{ "engine_version": "1.0", "lesson": { "package_id": "LL-1COR-03", "title": "A Humble Attitude", "board_sentence": "Everything is yours. None of it is because of you.", "scripture_ref": "1 Corinthians 3:18-23, 4:1-5, 4:6-7", "translation": "ESV", "esv_notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.", "manuscript_version": "1.0", "start_assumed": "10:15", "landing_starts": "10:41", "hard_stop": "10:45", "hard_stop_reason": "The children come in.", "recurring_line": "None of it is because of you.", "recurring_line_uses": 4, "cut_ladder": [ "Philosophers' slogan card", "One sentence of the courthouse", "One sentence of the classroom story", "Fourth discussion answer", "Monday Test Three" ], "never_cut": [ "The Close", "The Quiet Moment", "The One Act of Obedience", "The Prayer" ], "estimated_core_sec": 1940 }, "cards": [ { "id": "LL-1COR3-OPEN-01", "seq": 1, "type": "opening", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 180, "title": "The Pigs Do Not Own the Farm", "teacher": { "body": [ "Folks, I want to tell you about the most confident creatures in Carroll County.", "Every morning I walk out to feed, and before I ever get to the fence, the pigs already know. They come at that gate like they built it. They own the farm. They own the county. They own me. If a pig could sign a deed, he would have signed it.", "And every bit of that confidence rests on one thing. A five-gallon bucket that they did not fill, that they cannot lift, and that they have never once carried.", "The ducks are the same way. The goats are worse. And that one chicken struts around out there like the whole operation is named after her.", "Not one of them owns anything. Every one of them has been given everything.", "Everything is yours. None of it is because of you." ], "cues": [ "Do not announce the passage. Do not open a Bible yet.", "PAUSE after the bucket line.", "Let the laugh come on the chicken. Do not chase a second one.", "PAUSE, then point at the board." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Folks, I want to tell you about the most confident creatures in Carroll County.", "Every morning I walk out to feed, and before I ever get to the fence, the pigs already know. They come at that gate like they built it. They own the farm. They own the county. They own me. If a pig could sign a deed, he would have signed it.", "And every bit of that confidence rests on one thing. A five-gallon bucket that they did not fill, that they cannot lift, and that they have never once carried.", "The ducks are the same way. The goats are worse. And that one chicken struts around out there like the whole operation is named after her.", "Not one of them owns anything. Every one of them has been given everything.", "Everything is yours. None of it is because of you." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": "What is the bucket in your life?" } }, { "id": "LL-1COR3-OPEN-02", "seq": 2, "type": "callback", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 60, "title": "The Callback: Nobodies in God's Field", "teacher": { "body": [ "Last Sunday somebody in this room said something I have not been able to shake. We were talking about being nobodies standing in God's field, and Amanda said that was beautiful.", "She was right. And here is what I did not tell you last week, because we had not gotten there yet.", "This morning Paul is going to turn around and tell those same nobodies that the field belongs to them." ], "cues": [ "Do not skip this. It is the water on last week's seed.", "PAUSE before the last line." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Last Sunday somebody in this room said something I have not been able to shake. We were talking about being nobodies standing in God's field, and Amanda said that was beautiful.", "She was right. And here is what I did not tell you last week, because we had not gotten there yet.", "This morning Paul is going to turn around and tell those same nobodies that the field belongs to them." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR3-READ-01", "seq": 3, "type": "scripture_reading", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 60, "title": "Reader One: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23", "teacher": { "body": [], "cues": [ "Let the reader finish. Do not step on the last verse." ], "labels": [], "scripture": { "reference": "1 Corinthians 3:18-23 (ESV)", "translation": "ESV", "text": "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [], "scripture": { "reference": "1 Corinthians 3:18-23 (ESV)", "translation": "ESV", "text": "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR3-TEACH-01", "seq": 4, "type": "teaching", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 150, "title": "The Bragging Goes Backwards", "teacher": { "body": [ "They were standing around arguing over which preacher they got to belong to. And Paul says, you have got it upside down. You do not belong to Paul. Paul belongs to you.", "And then he does not stop there. Apollos is yours. Peter is yours. The world is yours. Life is yours. Death is yours. Right now is yours. Whatever is coming is yours.", "He hands them the deed to everything, and then he tells them why.", "Because you are Christ's. And Christ is God's.", "That is the whole thing. Not one word of it is about how impressive they are. Everything is yours. None of it is because of you." ], "cues": [ "PAUSE after 'Christ is God's.'", "Recurring line, use two of four here." