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One Video and Three Hot Topics

1. Sex: Truth & Consequences (The truth about safe sex)
Our sexual choices have consequences - some of them frighteningly irreversible. But we can be forgiven and begin again new and clean.

2. Self-Image: So, Who Are You Really? (Finding our true identity in Christ)
A healthy self-image rests on our ability to see ourselves as God sees us - wonderfully made. We are created by God unique, for a great purpose.

3. Hardship: Where Is God When It Hurts? (Faith when life doesn't seem fair)
God does not guarantee a problem-free life. All of us face hardship. Some of us are confronted by mindless violence. Even through the worst of it, a loving and caring God is with us.

1. Race: You're My Brother, You're My Sister (Understanding our differences)
Our fears and our differences separate us. But what makes us alike is far greater than what divides us.

2. Home Life: Beyond Family Feud (Finding harmony at home)
Families can be amazingly good, dishearteningly bad, or somewhere in between. God is the unseen member of our families. He's there to turn to for understanding and help.

3. Friendship: You Can Make A Difference (Finding the right friends)
Friends don't have to create life's agenda. Strong people can resist negative friendship influences and can help their friends become better people with fewer regrets.

1. Faith & Doubt: If There's Really A God... (Standing on the rock)
For most of us, God seems believable enough and faith seems real, until something comes along that really shakes us. When that happens, doubt can take hold and we may wonder if faith makes sense at all.

2. Future Choices: God's Will & My Life (Discovering God's will for our lives)
Ever wonder what causes people to make the choices they make? For a lot of us, there's this mysterious thing called "God's will." Because we care about God, we wonder what He thinks.

3. Substance Abuse: Party Fatal (Substance abuse and my friends)
It seems kind of weird that substance abuse is sometimes associated with the idea of a party. Something comes along that has the potential to steal your self-control and mess up your life, and we call it a party?

1. Loneliness: Lost In The Crowd (Strategies for shyness and caring)
Even a crowd can be a lonely place. Are there strategies for the shy and for those who care enough to reach out and help?

2. Media: The Spin Doctor Is In (Is TV a true view?)
TV, magazines, music, movies - the media paints one picture of reality, but is it real or is it virtual exaggeration? How do we find our way to discernment and truth?

3. Prayer: Conversations That Count (Demystifying prayer)
Prayer seems so... so, religious. Just something you do if you're super-churchy or stuck with a deep problem. But suppose it could become simply a conversation that counts?

1. Fear: Is Earth On Autopilot? (Crime and chaos, faith and peace)
Read the paper. Watch the news. With all the crime and chaos around, even right there on your campus, you could start to feel that the world's a pretty unfriendly place on a crash-course with disaster. When you feel fearful, what good is faith?

2. Love: Great Feeling, Ultimate Gift (Just love, not sex)
If you toss in radio, TV, and magazines, alongside normal conversation, love is one of those words most often said and heard. And it's a great gift. But do we really understand what it is? Do we know how to give and receive the gift?

3. The Bible: Guidebook For Life (Guidance from God, bound in a book)
It is remarkable to think there is actually a God who cares how we live. A God who wants for us to live an abundant life, the absolute best life we could ever imagine. What would happen if we viewed the Bible as guidance from God, bound in a book?

1. Anger: Why Does My Temper Win? (Ways to tame the beast in all of us)
Is there anyone who has not experienced it? Frustration builds. Anger flares. Words are spoken or actions taken that we wish we could take back and change. How do we conquer the problem that so easily conquers us?

2. Forgiveness: Brand New Beginning (Freedom from guilt and regret)
Regret can paralyze us. Guilt can tie us in knots. Is there a way to start over? Can we find a new beginning? How can the idea of forgiveness become the experience of forgiveness?

3. Sharing Faith: Operation Friendship (Faith - don't leave home without it)
The idea of becoming a Bible-banging campus preacher is intimidating. But there is something everyone of us can do; small steps we each can take to share our faith. Call it Operation Friendship and learn to share as much of the gift as you have opened yourself.

1. Guys & Girls: Dealing With The Difference?
It's not important if a guy likes sports or a girl shaves her legs. What's important is that all of us, male and female, are created by God to bring God's love and truth to the world.

2. Faith: What's So Different About Jesus?
These days it's okay to be moral as long as you don't exclude any religion. Christ's teachings in the Bible are relevant for today but so are the writings of the Koran or the Book of Morman. Many people today miss the point that it's the person of Jesus and not necessarily the concept of religion that is important.

3. Radical Talk: What? Me Worry?
Is worry a good thing? Can there be times when it's okay to be nervous? Radical Talk lets you explore "worry" for yourself. What does God say? What do you think?

1. Choices: Am I Making The Right Decision?
How you make your choices is based on your philosophy or who you choose to follow. Because you are a Christian, you already have a "bottom line" to aid you in making the right decisions. But how do you choose when the decision isn't so black & white?

2. Materialism: Why Can't I Have It All?
Being thankful for what you have is often clouded by the desire for what you don't have. Sometimes it's hard to see past today. We want as much as we can but what good is it if it takes our focus off God? Being a Christian doesn't necessarily mean you're going to be rich. It may mean poverty, rejection, or persecution.

3. Radical Talk: Pride
Is pride ever a good thing? Is there a difference between being prideful and having pride in what you do? Explore for yourself what the Bible says about pride.