MONDAY Reading for Today: John 14:22-31 Revelation 2:1-17 Job 25–26 Hosea 7–8 John 14:22-31 There’s a huge difference between someone coming to visit and someone moving in. It’s not difficult to clean up and be on your best behavior for an hour or two when someone visits. But it’s a different scenario if that person […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. The decades since the middle of the 19th century have seen an increased interest in spiritualism. Why do you think these practices have been attractive to people such as Mary Todd Lincoln, Queen Victoria, Heinrich Himmler, William S. Burroughs, and Elvis Presley? What […]
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 […]
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 […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: John 11:45-57 1 John 4:1-6 Job 15:17-35 Ezekiel 42–44 Ezekiel 42–44 There’s a verse tucked away in Ezekiel 44 that may not be familiar. Verse 15 mentions the Levitical priests who were descendants of Zadok and remained faithful to God even though the rest of the Israelites went astray. They are […]
