Many years ago, a Bible college friend told me that he thought one true mark of spiritual maturity was the ability to do something for someone and never tell anyone. While this marker is not found in Scripture, it does fight against our common thinking and our human desire to gain something from the good […]
MONDAY Reading for Today:Mark 9:1-131 Corinthians 15:29-58Psalm 93Ruth 2–3 Mark 9:1-13 Don’t put anyone else on the pedestal that belongs to Jesus. Someone might be a great preacher. She might write powerful books. He might speak with words that challenge and empower. But these people are not Jesus, so we shouldn’t treat them as equal […]
If Jesus can conquer death (last week’s lesson) then he can certainly calm a storm. And not just figurative, metaphoric, or spiritual storms, but real, physical, honest-to-goodness storms. When sin entered the world creation experienced a separation from its creator (Genesis 3:17b-19; Romans 8:22). The coming of Jesus into the world began the process of […]
Did you ever have a close call? Were you nearly involved in a serious accident, or barely missed getting hit by a car? Perhaps you narrowly averted a disastrous mistake on the job. It’s a relief to realize you avoided a serious problem. Jesus’ disciples had a close call on the Sea of Galilee. A […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is the worst storm you have ever experienced? Was it a tornado, a blizzard, hailstorm, or hurricane? Describe how you got through it. 2. What is the worst figurative storm you have experienced? Was it an illness, family issue, job loss, or […]
