MONDAY Reading for Today:Mark 7:24-371 Corinthians 12:14-31Psalm 89:1-18 Judges 16 Judges 16 Samson put his trust in a woman who wasn’t trustworthy. Have you ever done something similar? Have you ever trusted someone you shouldn’t have? Most of us probably have at some point or another. Delilah used her looks and her words to deceive […]
Clark Pinnock said, “The biggest objection to Christianity is that it seems too good to be true.” But it is true. Christ has been raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20). That fact alone compels us to follow the Risen One. The story of the resurrection has everything in it a great story needs. It […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What is the difference between these two phrases: “the beginning of the end” and “the end of the beginning”? 2. When have you experienced a loss that seemed to be the end of the life you knew, only to discover later that it […]
Viewed a certain way, some of my recent actions might seem irrational, but they actually make good sense. I let a total stranger tell me what to do. (He was a police officer directing traffic.) I paid a lot of money to place my life in the hands of someone I have never seen. (An […]
MONDAY Reading for Today:Mark 5:21-431 Corinthians 9:13-27Psalm 83Judges 4–5 Mark 5:21-43 Many people were touching Jesus when he traveled with Jairus. I imagine that at least a few of those people had ailments of their own: coughs, skin diseases, cuts, fevers, or bruises. Nonetheless, the one person Mark tells us that Jesus healed was the […]
