By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson text: Hebrews 4:14–5:10 1. What lessons have you personally learned in the school of hard knocks? 2. How does it comfort and encourage you to realize that the Lord is there with you when you experience […]
The School of Hard Knocks—Life Application for October 16, 2016
By David Faust Do you remember your first grade classroom? I can still picture mine at Salem Elementary School. The letters of the alphabet stretched in bold type across the top of the old-fashioned blackboard, complete with dusty erasers and sticks of white chalk. To capture her pupils’ 6-year-old imaginations and expand our view of […]
Evaluation Questions for October 9, 2016
By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson text: Hebrews 3:1-6; Matthew 7:24-29 1. Where do you feel most “at home”? What makes you comfortable there? 2. Do you think most people think of the church as a healthy family? Does your local congregation […]
Christ, the Home Builder—Life Application for October 9, 2016
By David Faust Architecture varies from one culture to another. I grew up in a farm house, but over the years I have lived in college dorms, apartment buildings, and houses in suburban and urban neighborhoods. In my travels I have stayed in Brooklyn row houses, Texas ranch houses, New England cottages, and Virginian colonials. […]
The Radiant Servant King—Life Application for October 2, 2016
By David Faust Radiant. Most of us don’t use that word very often. We reserve it for a bride on her wedding day who looks aglow with joy. I have seen radiant faces when excited graduates receive their diplomas on commencement day, and I have recognized radiance in the eyes of young parents when they […]