By Jacqueline J. Holness If your minister is anything like my minister, you are always encouraged to ask your friends to come to church with you—and if you don’t have a friend, invite an enemy! But I wonder if it ever occurs to ministers to challenge church members to ask fellow members back to church? […]
By Laura Adkins Jesus told us that we will have trouble in this world, but he closely followed that statement with these words: “But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). By believing that Jesus has overcome the world, we are not free from troubles during the life we live here on Earth; […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. What is the biggest obstacle in life you’ve had to overcome? How did you do it? Read 1 John 4:13–5:5. 2. In the original language, the word live (or abide or dwell in other Bible versions) appears six times in 4:12-16. What does it look like for you to live […]
By Sam E. Stone It is easy to understand why John has often been referred to as “the apostle of love.” That theme runs throughout the letters that he wrote to the first-century church. Today’s text is the third time in this epistle when John described love as the supreme test of the Christian life […]
By Christy Barritt New Study Claims that Sitting Is Harmful to Health A NASA scientist wrote a new book revealing why sitting can be deadly. Dr. Joan Vernikos, author of “Sitting Kills, Moving Heals,” found that medical studies on astronauts prove that gravity-challenging, all-day movement is essential to good health. Vernikos, the former director of […]
