What now? Given that we have seen the threat can we teach believers to live beyond the present as citizens of eternity? How can spiritual leaders address this critical need?
- Challenge the tendency to copycat cultural thinking and behavior—specifically
- Fill the gaps of misunderstanding with absolute biblical truth—applied to real life
- Spark an eternal perspective for the Christian life that’s not all about “me.”
The Periscope 49-Day Journey for Small Groups & the Periscope Single Facilitators Journey provide students and young adults the opportunity to see above the daily world around them by looking through God’s periscope into an eternal perspective. Looking from an eternal perspective provides a diagnosis of cultural captivity and the biblical truth to displace and replace it. The group will look together through video-driven, discussion-based content that’s laser-targeted on today’s spiritual blind spots helping them to live beyond the mundane experiencing Gods’ presence.
Realizing–afresh or for the first time–these principles, the group will understand more completely:
- Our purpose is eternal, not temporal
- Satan is real, he is a liar and he’s after us
- Views can be false, and Satan and the culture feed them to us at every turn–what are the lies?
- The false ideas of the world and our sinful desires negate living for God–and others notice
- A God’s-eye view helps us avoid being taken captive by culture’s lies
- By feeding on God’s truth and applying it, we can live transformed lives
- Called to a higher purpose: living in community, proclaiming truth in every arena
How? Some great options:
For small groups: Lead a Periscope Small Group 49-Day Journey to Living a Transformed Life: Take the members of your small group through a journey of discovery into what God says about eternity, good and bad ideas, healthy and unhealthy living and Christ’s kingdom priority. You’ll focus on the core of the Periscope series: video-based, discussion-driven small group materials. No special training required to facilitate the study time. In addition, your members will receive a 49-day devotional guide entitled Periscope- A 49-Day Journey to Living a Transformed Life and will receive daily devotional emails to keep them engaged throughout the week.
For Individuals engage in the Individual Periscope Experience: by viewing each of the seven sessions as taught by members of the Probe Ministries Staff. This experience will also include a copy of the 49-day devotional book: Periscope.
>High quality videos anchor the small group material and foster discussion in your small group. Check out the example below:
The Elephant
If you are looking at having a churchwide experience, there are more materials available. Please contact us at info@probe.org and ask about the Periscope Church Assessment Survey and our Periscope Sermon Outlines. Find out precisely how cultural or spiritual your church is (for pastors and church leaders). Get analysis of weak and blind spots. The power of the complete package is unmatched. If offers: a stamp of approval from the pulpit, a shared experience, and the sense of going somewhere together.
“The Periscope Full Church Experience raised our congregation’s awareness that the culture is influencing our lives—the decisions we make, the way we live our lives…. It also helped me as a pastor to see that our people lack a biblical worldview that governs their entire lives. That will help us address, challenge and equip them to live out the Christian life. It also showed me that there’s a huge gap in terms of a biblical worldview between younger and older generations.” Pastor David denHartog, Cleburne Bible Church, Cleburne, Texas
If you are more old school, we offer a DVD based version of the small group study. You can purchase this material through Grace101 by clicking here.