Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. What are a few influential political movements in American history? (For example, civil rights movement, women’s suffrage, antiwar movement, etc.) Can you name some leaders of such causes? 2. Pick one influential political movement from history. How did it begin? What was its […]
What do people around the world believe? Keeping a few basic principles in mind will help us better understand the major world religions that appear in this brief overview. First, let’s temporarily suspend judgment as we seek to understand what others believe. If we judge too quickly, we may be judging a perversion of that […]
Grief is all around us. As I write this our nation is grieving the death of a revered United States senator. Our Christian community is grieving the tragic death of a teenager in a car accident. In our neighborhood there is someone in grief. It is a part of life. Grief is an emotional response […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: John 8:21-30 2 Peter 2:17-22 Job 5 Ezekiel 16 Job 5 Just because something might be correct doesn’t mean it needs to be said. In Job chapter 5, Job’s friend Eliphaz told Job some things that were, in fact, correct. For instance, he told him not to despise the Lord’s discipline […]
Years ago Dr. Marshall Leggett was preaching on Acts 10, 11 at Broadway Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, and his opening line of the message was, “That door just keeps getting wider.” One cannot read the Book of Acts without being impressed with the wide embrace of the inclusiveness of God. Acts is the story […]
