Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is it like to watch someone suffer courageously or battle fearlessly (some examples: a cancer diagnosis, the death of a child, or a situation against all odds)? 2. What impact has it had on you or someone you know to witness steadfast […]
I love preaching. I mean, I love preaching. I remember sitting in a worship service with my grandparents at a southern Ohio congregation and hearing the preacher deliver the sermon and, at the wise old age of 5 or 6, saying to myself, “That’s what I want to do with my life.” I preached my […]
This issue of The Lookout focuses on Philippians, one of Paul’s prison epistles. The underlying theme of the study segments in this issue is speaking: to advance the gospel, to hold out the Word of life, to proclaim Christ’s values, and through our generous giving. So it seemed appropriate to make speaking the focus this […]
MONDAY Reading for Today:Luke 5:1-11 Philippians 1:12-20 Psalm 119:113-120 2 Kings 4–5 2 Kings 4–5I’ve seen the Jordan River—it’s muddy. It’s easy to understand Naaman’s objection to dipping in it, but he totally missed God’s point. The point had nothing to do with the Jordan River’s superiority to the rivers of Damascus. The point wasn’t […]
“I like Jesus alright; it’s Christians that I can’t stand.” Surely you’ve heard this sentiment before. It’s often used as an excuse for why, although someone has no real opposition to the person of Christ, they are unwilling to profess the Christian faith. It’s the Christians, they say, who make Jesus look bad. If being […]
