By Dan Lentz 1. If you could think about your past week’s experiences as items you purchased at Walmart, which experience from this past week would you like to return for a refund? Read 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, 8-17. 2. Using these verses as a reference, describe how Christ followers might be able […]
The Lesson and Life — for April 28, 2013
Dr. Barry Thornton Need I say that postage prices have soared over the years? And yet stamps have one attribute most of us could emulate: they stick to one thing until they get there! Perseverance is often daunting! It’s easier to give in or give up, especially if the journey presents obstacles that test […]
Gathering the lame–Mark 3:1-6
By David Faust He had a withered hand. We don’t know why. Maybe he was born that way, or a disease crippled him. Maybe his hand was hurt in an accident—crushed by a rock or trampled by an ox. Or perhaps the man did something foolish to damage his hand—fell on the ground in […]
The Lesson and Life — for April 21, 2013
By Dr. Barry Thornton One of my favorite reality TV series is “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Ty Pennington and his crew select a family whose home has been determined to be unfit or inadequate for occupation. To the family’s surprise, they are told that in one week their home is going to be transformed […]
The Lord will return–The Uniform Lesson for April 21
By Sam E. Stone The apostle Paul founded the church in Thessalonica on his second missionary journey (Acts 17). Because he was not able to stay with the new converts as long as he would have liked, he continued to instruct them by letter. A central theme in both epistles to the Thessalonians is […]