By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson Text: John 3:1-16 1. What does the blood of Christ mean to you? How have you been personally impacted by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross? 2. Put your own name in John 3:16. What does it […]
Everybody Bleeds—Life Application for April 9, 2017
By David Faust I have visited a lot of hospital patients over the years and I try not to be squeamish, but the sight of blood still bothers me. My wife, an R.N., handles it better than I do. So does my M.D. son-in-law who has spent a lot of time in hospital emergency rooms. […]
Evaluation Questions for April 2, 2017
By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson Text: Psalm 23 1. For you personally, what does it mean to say that Jesus is your Good Shepherd? 2. Do you know anyone who seems harassed and helpless, like a sheep without a shepherd? What […]
Do You Consider Yourself a Shepherd?—Life Application for April 2, 2017
By David Faust The problems of our time won’t be solved by better government, but by better shepherds. The Role of Shepherds Shepherds feed the flock, guiding their sheep to green pastures and quiet streams. “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing” (Psalm 23:1). Shepherds fight for the flock. “Your rod and your staff, […]
Remember What It Was Like to Be Lost?—Life Application for March 26, 2017
By David Faust Sometimes the far country seemed like a dream. And so did the feast his father had thrown long ago, with all the music and dancing, the happy tears and hugs, the overwhelming feeling of relief and hope. Now it was but a fading memory. Back then his family gave him a nickname: […]