+The Lookout

Jan. 16 | Discovery

What is the spiritual difference between working for wages and receiving a gift?

Jan. 9 | Righteous Judgment

Our first two lessons in Romans deal with God’s righteous character evident in his wrath and judgment. Beneath the radar was the tension between Jew and Gentile in…

Jan. 9 | Application

In Romans 1, the apostle Paul lowers the hammer of God’s righteous wrath on Gentile sinners. Then in Romans 2, Paul pivots toward his Jewish readers . .…

Jan. 9 | Discovery

In Romans 2:1-16, what comparisons and contrasts did Paul make between Jews and Gentiles?

Discovery Bible Study

Jan. 2 | Discovery

Recognizing that God’s love prompted him to send Jesus to the world to save us from our sins, how does God’s love and mercy work alongside his justice…

Jan. 2 | Application

If God had no capacity for righteous anger, it would create some difficult dilemmas.

Jan. 2 | Righteous Wrath

Romans has been responsible for more church revivals than any other New Testament book. This month, students will learn that God is righteous, and therefore judgment should be…

Dec. 26 | Unexpected Hope

We move from the joy of the shepherds spreading the good tidings of Christmas (last week’s lesson) to the Sadducees asking Jesus about the future (this week’s lesson).

Dec. 26 | Application

There will be a last time I pet my dog, mow my lawn, eat my favorite meal, and watch a ballgame on TV. But the story won't end…

Dec. 26 | Discovery

The Sadducees’ view of life was very limited: we live, we die, that’s it. How do you think that kind of viewpoint would affect a person’s life?

Dec. 19 | Unexpected Response

While they were keeping watch over their flocks at night, an angel of the Lord appeared to them . . .

Dec. 19 | Application

It started with fear, and it ended in glory. . . . The shepherds had no idea they were role-players in an unfolding drama that would forever change…

Dec. 19 | Discovery

Through the rest of the Christmas season, how will you follow the shepherds’ example of spreading “the word concerning what had been told them about this child”?

Dec. 12 | Unexpected Glory

Moses had witnessed glory, but Jesus was the embodiment of the glory of God . . .