The Perfect Life? Leader's Guide: Sin, the Soul, and Kingdom Living - Rick Bundschuh - Paperback

The Perfect Life? Leader's Guide by Rick Bundschuh Copyright © 2005 by Youth Specialties Youth Specialties Books, 300 South Pierce Street, El Cajon, CA 92020, are published by Zondervan, 5300 Patterson Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bundschuh, Rick, 1951- The perfect life? leader's guide : sin, the soul, and kingdom living / by Rick Bundschuh. p. cm. ISBN-10: 0-310-25839-1 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-310-25839-1 (pbk.) 1. Church work with teenagers. 2. Teenagers--Religious life. I. Title. BV4447.B776 2005 268'.433--dc22 2005011798 Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-(except for brief quotations in printed reviews), without the prior permission of the publisher. Web site addresses listed in this book were current at the time of publication. Please contact Youth Specialties via e-mail (YS@YouthSpecialties.com) to report URLs that are no longer operational and replacement URLs if available. Editorial direction and editing by Dave Urbanski Proofread by Laura Gross and Heather Haggerty Cover and interior design by proxy Printed in the United States of America 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 / DCI / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1he Perfect Guy 1 Alternate Routes General Church Use This nutty video clip might just be the ticket as a comic prelude to an announcement encouraging people to sign up for a marriage enrichment seminar- or better yet, for singles-or as a discussion starter in a home Bible study or something similar. Float this one around; you might be surprised who wants to use it. Getting Started Use The Perfect Guy video clip as a discussion starter. Introduce it by saying something like: Let's start by taking a look at a clever commentary on relationships. As you watch this, see if you relate more to the girl who's narrating or to the guys in this video clip called-what else?-The Perfect Guy The Perfect Guy Video Clip Show the clip to your group, and then follow up by asking what message they got from the video. Drop a few questions like these into the mix: - Do you think the problem rested with the girl's unrealistic expectations or with the knuckleheads she was dating? - What happens if our expectations of another person aren't realistic? - Have you ever felt someone expected more out of you than you could possibly give? - All relationships, not just romantic ones, take work and compromise. What do the filmmakers suggest by the end of the clip? Bible Study Ask-Do you think people were disappointed with Jesus? Why or why not? Let's read some of these passages and see. - Luke 7:20 (John the Baptist questions if Jesus is the real deal) - Luke 23:8-11 (Herod gets no satisfaction) - John 6:59-61 (Dissatisfied disciples) - Matthew 19:16-22 (Rich Man Blues) Now ask- - In what way did Jesus disappoint the people in these passages? - What were people expecting, and what did they get? vol chp pg 05: 01: 9 The Perfect Guy vol chp pg 05: 01: 10 - Do you know anyone who believes God either didn't meet their expectations or let them dBundschuh, Rick is the author of 'The Perfect Life? Leader's Guide: Sin, the Soul, and Kingdom Living - Rick Bundschuh - Paperback' with ISBN 9780310258391 and ISBN 0310258391.