Read Acts 17:16-34 and pages 127-130 of A.S.K.
Questions from the Bible reading
1. What is an idol and why would it bother Paul so much? (v16-17)
2. In what two places in Athens did Paul preach and why do you think he chose those two? (v18-21)
3. What might have caused someone to build an altar to an “unknown god”? (v22-23)
4. What doesn’t God need and why not? (v24-25)
5. How did God start the human race and what does he want from us? (v26-28)
6. What does it mean to “repent”? (v29-30)
7. Who is going to judge the world one day and what proof has God given of this fact? (v31)
8. Draw a picture, or write a description, of Paul meeting with the council in the Areopagus. (v32-34)
Questions from the book
1. Did God really make some people superior to other people?
2. Give examples from history, and from today, of different types of slavery.
3. What’s the link between Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and some modern racism?
4. What basis does Christianity offer for believing that all men and women are to be equally valued?
5. In what ways are some modern Western governments racist towards other countries?
6. Write a prayer in which someone praises the Lord for the way he created the human race and asks for forgiveness for any racial pride they’ve shown, where they’ve looked down on other groups of people.
Questions to do at home
1. Ask a Christian you know to explain the causes of racism and how it should be dealt with.
2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “Why has God made some nations better than other nations?”
3. What can Christians do to ensure their church isn’t racist?