Truth “Is, has been, shall be. . . without Truth, philosophy moves to the existential, art moves to the sensual, religion moves to the mystical, education moves to the skeptical, and individuals move to the transcendental.” These words of renowned apologist Ravi Zacharias accentuate the impact of a faulty interpretation of truth. Our culture is […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: John 6:16-24 1 Peter 3:1-7 Song of Solomon 4:1-7 Jeremiah 50 Song of Solomon 4:1-7 Though Song of Solomon can make some believers uncomfortable, it’s included in the Bible for good reason. One reason is to remind readers that God designed sexuality. In Song of Solomon 4:1-7, Solomon praised the feminine […]
This issue of The Lookout is about beginnings: the beginning of the church, the spread of the gospel, the ministry of Paul, and the inclusion of non-Jewish believers into God’s kingdom. Acts 2, the first text we study in this issue, tells us how the church began and how the first followers of Christ lived, […]
Recently, my husband and I embarked on our next “new beginning,” as God began to impress on our hearts a need for someone to come alongside pastors and their wives to encourage them in their own beginnings. We passed the baton of leadership at Christ’s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona to those who […]
Jesus geographically outlined the Book of Acts (Acts 1:8). He predicted the growth of the church would take place in Jerusalem (vv. 1-7), all Judea and Samaria (vv. 8-12), and to the ends of the earth (vv. 13-28). Acts 8 is the “near-far” chapter in the New Testament. The Samaritans were geographically near the new […]
