Grill a Christian

The last few weeks in Harpenden schools we have run a couple of Grill a Christian lessons with Year 11 and Year 13 students.

We have started each session with each member of the panel sharing their personal testimony of how they became a Christian, this was followed by an array of questions. Some examples of the questions we looked at were:

- If God is omni-benevolent, why do we suffer?
- What about natural disasters that seem to not be the fault of human sin?
- Have you guys had personal religious experiences?
- What are the key differences between denominations of Christians?
- Do you think the pain in child birth is equal to the labour of men?
- Do you think the Bible is part of the reason for inequality between men and woman?

The final question of our lesson with Year 13s at Sir John Lawes read - 'If passages from the Bible on women are meant to be interpreted rather than literal, should other passages such as Genesis or resurrection also be interpreted differently?'

This was a great way to end the lesson as we were able to point the students directly towards the truth and the historical evidence for the person of Jesus; His life, His death and His resurrection. We encouraged them to ask questions as they read Bible passages, to read around small texts and see if this is history and actually happened or if it is a story for us to learn from - What did this mean at the time and What does this mean for me today?

Mary