I don’t know if I would have ever described myself as a person who loves learning. I wasn’t one of those students who just couldn’t get enough of classroom and homework time. I wanted to get out into the world and do something. However, I would describe myself as a person who absolutely loves discovery! […]
The Gospel for a Lost World
How lost are the lost? That is a question often asked today. The Bible speaks of the world at large as lost and destined for God’s judgment. But modern minds are inclined to reconsider the dire circumstances described in Scripture. After all, most people, regardless of religious affiliation, seem to be generally decent, with some […]
Living Like First-Century Christians
This issue of The Lookout is about beginnings: the beginning of the church, the spread of the gospel, the ministry of Paul, and the inclusion of non-Jewish believers into God’s kingdom. Acts 2, the first text we study in this issue, tells us how the church began and how the first followers of Christ lived, […]
Beginning–Again?
Recently, my husband and I embarked on our next “new beginning,” as God began to impress on our hearts a need for someone to come alongside pastors and their wives to encourage them in their own beginnings. We passed the baton of leadership at Christ’s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona to those who […]
The LORD Jesus Christ
Twice in the past two years God has shaken my understanding of who Jesus is. For decades I have been intrigued by the titles and descriptions of Jesus in Scripture. He is Son of God, Savior, Emmanuel, the Word, the Light of the World, the Christ, the Bread of Life, the Author of Life, the […]