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Doubt isn’t toxic to faith.
Neither are hard questions.
Silence is.
Teenagers want to ask their tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. For a decade, FYI’s Can I Ask That? curriculum has empowered youth leaders to start conversations about hard questions and lead students toward discovering their own faith convictions.
Now, get our popular discussion-based lesson guides re-released in a fresh new format for ministry with today’s teenagers. Flexible for groups of any size, each session features new material guaranteed to get teenagers thinking, talking, and living out their faith.
Choose and download individual sessions to create your own curriculum series based on the questions your students are asking. These easy-to-use guides are perfect when you’re short on time to plan and prep.
What is hell, really?
Main idea: Students will examine what the Bible means when it refers to hell, discuss how outside sources have shaped their picture of it, and discover that Jesus' teaching points less toward a destination after death and more toward a serious question about how we live now.
Most teens have already formed a picture of hell long before they walk into a youth group conversation about it. That image may come from horror movies, social media, conversations, or fear-based teaching—but rarely from Scripture itself.
Silence on the topic doesn’t reduce teenagers’ anxiety; it leaves them without tools to process it. At the same time, this generation is watching powerful people cause real harm without visible consequences, and they’re wondering, “Does how we live actually matter?”
Throughout this session, you’ll guide students to examine where their picture of hell comes from, consider Jesus’ own teaching in Matthew 25, and reflect on what it means to live now in relationship with a God who takes human actions seriously.
What’s included with each downloadable session:
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Low-prep, easy-to-use leader guide
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Printable student page for engagement and reflection
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FREE BONUS: Downloadable tips from FYI experts for conversations that go deep
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