Articles for tag: Death

Communion & Lord's Supper Theology & Bible

Messages from Origins

This part of our worship was initiated by Jesus’ own hands and mouth. As we partake, let’s remember his death as God’s atonement for our sins.

January 27, 2025

Doug Redford

Culture & Public Square Politics & Government

The State of Our Union

The observance of Communion each Lord’s Day should remind us that the strength of our union, the glue that holds it together, is not in us—far from it. It’s in Jesus and Jesus alone.

December 31, 2024

Family & Relationships Parenting

Helicopter parenting is dead. Bulldozer parenting is dead. Divine-sovereignty is the new parenting style.

We were made to be images of God. And this is the primary role of parents. To pour in and summon out the truth of this identity in the emerging generation.

December 23, 2024

The Donation of Life at Christmas

Rebekah Hannum, a missionary to Spain, recalls a Christmas gift of life from a friend who donated a kidney and a Christmas gift of life from Jesus.

December 9, 2024

Doug Redford

That View Is Tremendous!

At Communion, we are given another tremendous view: to look at and remember Jesus’ body and blood, represented by the symbols of the bread and the juice.

December 2, 2024

Doug Redford

God’s “A” Material

The message of Christmas is that God has indeed used his “A” material with the arrival of Jesus to rescue our broken world.

November 18, 2024

November 24 Application | No More

Sin’s devastating effects have plagued this fallen world ever since the Garden of Eden, but “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13).

October 31, 2024

Church & Ministry Teaching

Explaining the Word, Capturing the Heart

Illustrations and stories enhanced a message by making it more relatable and applicable to modern life, but it is the explanation of the Word of God that captured the heart.

October 14, 2024

October 20 | Discovery Questions

These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “War Heroes” (Revelation 12:1-17), by Mark Scott.

September 30, 2024

In the physical world blood does not wash garments clean; it stains. But in the spiritual world blood washes lives as white as snow. The real war heroes in the Book of Revelation made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

September 2, 2024

September 8 Study | Be Faithful

Christ's message to the church of all ages is that it must be faithful, even to the point of death.

September 2, 2024

David Faust

September 8 Application | No Matter Where You Are

No matter where we are in life, instead of looking for excuses, we should follow Jesus. Through it all, his promise remains clear. “Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown” (Revelation 2:10).

September 1, 2024

Jesus’ Reprise

Just as God expected generations of Jews to sing his new song, Jesus expected his church to relive his suffering and death through Communion.

July 22, 2024

David Faust

July 28 Application | ‘When the Tables Are Turned’

When Esther bravely confronted the king and explained the situation to him . . . what initially looked like impending disaster turned into a day of victory and celebration. . . .

July 22, 2024

July 28 | Discovery Questions

These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “She Brought Joy” (Esther 9:18-32; 10:1-3), by Mark Scott.

July 15, 2024

July 21 Study | She Displayed Love

Esther took the bold step of going to the king uninvited . . .

July 15, 2024

David Faust

July 21 Application | ‘When Danger Threatens Those You Love’

Do you ever wrestle with tough decisions or complicated situations that seem unresolvable? Do you ever feel like you are in over your head? Do you ever worry because someone you love is in danger? . . .

July 15, 2024