As a boy in the late 1970s, I attended a large church near Akron, Ohio with my dad and brothers called the Cathedral of Tomorrow. Each Sunday we sat in the audience and watched a church service that was televised around the world. As the lights in the domed auditorium dimmed, a drum roll would […]
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Thanksgiving as Worship
The song He Has Made Me Glad was made popular some years ago by the Maranatha Singers. Based on Psalm 100, its lyrics speak of entering the gates of the Lord with thanksgiving and coming into his courts with praise. This simple song of praise continues to be used in worship today. The Will of […]
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The Other 167 Hours
If you only eat one meal a week, your body will be malnourished. If you are paid to do a full-time job, your boss won’t be pleased if you only show up to work one hour a week. An NFL football player can’t skip practice all week and expect to be in the starting lineup […]
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What Do We Do With Sin?
She came to the church broken, because her last church kicked her out. Why? She divorced her husband. The Bible says God hates divorce, so her church told her now God hates her. No one bothered to ask why she divorced her husband. He cheated on her on their wedding night. Then, a month into […]
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Study Questions
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson. 1. What do human traffickers, serial killers, crooked judges, and absolute dictators have in common? 2. How are we different from the people listed above? Read Isaiah 5:18-23 1. The word woe was used not only by prophets in the Old Testament, but also […]
