EP 101: #HelenKellerIsFake & Cynicism | 01.11.21

<p>The Couch Time Podcast</p> <p><strong>#HelenKellerIsFake &amp; Cynicism</strong></p> <p>01.11.21</p> <p><br></p> <p>Today on the podcast, Ryan, Stephen, and Josh talk about #helenkellerisfake and the heart of a cynical student.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>NOTES</strong></p> <ul> <li>There is a trend going around on TikTok (#helenkellerisfake). This trend is largely a way that GenZ is trying to be funny by poking holes at something as incredible as the story and accomplishments of Helen Keller.<br> </li> <li>This trend is just one example, intended or not, of a lot of information that is out on the internet that students have to sort through and wrestle with to decide what is true and what is just fake news.<br> </li> <li>This can lead to unhealthy cynicism in students, where they begin to doubt the motives and intentions of everyone. This does not lead to a 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love.<br> </li> <li>It's good to wrestle with things to see if they are true, but if we don't have a baseline of truth (aka - the Bible), then we're going to just be tossed around by whatever we think might be true.<br> </li> <li>A snowball effect of unhealthy cynicism is a hardened heart.<br> </li> <li>A hardened heart is like hard, dry ground. Nothing grows there. So, it's key to "sow righteousness" and to seek the Lord. (Hosea 10:12)<br> </li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Tools:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Whenever you have conversations about news or current events, keep pointing yourself and your student back to what is clearly true in the Bible.<br> </li> <li>Go after your student's hard heart, like it says in Hebrews 3:12-13, but <strong>daily encouraging</strong> your student with the truth about God's character and promises. Forcing it on them, but encouraging them, or calling them to the truth and the hope of Jesus.<br> </li> </ol> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Click <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/grace-students-remix-swag-winter-2020/"><strong>HERE</strong></a> to get your LIMITED EDITION Grace Students Winter Remix S