Who goes to church on Easter?

Another Look by David Faust Christ arose, and so does church attendance on Easter Sunday. Most Sundays two-thirds of the residents of the United States and Canada sleep in and stay away, but on Easter millions of the slumbering majority get up—and even dress up—to go to a house of worship. Who will attend your […]

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Where You Live for May 1

by Dan Lentz 1. Think about two or three people who have been influential in your life. Talk about the characteristics or actions that made them so influential to you. Read Philippians 2:1-11. 2. Even though the following list of Christ-like characteristics from this passage are similar to one another, try coming up with a […]

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The Lesson and Life for May 1

by John M. Fuller “Begin with the End in Mind” is one of author Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, but originally the lesson is straight from this text. It’s been said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?” All we need to know to worship […]

What’s so great about grace?

The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen Nowhere does the grace of God shine brighter than in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God has always been a God of grace, but the expression of his grace reached its pinnacle that first Easter Sunday. Every gracious act of God under the old covenant looked […]