MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 3:1-20 Ephesians 4:25-32 Psalm 119:65-72 1 Kings 13–14 Psalm 119:65-72 What good things has the Lord done in your life? Has he freed you from slavery to sin? Has he helped you through a struggle? Has he grown your character and made you into a better person? Has he given […]
Parables are true-to-life comparisons that break forth into fictional analogies that seem upside down to us and often deceive us into truth by opening up the government of God. This is a homemade definition of parables, with the exception of the phrase “deceiving into truth,” which can be attributed to Soren Kierkegaard. By fictional analogies […]
What’s wrong with your church? You can probably list a number of irritating flaws. Your preacher’s off-putting habits. Uninspiring music. Inadequate communication. Perhaps you dislike how the church allocates its money, or you wish the leaders put more emphasis on (choose one): youth, senior adults, married couples, singles, doctrinal instruction, local needs, or global missions. […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Who are some people who seem to get away with wrongdoing? Why is it troubling to you that these people never seem to have any consequences for their actions? 2. What do we mean when we talk about someone’s past catching up to […]
“I’m already a believer. Why do I need to become a disciple?” You may hear comments like this when discussing discipleship. It’s not uncommon to meet with confusion or even skepticism when talking about our call to carry out the Great Commission. In some cases, it’s a matter of fearing what we don’t understand. Confusion […]
