Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

The Contact sections in this lesson were designed to enable your students prepare for the hard intellectual work of considering the vision and theology underlying God’s mandate to demonstrate justice and mercy in our lives and through our churches. To investigate the theological data dealing with this, you will need to help your students reflect intentionally on ideas that they normally either take for granted or do not consciously meditate upon very often. Use these questions and ideas to prompt your students to bring to the front of their attention and passions their central questions as they relate to loving others, being loved, and loving God, and how these loves relate to one another, and what the issues and consequences are for failing to demonstrate this justice and mercy to others. Review and discussion are important ways to enable your students to clarify the concepts covered on the video, as well as exploring the implications of these questions for their lives and ministries. The following questions are designed to ensure that you work with your students to properly recite and give evidence of their knowledge of the truths covered in the segment, as well as to provide you with an opportunity to rehearse again the critical aims and facts presented in the first video segment. Gauge your time well as you explore the questions here, especially if the questions strike chords in your students and they are intrigued with the concepts. Encourage feedback, reaction, and engagement with the ideas, but monitor your time well in light of the overall schedule you are keeping for this lesson. Additionally, please focus in on the main points considered, and ensure all around that you will have ample time for a break before the next video segment is started.

4 Page 17 Contact

5 Page 28 Student Questions and Response

The Concept of the Imago Dei

6 Page 29 Summary of Segment 2

As you explore the meanings of the imago Dei with your students, it may be helpful for you to read a nice and concise summary of its major meanings in Scripture from professor Ryken on this critical point: