By Shawn McMullen Last month our “in the World” news page contained a news item with the headline, “Brain May Decline as Early as age 45.” Apparently recent studies suggest “that the brain’s abilities to reason, comprehend, and remember may start to worsen” at that age. Thankfully, the report concluded that maintaining a healthy […]
Resisting the Tempter: Strategies for Overcoming Temptation
By Steven Clark Goad Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you (James 4:7). What does it mean to be tempted? It is being enticed to sin—an urging to behave in ways that pull us away from God, distract us from our purpose within his mission, causing […]
Mind Worship
By Cheri Lynn Cowell Intellectual and snob were companion words in my childhood home. When someone displayed intellectual acuity, whether haughtily or not, they were considered snobs, “and everyone knows a good little Christian girl does not want to be seen as a snob.” I was told these know-it-alls were simply trying to make […]
Where You Live — April 15, 2012
By Dan Lentz 1. Distribute sheets of paper and ask group members to draw a series of stick figures representing the various people groups they routinely come in contact with (children, the elderly, Caucasian, Hispanic, wealthy, poor, and so on). Then ask group members to show and explain their papers to the rest of […]
Samaritan woman finds living water–The Uniform Lesson for April 22
By Sam E. Stone Early in Jesus’ ministry he reached out to those ignored or snubbed by others. The Samaritans were such a group. Considered “half-breeds,” these were the children of Jews who had intermarried with pagans. Many from the Northern Kingdom were exiled years before, but some remained in the land. They married […]
