{"product_id":"9798898022815_identity","title":"Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho are you?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the central, sometimes terrifying, completely inescapable challenge of being a teenager. You are in the middle of figuring out who you are, and almost nobody tells you that it's supposed to feel this hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bible has an enormous amount to say about this. Because the people in the Bible had the same problem. And this teen Bible study explores their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoses was eighty years old and still hadn't figured out who he was supposed to be--and when God showed up in a burning bush and told him, his immediate response was basically: are you sure you have the right guy? The Woman at the Well had been defined her whole life by what other people had made of her. She had an identity, but it had been built out of her worst moments and other people's worst opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat we notice in every story of identity in the Bible is this: God kept showing up to people in the middle of an identity crisis. God didn't wait for them to have it figured out. God didn't hold out until they had arrived at some stable, confident, well-formed sense of self. God showed up when they were hiding, running, denying, alone, turned completely around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod doesn't confirm the identity you've already built. God calls you toward the one you actually have--the identity in Christ that was true before you were born, the one that won't be undone by your worst mistakes, the one that doesn't depend on what other people think of you or what you've managed to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumans of the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of interactive thirty-day Bible studies for students focused on Bible characters wrestling through the same things you are. The text of \u003ci\u003eThe Message Bible\u003c\/i\u003e is included in each day's reading, as well as a reflective practice and questions from the day's readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the whole series of \u003ci\u003eHumans of the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e studies: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAnxiety, Stress, and Pain\u003c\/i\u003e, where readers learn to navigate challenging emotions through the lens of Scripture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIdentity\u003c\/i\u003e, which addresses embracing a courageous and faithful purpose in Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRelationships\u003c\/i\u003e, which teaches teenagers how to build strong, authentic connections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mark Oestreicher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41313498431537,"sku":"9798898022815","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9798898022815.jpg?v=1793371063","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9798898022815_identity","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}