The fishbowl is a big glass bowl we keep on the table in the youth room at CSMSG, and it’s where kids put in questions they’d love to know the answers to, but that don’t quite fit the topic of each Wednesday evening. They’ve come up with some really great ones this fall, including:
- Why do we call him “Jesus Christ our Savior” when Christ means savior?
- How many religions are there in the universe?
- Are there any things/events/services in our church that come from Martin Luther’s ideas?
- How the heck can you not think that Panic at the Disco is the greatest band ever?
- Why do we pray with our heads pointed down toward the Devil? What if God comes while we’re facing away from Him?
- Was Jesus a nerd?
1 response so far ↓
Kaho // October 24, 2008 at 2:18 pm |
Christos (Greek) means annointed or Messiah (from the Hebrew). Mapping them directly onto savior results in a loss of meaning, I think.
Not sure about # of religions.
Luther (and especially Melancthon) worked hard to preserve the Catholic liturgy by declaring it adiaphora.
Easily.
Humility, I think. But not all traditions pray head down either.
He didn’t get many dates and knew more than his teachers did. So, arguably yes.