May 20, 2024
May 26 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Generosity” (2 Corinthians 8:1-12; 9:6-15), by Mark Scott.
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May 13, 2024
May 19 Study | Hope
“We have . . . an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands” (2 Corinthians 5:1). In hope we long for that forever home. . . .
May 13, 2024
May 19 Application | ‘Something Greater than the Great Outdoors’
Nature’s beauty points to God’s “eternal power and divine nature” (Romans 1:20). . . . Yet, ever since the Garden of Eden, the Creator has stamped these natural wonders with a solemn label: “Temporary.” . . .
May 13, 2024
May 19 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Hope” (2 Corinthians 5:1-21), by Mark Scott.
May 12 Study | Perseverance
The apostle Paul knew much about perseverance, and he wrote more about this quality in 2 Corinthians than in any of his Epistles. . . .
May 6, 2024
May 12 Application | ‘We Do Not Lose Heart’
European missionaries face daunting challenges, but they have not given up hope. . . .
May 12 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Perseverance” (2 Corinthians 4:1-18; 11:23-31), by Mark Scott.
April 29, 2024
May 5 Study | Integrity
The apostle Paul experienced unjustified criticism of his integrity from the church in Corinth. . . .
April 29, 2024
May 5 Application | ‘How to Build Trust—and Damage It’
I was asked, "What are some trust builders and breakers for you?” My list of trust breakers included, "Lying or being two-faced," "unreliabilty and inconsistency," . . .
April 29, 2024
May 5 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Integrity” (2 Corinthians 1:12-24; 2:12-17), by Mark Scott.
January 1, 2023
What Is Truth?
A word study traces the Bible’s primary terms for truth—emet in the Old Testament and aletheia in the New—showing truth as lived faithfulness and embodied in Christ, with a call to “don’t adjust it; trust it.”
January 1, 2023
How Do We Arrive at Truth?
By Tyler McKenzie In his book Blue Parakeet, Bible professor Scot McKnight explains that every semester he gives the students in his Jesus class a test. Part one has 24 questions inquiring what they think Jesus is like. Here are four examples: Is Jesus moody? Is Jesus talkative? Does Jesus think marriage is old-fashioned and should be done away with? Does Jesus prefer to go his own way rather than act by the rules? This set of questions is followed by another that asks the students what they think they are like. Here’s the catch. Both parts are the same
December 19, 2022
December 25 | Lord of All
The babe of Bethlehem (and Messiah of Matthew’s Gospel) is Lord of all—even wise men. Matthew devoted only one verse to the birth of Jesus (1:25) even though he spent many verses tracing Jesus’ human and divine roots. Then, a good length of time after Jesus was born, the Magi from the east came to Jerusalem.
December 19, 2022
December 25 | Application (‘What the Mysterious Magi Can Teach Us About Faith’)
We don’t know about much about the mysterious Magi, but they help to illustrate what it means to live by faith.
December 19, 2022
December 25 | Discovery
How can the Magi be examples to you for how to radically pursue Jesus?
December 12, 2022
December 18 | Lord of Judgment
Jesus came as a Savior the first time. When he returns, he will come as our judge. In fact, all judgment has been given to Jesus by the Father so that all will honor the Son (John 5:22-23). He is Lord of Judgment. The diamond of the gospel shines brightest on the black cloth of judgment.
December 12, 2022
December 18 | Application (Caring for ‘the Least of These’)
In Matthew 25, Jesus compares himself to a shepherd separating the sheep from the goats. This Scripture passage teaches important truths about the Lord, and it has practical implications for us.
December 12, 2022
December 18 | Discovery
Matthew 25:31-46 contrasts two groups of people, depicted by Jesus as sheep and goats. . . . What contrasts do you see?
December 5, 2022
December 11 | Lord of Creation
There are five miracles in this lesson text—the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus walking on water, Peter walking on water, the calming of the storm, and the healings at Gennesaret. Only the Lord of Creation could demonstrate his power over that creation.
December 5, 2022
December 11 | Application (‘You’re Not Too Small—or Too Big—to Trust in God’)
Science can take us only so far. The more we learn about the universe, the humbler we should become.
