Titles by: Martha Bettis-Gee

Author: Martha Bettis-Gee

Martha Bettis-Gee is Associate for Child Advocacy in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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Coming to terms with the role the settlers, our ancestors, and we play in race ■relations in America and learning from their successes and failures in applying ■Christian values to treatment of our fellow man.

A History of Racism in the United States

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Laura M. Cheifetz, Jessica Vazquez Torres

It's difficult to fathom that in America's earliest days Native Americans were pushed out of their homes and eventually sequestered to reservations, or that God-fearing white men buying and selling black slaves was perfectly acceptable to the ruling ...

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Jews and Christians alike seek out answers to some of life's most vexing problems ■in the Bible, yet we often come to very different conclusions about what is fair, ■what is best, and what is right. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident that in our ■understandings of the conflicts in the middle-east.

A Jewish Perspective on Israel, Covenant, and the Land

By Martha Bettis-Gee, David Elcott

Various authors and scholars have written Thoughtful Christian studies on the Middle East, including the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. This study is written by a Jewish man who has lived in Israel. We encourage participants to respectfully consid...

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Abraham

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Gary W. Light

Three religious traditions look to Abraham as the "father of faith" in one sense or another: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the New Testament, both James and Paul consider Abraham an important model to Christianity. Since Abraham is such an imp...

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Throughout the Bible we can find hints into the lifestyles of our ancestors. One ■would have to conclude they were pretty green. So, what can we do in this age ■of McMansions to live as responsibly as they did?

Being Green at Home

By Martha Bettis-Gee

This study offers lively activities that illustrate the challenge of "going green" at home; it also serves as a simple and unintimidating guide for greening our homes.For example, participants will be given an opportunity to design their dream house-...

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We make choices about how to treat our earth every day. This study will help ■participants to make the choices that will respect the earth as God intended.

Being Green in Daily Life

By Martha Bettis-Gee

This study provides some suggestions about how to form new "green" habits. Need some inspiration? If we look at lifestyle change as a form of spiritual formation, we can gradually form new habits.Ever darned a sock, cut down an adult-sized shirt or d...

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How do wider biblical testimony and nonbiblical evidence figure in the debate ■over same-gender sexual relationships and Christian discipleship?

The Bible and Homosexuality

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Susan R. Garrett

The debate over how to regard same-gender sexual relationships is raging in the church, with shock waves rippling through society. Christians on all sides of the controversy often invoke Scripture. This situation raises questions: How can people of e...

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A study for Christian adults on the theme of purity and difference in the Bible, and ■how it influences race dialogue and the realities of racism in the U.S. even today.

The Bible and Racism

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Frank M. Yamada

Many of us know of the harmful ways in which the Bible was (and is) used to perpetuate systems of racial injustice and racism like slavery and white supremacy, yet we also know that the Bible says that "there is no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor fre...

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None of us want our child to be bullied or to be the bully. This study for parents of ■teens provides advice for both situations.

Bullying
Sticks, Stones, E-mails, and Texts

By Martha Bettis-Gee

Far from being the source of comedy as it is often portrayed in film or books, bullying is a serious public health problem with the potential to shape the life of a child for good or for ill. No young person should have to endure being bullied. Nor s...

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Bullying in the Classroom

By Martha Bettis-Gee

How serious is the issue of bullying at school? What makes a bully? What should Christians do about it?Contrary to what many of us have been led to believe, bullying is not just a short-term agony. The American Medical Association confirms that bully...

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Christians and Patriotism

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Edward LeRoy Long, Jr.

If patriotism requires absolute loyalty to one particular country, it can conflict with a religious vision that includes compassion for all humanity. Christians, therefore, must ask how the noble and valuable aspects of patriotism can be strengthened...

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David

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Gary W. Light

Just who was David, king of Israel? Was he good or bad? He is called both a person after God's own heart and a "man of blood."This one-session study examines three important aspects of this key biblical figure. We will look at David as folk hero, fam...

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As Christians, how do we reconcile the Bible's Old Testament an eye for an eye ■with Jesus' New Testament call for mercy and compassion for sinners?

The Death Penalty
History and Ethical Considerations

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Edward LeRoy Long, Jr.

The death penalty. It remains one of the most divisive issues in contemporary society. And though we've moved from the colonial days of swift justice being meted out via public humiliation in the stockade followed by hanging to a modern-day antisepti...

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Does the Declaration of Independence suggest at stronger link between church ■and state then our founding fathers intended? Do its references to God afford it ■greater significance for contemporary Christians? For contemporary society?

The Declaration of Independence
A Christian Document?

By Martha Bettis-Gee, John Fea

In this study we examine the Declaration of Independence in an effort to discern its context and clarify its original intent. We'll consider its references and appeals to a higher power and what those references mean to us as people of faith.To many ...

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Figures in the New Testament Study Pack

By Martha Bettis-Gee, J. Ellsworth Kalas

"Figures in the New Testament Study Pack" consists of six one-session studies by author Ellsworth Kalas. Leader's Guides are prepared for each session by author Martha Bettis-Gee.The characters include: Peter; Mary and Martha; James, Brother of Jesus...

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Figures in the Old Testament Study Pack

By Martha Bettis-Gee, Gary W. Light

We often hear the names Abraham, David, Moses, and Ruth in sermons and Bible studies. But just what was the importance of these figures whose lives span various books of our Old Testament? "Figures in the Old Testament Study Pack" consists of six one...

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