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "They were standing around arguing over which preacher they got to belong to. And Paul says, you have got it upside down. You do not belong to Paul. Paul belongs to you.", "And then he does not stop there. Apollos is yours. Peter is yours. The world is yours. Life is yours. Death is yours. Right now is yours. Whatever is coming is yours.", "He hands them the deed to everything, and then he tells them why.", "Because you are Christ's. And Christ is God's.", "That is the whole thing. Not one word of it is about how impressive they are. Everything is yours. None of it is because of you." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR3-SCHL-01", "seq": 5, "type": "scholarship", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "The Philosophers' Slogan", "teacher": { "body": [ "There was a saying floating around the Greek world in Paul's day. The philosophers taught that all things belong to the wise man. If you were truly wise, truly enlightened, the whole world was yours by right. That was the pitch.", "Corinth had heard that pitch. And Paul takes it, and he hands the whole world to a room full of ordinary people who could not spell philosophy. Not because they got wise. Because they got Christ." ], "cues": [ "Forty-five seconds. Say the word 'probably' out loud." ], "labels": [ { "claim": "All things are yours, verse 22 inventory", "label": "TEXT" }, { "claim": "Paul inverts a philosophers' slogan about the wise man", "label": "PROBABLE" }, { "claim": "The point is the reversal, not the inventory", "label": "INFERENCE" } ], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "There was a saying floating around the Greek world in Paul's day. The philosophers taught that all things belong to the wise man. If you were truly wise, truly enlightened, the whole world was yours by right. That was the pitch.", "Corinth had heard that pitch. And Paul takes it, and he hands the whole world to a room full of ordinary people who could not spell philosophy. Not because they got wise. Because they got Christ." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR3-DIG-01", "seq": 6, "type": "scholarship", "priority": "dig_deeper", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "Dig Deeper: The Two Old Testament Quotations", "teacher": { "body": [ "Verses 19 and 20 are Paul quoting the Old Testament twice in two sentences. Job 5:13 and Psalm 94:11. When Paul wants to take the air out of Greek wisdom, he reaches for a Hebrew Bible." ], "cues": [ "CUT FIRST." ], "labels": [ { "claim": "Verses 19-20 quote Job 5:13 and Psalm 94:11", "label": "TEXT" } ], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": false, "body": [ "Verses 19 and 20 are Paul quoting the Old Testament twice in two sentences. Job 5:13 and Psalm 94:11. When Paul wants to take the air out of Greek wisdom, he reaches for a Hebrew Bible." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR3-MON-01", "seq": 7, "type": "monday_test", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "Monday Test One", "teacher": { "body": [ "If everything you have is a gift, then nobody in your life is your competition. The man who got the promotion you wanted did not take anything from you, because it was never yours to start with.", "A man who owns nothing cannot be robbed." ], "cues": [ "PAUSE on the last line." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "If everything you have is a gift, then nobody in your life is your competition. The man who got the promotion you wanted did not take anything from you, because it was never yours to start with.", "A man who owns nothing cannot be robbed." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": "Who have you been treating as competition?" } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-READ-02", "seq": 8, "type": "scripture_reading", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 60, "title": "Reader Two: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5", "teacher": { "body": [], "cues": [ "CHECKPOINT ONE. If it is past 10:26, cut the philosophers' slogan card and one sentence from the courthouse." ], "labels": [], "scripture": { "reference": "1 Corinthians 4:1-5 (ESV)", "translation": "ESV", "text": "This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [], "scripture": { "reference": "1 Corinthians 4:1-5 (ESV)", "translation": "ESV", "text": "This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "note_prompt": null }, "checkpoint": true }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-TEACH-01", "seq": 9, "type": "teaching", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 120, "title": "The Man on the Bottom Oar", "teacher": { "body": [ "Paul says, here is how you ought to think about us. And the word he picks for servant is a word off the water.", "The word is hypēretēs. Say it with me one time and then we will let it go. Hoop-ay-RET-ace.", "Break that word open and it means the under-rower. The man on the lowest bank of oars, down in the belly of the ship, below the waterline.", "He cannot see where the ship is going. He did not pick the destination. Nobody on the dock is going to know his name when that ship comes in.", "And the ship moves because of him.", "Nobody claps for the man on the bottom oar. And the ship still moves because of him." ], "cues": [ "The only Greek word this morning. Say it once, release it.", "PAUSE before 'And the ship moves because of him.'", "Own the inference out loud." ], "labels": [ { "claim": "Built from the parts meaning 'under' and 'rower'", "label": "TEXT" }, { "claim": "Commonly meant assistant or officer by the first century", "label": "PROBABLE" }, { "claim": "The under-rower picture as a model for ministry", "label": "INFERENCE, say so" } ], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Paul says, here is how you ought to think about us. And the word he picks for servant is a word off the water.", "The word is hypēretēs. Say it with me one time and then we will let it go. Hoop-ay-RET-ace.", "Break that word open and it means the under-rower. The man on the lowest bank of oars, down in the belly of the ship, below the waterline.", "He cannot see where the ship is going. He did not pick the destination. Nobody on the dock is going to know his name when that ship comes in.", "And the ship moves because of him.", "Nobody claps for the man on the bottom oar. And the ship still moves because of him." