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? Use this film as part of a series on corporal works of mercy, a theme night on salvation or Jesus’ sacrifice, or as part of a debate about the existence of Heaven and Hell.

March 2013 www.outsidedabox.com

SYNOPSIS

Jesus Christ’s ONE DAY on the cross made our ETERNITY in heaven possible.

THAT 1 DAY

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. What is your reaction to the film?

2. How does it influence your faith?

3. Was there anything in the film that struck you or surprised you?

4. When you look at a crucifix, have you ever stopped to think that you are just as responsible for Jesus’ death as those who were actually there?

5. In what way are you responsible?

6. Does this affect your faith at all?

7. If so, in what way?

8. How can you respond to what you’ve seen?

RELATED SCRIPTURE PASSAGES:

John 3:16 1 John 2:2

1 Timothy 2:5 Acts 2:38

Romans 5:8 Revelation 1:17-18

Hebrews 9:12

RELATED CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REFERENCES:

Who is Responsible for Jesus’ Death?:

598

God’s Plan of Salvation: 599-605

Jesus Offered Himself: 606-617

D I S C U S S I O N G U I D E

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! This film is a light-hearted address of the different ways people try to explain away the resurrection. It begins and ends with humor, but still offers the opportunity to be moved by the truth that Jesus really did rise from the dead. Use it as a non-threatening way to approach this topic.

April 2013 www.outsidedabox.com

SYNOPSIS

Sempronis and Alexander, the Roman soldiers assigned to guard Jesus’ tomb, have a problem. The body is gone. What do they tell Pilate?

WHERE’S THE BODY?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. The soldier, Alexander, offers two explanations for Jesus’ missing body. What is the first one? His followers over-powered them and took the body.

2. What reason does Sempronis give for the uselessness of this explanation?

3. Read Acts 16:25-28 as evidence of what soldiers would do if they failed in their job to contain a prisoner.

4. What is the second explanation Alexander offers? Jesus didn’t die. He fainted. (Commonly called the Swoon Theory.)

5. What reason does Sempronis give for the uselessness of this explanation?

6. Would a Roman soldier, specially trained in execution, be unable to tell a live body from a dead one?

7. Also consider what you read in Acts. Would a Roman soldier be so sloppy as to call a live man dead when that mistake would mean his own execution?

8. Read some more rebuttals of the Swoon Theory: http://www.gotquestions.org/swoon-theory.html

9. Why do you think the Sempronis was so against telling the truth about what they saw?

10. What would you have done?

11. Read about the actual event: Matthew 28:1-15.

RELATED SCRIPTURE PASSAGES:

Matthew 17:9; 17:22-23 Mark 8:31; 9:9; 9:30-32

Luke 9:22 John 2:18-22; 6:51-58

Acts 4:10; 4:33; 17:31-32 Romans 14:9

1 Corinthians 6:14 Ephesians 1:20

1 Thessalonians 4:14 1 Peter 1:3

Revelation 1:17-18

RELATED CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REFERENCES:

Empty Tomb: 640

Appearances: 641-644

Condition of Christ’s Risen Humanity:

645-646

Transcendence: 647

The Resurrection as the Work of the Trinity:

648-650

The Meaning and Significance of the Resurrection:

651-655

D I S C U S S I O N G U I D E

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? This is the perfect film for a night, or series of nights, on apologetics. It can also be used in a retreat setting to open up discussion about why we need Jesus or what happens when we die.

May 2013 www.vcat.org

SYNOPSIS

Heaven. Hell. Purgatory. Particular Judgment. Final Judgment. What happens when we die?

YOU’RE DEAD. NOW WHAT?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Have you ever thought about what happens to you when you die? What kind of things have you thought about?

2. What theories have you heard regarding what happens when you die?

3. What if this life is all there is and there’s nothing out there when you die? How might that effect how you choose to live?

4. Do you believe there is a hell? Why or why not?

5. What if you don’t believe in hell and you’re wrong?

6. Have you ever been confused by the idea of Purgatory? In what way?

7. What’s the difference between believing Purgatory is an “in between place” and believing Purgatory is an “on the way to Heaven” place?

8. Why are we told to pray for those in Purgatory?

9. Sometimes people who are in Purgatory are referred to as “poor souls”. Why do you think that is?

10. What can you do in this life to avoid Purgatory?

RELATED SCRIPTURE PASSAGES:

Asking to be Made Clean: Psalm 51: 2, 10-12

Our Part: Matthew 6:14;

Matthew 18:21-22; Matthew 18:35;

Mark 11:25; Colossians 3:13;

1 John 1:9

RELATED CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REFERENCES:

Purgatory and Purification: 1030-1032

Interior Penance: 1430-1432

Forms of Penance: 1434-1438

D I S C U S S I O N G U I D E

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