http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15 for the teens and parents of Sovereign Grace Church Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:29:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have good news and bad news. Bad news first. I announced a while back that Eric Hughes was coming as a guest speaker at the five15 Retreat. Note the past tense: he was. Now he isn't. Change of plans.  (Please don't worry - all good things.) Now the good ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/19/a-change-of-plans-retreat/ If you haven't heard of it yet, I am happy to inform you that the ESV Study Bible is coming. Scheduled for release in October, the ESV Study Bible is going to be an amazing resource for students of the Bible everywhere. Here's how the website describes its ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/18/esv-study-bible/ I only follow a handful of blogs, because there is only so much that I can absorb in a given day. But one blog that I read regularly is Manspeak, "a daily dose of manliness" from some guys at our sister church in Knoxville, TN. These guys are ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/18/iron-man/ In case you missed it, here are the announcements from Saturday night: LASER QUEST WHEN: Sunday, August 3, 12:45pm WHERE: Laser Quest in Woodbridge (Directions) HOW MUCH: $15, includes 2 games, 2 slices of pizza and a soda REGISTER: Sign up online.  (Max 60 people) PARENTS MEETING IN AUGUST PARENTS, I would like to ask for an ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/15/five15-announcements-6/ If you are interested, here is the playlist from last night: http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/13/five15-playlist-4/ Here are some of the questions we discussed this morning, and some we didn't get to: CHAPTER 7: THE POWER OF COLLABORATION “American popular lore tries to persuade us that our destiny was won only by rugged individuals…” (p.110) Give some examples. How many stories from American history, movies, or books ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/13/dht-chapter-7-discussion-questions/ I spent the day yesterday with the Student Leadership Council making plans for the five15 Retreat, which is only 40 days away.  We had a great day and got a ton of planning done.  I can tell you that we focused on fun and games, the general retreat experience, and ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/12/retreat-countdown-40-days/ Props to Seita for alerting me to John Calvin's 499th birthday today. I would hate to have missed it: we are heavily indebted to this great theologian. I'm getting to know him through his massive book, The Institutes of the Christian Religion, and here is a quote ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/ PARENTS, It seems like one of the hardest things for teenage students to learn is how to apply wisdom in the "gray areas" of life: those decisions for which there isn't necessarily a single verse that provide clear-cut direction about how to live. This is a broad category that includes ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/10/thursday-thoughts-for-parents-071008/ I recently read that Wal-Mart has updated to a new logo. Turns out it's true: you can see the new design on the Wal-Mart website: I'm happy to announce that the five15 Logo Contest is over and we have selected a new logo. Eager to find out what it ... http://blogs.sovgracefairfax.org/five15/2008/07/09/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-logo/