Words A.L.I.V.E. (ICC Chapter Malaysia): THEOLOGY: What About God?

Written by Toh Jern Ling
Edited by Eliza Tan

Is it a bird? No. Is it a plane? No. Is it an Eagle? Yes!

It's the 12th ICC meeting! Hi! I'm Jern Ling and I'm writing the blog for this ICC meeting. Enjoy!

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Speaker Ranen started the ball rolling with an ice breaker activity called "Guess the Object in My Mind." He chose an object from the room and all participants had to guess what the object was. Whoever guessed the object correctly got to choose a new object from the room to be guessed by others. By the way, the rule of the game was that the one who chose the object could answer only "yes" or "no."

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The room was filled with laughter as we tried to guess the correct answer.

After that, Coach Joseph led us into a simple group discussion of "The Categories of Worldview" based on passages from the book of Genesis.

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After that, Coach Joseph invited speakers who were prepared to do their book reviews to take the stage. He further explained that book reviews were to share about the messages behind the books. Each speaker was given two minutes.

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Charis took over the stage first as she spoke calmly about the worldviews that she gathered from her book, The Shadow Of His Hand.

Next, it was Eunice. She spoke sweetly about her book, The Giver.

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Jariel explained excitedly about his book, The Little One.

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Ranen spoke clearly about his book, Time Machine. Hmmm.... it made me felt as if I wanted to get into the machine and travel through time.

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Nathanael spoke steadily about his book, Lord Of The Flies.

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Last, but not least, Eliza spoke convincingly and fluently about her convictions on her book, Frankenstein. She presented the different worldviews and interesting discoveries from her reading about this "old-time feared monster."

Then we had a teaching session from Coach Joseph: Theology - What about God?
We were divided into groups to discuss on the topic "My God Is...."
Below were the findings:

1. Gracious

2. Loving

3. Merciful

4. Wonderful

5. All knowing

6. All powerful

7. Everywhere, all present

8. Just, righteous

9. Forgiving

10. Supernatural

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We were assigned homework to do: the task of sharing the Gospel with our non-christian friends by first engaging them in conversation related to God. We were to ask the four questions stated below:

1. What or who is the ultimate authority in your life?
2. What benefit, if any, is there to you for following that ultimate authority?
3. How do you determine right from wrong?
4. Why do you choose to do right even when it is hard to do?

Then it was time for platform speeches! My brother, Jern Yoong, and I presented our first platform speeches.

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The title of my speech was "The Most Important Person In My Life."

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Next, it was my brother's turn. His title was "Are Computer Games Destroying The Younger Generation?"

Then, after the hard work of listening and evaluating, we had makan time! :)

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