Switch sheets to bring home
2. At home -- Take the emotional virtue challenge!! Read the article “Take the Virtue Challenge” by Sarah Swafford. Consider which virtues you are strong on already, and select one to work on this week.

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