By Bob Russell Bill Hulsey, executive director of The Forum at Brookside, a retirement community in Louisville, Kentucky, shared some eye-opening statistics about aging. Maybe these stats are of particular interest to me because I am 72. But they illustrate why future church leaders need to be intentional about ministering to their elderly: • In […]
By Melissa Wuske Many Americans View Christianity as Extreme A study by the Barna Group explores American society’s views on faith, and in particular what constitutes religious extremism. Most Americans—75 percent overall and 90 percent of those with no faith affiliation—agree that “being religiously extreme is a threat to society.” Researchers asked people to categorize […]
By Michael Mack 1. What day of the year do you look forward to the most and why? What day do you fear or despise? Read Zephaniah 1:4-6, 14-16; 2:3. 2. What caused the coming of the Lord’s wrath on the Israelites? 3. In your own words, how does this passage describe what the day […]
By Mark Scott The Bible is full of contrasts related to God’s people. There was the line of Seth and the way of Cain; the sons of God and the daughters of men; the seed of promise (Isaac) and the house of Ishmael; the kingdom of God and the domain of darkness; the church and […]
Devotional thoughts on Zephaniah 1:4-6, 14-16; 2:3 By Alan Dowd It may be easy to dismiss Zephaniah’s words. After all, none of us worship Baal or Molek or go up to the roof to praise the moon and stars. But how often do we place other things—money, the world, self—ahead of the one true God? […]
