The Call to Hope Hope is a biblical concept that should characterize the life of the Christian. I’ve heard people being criticized for depending on some whimsical hope and I’ve listened to sermons that discourage Christians from thinking about their reward. Yet hope is a topic mentioned throughout the Bible. Hope is good. Hope, correctly […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: John 13:12-17 Jude 1-7 Job 21:1-21 Daniel 7–8 Jude 1-7 How do you treat the grace of God? Do you, like the men described in these verses, treat it like a “license for immorality” (verse 4)? When you are tempted to sin, do you think, God will forgive me, and then […]
Richard Halverson, former US Senate Chaplain, quoted Sam Pascoe, “Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise.” That is a sobering statement to […]
Scrolling through “breaking news” on my cell phone the other day, a story caught my eye about a family in California who, while remodeling their bathroom, saw a note written inside the wall from a previous homeowner. The note said in part, “We remodeled this bathroom Summer 1995. If you are reading this, that means […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Why do many tall hotel buildings not have guest rooms on the thirteenth floor? What are some other popular superstitions in our culture? Do you think most people really believe that certain things are bad luck? If not, why might they avoid them […]