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-DIG-02", "seq": 10, "type": "myth_bust", "priority": "dig_deeper", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "Dig Deeper: The Galley Slave Myth", "teacher": { "body": [ "The galley-slave picture most of us carry comes from the movies. Rowers in the fleets of that world were generally free men doing skilled work, not chained convicts. Which makes the picture better, not worse. The under-rower was not a nobody. He was a man doing real work that nobody watched." ], "cues": [ "CUT SECOND." ], "labels": [ { "claim": "Rowers were generally free skilled men", "label": "PROBABLE" } ], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": false, "body": [ "The galley-slave picture most of us carry comes from the movies. Rowers in the fleets of that world were generally free men doing skilled work, not chained convicts. Which makes the picture better, not worse. The under-rower was not a nobody. He was a man doing real work that nobody watched." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-TEACH-02", "seq": 11, "type": "illustration", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 90, "title": "Stewards, and the Word Faithful", "teacher": { "body": [ "Stewards. Household managers. The man who ran the estate, handled the accounts, made real decisions, and owned not one square foot of it.", "I have spent a good part of my life handling money that was not mine. This church's money is not my money. The only question that ever mattered was whether we could be trusted with it.", "It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.", "Not brilliant. Not impressive. Not successful. Faithful.", "Faithful is a thing you can be today. Successful is a thing you have to sit around and wait on." ], "cues": [ "Keep this to three sentences of your own. It runs long.", "PAUSE after 'Faithful.'" ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Stewards. Household managers. The man who ran the estate, handled the accounts, made real decisions, and owned not one square foot of it.", "I have spent a good part of my life handling money that was not mine. This church's money is not my money. The only question that ever mattered was whether we could be trusted with it.", "It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.", "Not brilliant. Not impressive. Not successful. Faithful.", "Faithful is a thing you can be today. Successful is a thing you have to sit around and wait on." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": "What has been trusted to you that you do not own?" } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-TEACH-03", "seq": 12, "type": "teaching", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 90, "title": "The Three Courts", "teacher": { "body": [ "Paul walks through every court that could try him and dismisses all of them.", "One. Your court. It is a very small thing to me that I am judged by you.", "Two. Any human court. He does not even flinch at it.", "Three. His own court. He does not even judge himself. He is not aware of anything against himself, and then he adds, but that does not make me innocent.", "Paul says a clean conscience is not the same thing as a clean record. I can feel fine about myself and still be wrong.", "There is one Judge. It is the Lord who judges me." ], "cues": [ "Do not expand the self-judgment point. This is where you run long." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Paul walks through every court that could try him and dismisses all of them.", "One. Your court. It is a very small thing to me that I am judged by you.", "Two. Any human court. He does not even flinch at it.", "Three. His own court. He does not even judge himself. He is not aware of anything against himself, and then he adds, but that does not make me innocent.", "Paul says a clean conscience is not the same thing as a clean record. I can feel fine about myself and still be wrong.", "There is one Judge. It is the Lord who judges me." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-DIG-03", "seq": 13, "type": "scholarship", "priority": "dig_deeper", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 30, "title": "Dig Deeper: Human Day", "teacher": { "body": [ "In verse 3 the phrase behind human court is literally a human day. Paul sets man's day against the Lord's Day." ], "cues": [ "CUT THIRD." ], "labels": [ { "claim": "'Human court' is literally 'human day'", "label": "TEXT" }, { "claim": "Wordplay on the Day of the Lord", "label": "PROBABLE" } ], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": false, "body": [ "In verse 3 the phrase behind human court is literally a human day. Paul sets man's day against the Lord's Day." