As part of a larger poem, William Ross Wallace wrote, “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” A fitting tribute to mothers. But what about the God who rocks the whole world? Can we trust our souls to him? And speaking of “rocks” (a different nuance), our text today […]
Baseball slugger Willie McCovey died last year. I felt sad when I heard the news, even though he played against my favorite team. Tall and lanky, with a smooth left-handed batting style, McCovey (nicknamed “Stretch”) played first base for the San Francisco Giants. One humid summer night when I was a boy, our family went […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Who are some of the most admired people in the world today? What qualities lead to such admiration? What do you think people seek when following such celebrities? 2. If you were asked to list five people who changed the world for the […]
Our preacher told us how in one meeting 10,000 people accepted God’s offer of forgiveness. Send me to the masses, Lord. I was tired of one-on-one evangelism. However, instead of going overseas my wife and I pioneered a church in Las Vegas. We drew crowds; we didn’t build a congregation. I thought of our effort […]
MONDAY Reading for Today:Mark 11:1-112 Corinthians 4 Psalm 991 Samuel 11–13 2 Corinthians 4 Our eyesight can dictate our attitudes. When our eyes see nothing but trouble, pain, and how unfair this world can be, our attitudes take a hit. On the other hand, when our eyes see the future Jesus promises to us, our […]
