By David Faust Temptation is “common to mankind” (1 Corinthians 10:13), and we’re all at risk. Temptation threatens our commitment to maintain our bodies as “temples of the Holy Spirit” (6:19). It threatens our attitudes when we toy with “hollow and deceptive philosophy” and fail to set our minds “on things above” (Colossians 2:8, […]
By Sam E. Stone God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden. Everything was perfect. All too quickly, however, the first humans sinned (Genesis 3). Soon their son Cain sinned too (Genesis 4). The next chapter of Genesis records the genealogy from Adam to Noah. Chapter 5 concludes, “After […]
By Christy Barritt Researchers Discover Surprising Facts About Atheists Researchers from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga recently completed a study on the various types of nonbelievers. One of the most surprising results they discovered was the classification of a “ritual” atheist or agnostic, someone they defined as a nonbeliever who found value in […]
By Dan Lentz 1. Ask everyone in the group to choose a number silently from 1 to 6. Depending on the number chosen by each group member, ask members to answer one of the following questions: • What was one of the happiest days of your life? • What was one of the saddest […]
By Jamie Shafer Regardless of our position in the workforce, God has called us to a role in his kingdom. Some are missionaries in their workplace. Others are missionaries in a foreign land. A few find ways to do both. “It was the summer of 2007 when a letter in a brown envelope and […]
