Point Five is a 5-week series helping students encounter a personal view of the gospel story.
$75.00
Point five photos have a way of exaggerating every little detail in the frame. A normal forehead becomes enormous. A minor flaw suddenly becomes the only thing anyone can see.
Teenagers often do the same thing to themselves. They put a wide-angle lens on their flaws, failures, insecurities, and sin struggles until those things feel bigger than everything else in their lives.
Point Five is a five-week youth ministry curriculum that walks students through the gospel story and helps them change what dominates the frame. Beginning with the shame introduced in Genesis and ending with the promise of eternal life, students learn to fix their eyes on who God is, what He has done, and the finished work of Jesus.
When Adam and Eve sinned, their first response was shame. They covered what they suddenly perceived as flawed and then hid from God. Students examine why they instinctively put a wide-angle lens on everything they dislike about themselves and how shame continues to affect the way they see themselves, other people, and God.
After freeing the Israelites from slavery, God reminded Moses of who He was and what He had already done before explaining what He required of His people. Students learn that walking with God in freedom requires growth, obedience, and trust, but their flaws were never meant to dominate the frame. Freedom begins when they shift their attention away from themselves and fix their eyes on God’s character, faithfulness, and promises.
The sacrifices offered under the Old Covenant had to be repeated because they could never fully take away sin. Jesus offered Himself once, as the final sacrifice for sin, and forever made perfect those who are still being made holy. Students discover that spiritual growth may feel like a long boxing match filled with jabs, setbacks, and slow progress, but Christ has already landed the knockout punch. When God looks at those who belong to Jesus, Christ’s work dominates the frame.
Recurring sin struggles can feel so powerful that students begin wondering whether something is wrong with them or whether their faith is real. Romans 6 teaches that believers have been crucified with Christ, set free from sin’s power, and made alive to God. Students learn to stop giving sin all of their attention and actively pursue what honors God instead. Sin may still appear in the picture, but it no longer gets to be the main subject.
Disappointment can teach students to protect themselves by giving up on hope. Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus points them toward a hope that will not fail: everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life. Students may continue to battle shame, sin, and uneven spiritual growth throughout this life, but their story ends in complete restoration. Because of Jesus, they will spend eternity picture perfect.
Walk Students Through the Gospel Story
Point Five begins with the arrival of sin and shame in Genesis, moves through God’s covenant with Israel, explains the final sacrifice of Jesus, and shows students how to live in freedom while waiting for eternal restoration.
Address Shame Without Ignoring Sin
The series takes sin seriously while refusing to let shame become the driving force of a student’s relationship with God. Students learn why shame causes them to hide, how Christ has dealt with sin, and how to pursue holiness from a healthier place.
Give Students a Memorable Gospel Lens
The point five metaphor carries through every week: something will dominate the frame. Students are repeatedly encouraged to pull their attention away from their flaws, fears, and failures and set a wide-angle lens on who God is and what He has done.
Students are used to noticing every flaw in the frame. Point Five helps them understand where that shame came from and gives them a healthier place to look.
Across five weeks, students move from the shame of Genesis 3 to the freedom and eternal hope made possible through Jesus. They will learn that their flaws are real, their growth is still in progress, and their sin does not deserve to dominate the picture.
Christ’s work dominates the frame.