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-MYTH-01", "seq": 14, "type": "myth_bust", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 75, "title": "The Myth-Busting Minute: Judge Not", "teacher": { "body": [ "Verse 5 is one of the most misquoted verses in this town. Somebody gets called out for something they are plainly doing, and they say, well, the Bible says judge not.", "That is not what this says. Read it again. Do not pronounce judgment before the time. Before the Lord comes.", "This is not a verse about never using your good sense. It is a verse about two things you and I do not have access to. Timing, and motives.", "And if you need proof, turn one page. In chapter 5 Paul tells this exact same church to deal with a matter right there in the room.", "He is telling them to quit playing God about why people do what they do." ], "cues": [ "PAUSE after 'before the Lord comes.'" ], "labels": [ { "claim": "4:5 forbids premature judgment of motives, not all discernment", "label": "TEXT, confirmed by chapter 5" } ], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Verse 5 is one of the most misquoted verses in this town. Somebody gets called out for something they are plainly doing, and they say, well, the Bible says judge not.", "That is not what this says. Read it again. Do not pronounce judgment before the time. Before the Lord comes.", "This is not a verse about never using your good sense. It is a verse about two things you and I do not have access to. Timing, and motives.", "And if you need proof, turn one page. In chapter 5 Paul tells this exact same church to deal with a matter right there in the room.", "He is telling them to quit playing God about why people do what they do." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-ILL-01", "seq": 15, "type": "illustration", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 75, "title": "The Courthouse Wait", "teacher": { "body": [ "I worked around the federal court system for twenty-seven years. I was on the administrative side. I never tried a case in my life.", "But I watched a lot of people wait on a verdict. There is nothing else quite like it. Everything in a person's life is on hold until somebody in a robe says a word.", "Verse 5 says the verdict is coming. And then Paul says the strangest thing in the whole passage.", "When it comes, each one will receive his commendation from God.", "His praise. God has praise waiting for the under-rower nobody ever watched." ], "cues": [ "Accuracy rule: administrative side only. Never litigated.", "PAUSE before the commendation line.", "If tight at 10:38, cut one sentence here." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "I worked around the federal court system for twenty-seven years. I was on the administrative side. I never tried a case in my life.", "But I watched a lot of people wait on a verdict. There is nothing else quite like it. Everything in a person's life is on hold until somebody in a robe says a word.", "Verse 5 says the verdict is coming. And then Paul says the strangest thing in the whole passage.", "When it comes, each one will receive his commendation from God.", "His praise. God has praise waiting for the under-rower nobody ever watched." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-MON-02", "seq": 16, "type": "monday_test", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "Monday Test Two", "teacher": { "body": [ "Monday morning, somebody is going to misjudge you. A boss, a neighbor, a family member, somebody on the internet.", "You have two options. Spend the week building your case, or leave it with the Judge who already loves you.", "If the verdict is already in and it is grace, you can quit arguing your own case." ], "cues": [], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Monday morning, somebody is going to misjudge you. A boss, a neighbor, a family member, somebody on the internet.", "You have two options. Spend the week building your case, or leave it with the Judge who already loves you.", "If the verdict is already in and it is grace, you can quit arguing your own case." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": "Whose verdict are you still arguing against?" } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-READ-03", "seq": 17, "type": "scripture_reading", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "Reader Three: 1 Corinthians 4:6-7", "teacher": { "body": [], "cues": [ "CHECKPOINT TWO. If it is past 10:34, cut one sentence from the classroom story and take three discussion answers instead of four." ], "labels": [], "scripture": { "reference": "1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (ESV)", "translation": "ESV", "text": "I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [], "scripture": { "reference": "1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (ESV)", "translation": "ESV", "text": "I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "note_prompt": null }, "checkpoint": true }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-ILL-02", "seq": 18, "type": "illustration", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 105, "title": "A Price Built on Air", "teacher": { "body": [ "Paul says none of them should get puffed up for one against another. Puffed up. Not grown. Inflated.", "I teach portfolio management over at West Georgia. And one of the first things I have to get across to a room full of twenty-year-olds is the difference between a company that is growing and a company that is just being talked about.", "A price can run straight up on nothing but talk. No earnings underneath it. Nothing built. And on paper, that investor looks like he is getting rich.", "It is not growth. It is air. And air always finds the door.", "That is the word Paul keeps using about these people. Puffed up. Bigger, and emptier, and in more danger than they know.", "Comparison is just pride keeping score out loud." ], "cues": [ "PAUSE before 'It is not growth.'" ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Paul says none of them should get puffed up for one against another. Puffed up. Not grown. Inflated.", "I teach portfolio management over at West Georgia. And one of the first things I have to get across to a room full of twenty-year-olds is the difference between a company that is growing and a company that is just being talked about.", "A price can run straight up on nothing but talk. No earnings underneath it. Nothing built. And on paper, that investor looks like he is getting rich.", "It is not growth. It is air. And air always finds the door.", "That is the word Paul keeps using about these people. Puffed up. Bigger, and emptier, and in more danger than they know.", "Comparison is just pride keeping score out loud." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-TEACH-04", "seq": 19, "type": "teaching", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 120, "title": "The Three Questions", "teacher": { "body": [ "Then Paul stops arguing and asks three questions. This is the second time he has done that to them. Chapter 1 ended with three questions too.", "One. Who is it that makes you different from anybody else?", "Two. What do you have that you did not receive?", "Three. And if you received it, why do you brag like you did not?", "Question two is the one that gets me every time. Your mind. Your health. The family you were born into. The person who told you about Jesus. The breath you are using right now to argue with me about it.", "You cannot be humble about something you think you earned." ], "cues": [ "LONG PAUSE after question two. Do not rescue it." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Then Paul stops arguing and asks three questions. This is the second time he has done that to them. Chapter 1 ended with three questions too.", "One. Who is it that makes you different from anybody else?", "Two. What do you have that you did not receive?", "Three. And if you received it, why do you brag like you did not?", "Question two is the one that gets me every time. Your mind. Your health. The family you were born into. The person who told you about Jesus. The breath you are using right now to argue with me about it.", "You cannot be humble about something you think you earned." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": "What do you have that you did not receive?" } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-DISC-01", "seq": 20, "type": "discussion", "priority": "core", "protected": false, "duration_sec": 240, "title": "The One Discussion Question", "teacher": { "body": [ "Name one thing you have that you know good and well you did not earn." ], "cues": [ "Four minutes. Five if you started at 10:10. Not six.", "Three or four answers. Nod, say thank you, take the next one.", "If the room is quiet, go first. Beth. 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Jesus is the only person who ever walked this earth who could have claimed the whole thing by right, and He came down below the waterline and rowed.", "When you are humble, you are not pretending to be small. You are finally telling the truth about who carried the bucket." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": null } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-QUIET-01", "seq": 23, "type": "quiet_moment", "priority": "core", "protected": true, "duration_sec": 60, "title": "The Quiet Moment", "teacher": { "body": [ "Close your eyes for a second. Nobody is looking at you.", "Think about that thing you named a minute ago. The thing you did not earn.", "Now put a face on it. One person God used to hand it to you.", "You have got the name." ], "cues": [ "SILENCE. Count to ten. Do not fill it.", "PROTECTED. This never gets cut." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "Close your eyes for a second. Nobody is looking at you.", "Think about that thing you named a minute ago. The thing you did not earn.", "Now put a face on it. One person God used to hand it to you.", "You have got the name." ], "scripture": null, "note_prompt": "Write the name here." } }, { "id": "LL-1COR4-OBEY-01", "seq": 24, "type": "obedience", "priority": "core", "protected": true, "duration_sec": 45, "title": "The One Act of Obedience", "teacher": { "body": [ "One thing. Not five.", "This week, tell them. Call them, text them, or say it across the kitchen table. Tell that person what they gave you and that you know good and well you did not earn it.", "If they are gone, tell somebody else about them.", "That is it. That is the week." ], "cues": [ "PROTECTED." ], "labels": [], "scripture": null, "image": null }, "student": { "include": true, "body": [ "One thing. Not five.", "This week, tell them. Call them, text them, or say it across the kitchen table. 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Then each one will receive his commendation from God.", "notice": "Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible, copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved." }, "visual": { "type": null, "accuracy_label": null, "asset": null, "brief": null, "alt_text": null, "rights": "no asset, typographic card" } }, { "id": "SLL-07", "seq": 7, "title": "The Bottom Oar", "treatment": "visual", "source_card_ids": [ "LL-1COR4-TEACH-01", "LL-1COR4-TEACH-02" ], "headline": "Nobody claps for the man on the bottom oar, and the ship still moves because of him.", "supporting_lines": [ "Not brilliant.", "Not impressive.", "Not successful.", "Faithful.", "Faithful is a thing you can be today. 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