By David Faust Psalm 27 Some fears are mislabeled. We call it “stage fright,” but we’re not afraid of the stage; we’re afraid of the audience. Children say they’re afraid of the dark, but their anxiety actually springs from the threats that lurk in the darkness, not from the lack of light itself. Since […]
Where You Live — January 29, 2012
By Dan Lentz 1. Have each group member answer these three questions: • Where did you live between the ages of 8 and 12? • How was your home heated during that time? • Who was the center of warmth in your life at that time? Read Galatians 2:15-21. 2. At what […]
In the World — January 29, 2012
By Christy Barritt Abortion Clinic Worker Pleads Guilty to Murder A former employee of a West Philadelphia abortion clinic pleaded guilty and was charged in connection with the 2009 deaths of a newborn baby and a woman undergoing a second trimester abortion. Ten employees at the clinic have been charged so far, five of them […]
Israel is delivered from Egypt: The Uniform Lesson for January 29
By Sam E. Stone For the past two months we have studied God’s covenant relationship with Abraham and his descendants. We have seen the Lord’s protection surrounding Joseph and his family as well. God’s chosen people ended up in Egypt after Jacob and his entire family moved there to escape a famine in Canaan. Time […]
The macro God in our micro world
By David Faust Psalms 19-22 According to Samford University preaching professor Dr. Robert Smith, “we have lost our sense of the mystery of God”—what he calls “the trembling adoration.” Our mistake? We “try to demystify the mystery, unscrew the inscrutable, and figure out the un-figure-out-able.” Psalm 19 invites us to ponder the mystery […]
