June 10, 2024
June 16 Application | ‘When You Don’t Know What Is Ahead’
The future looked grim for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but they never flinched in their devotion to God. . . .
June 10, 2024
The future looked grim for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but they never flinched in their devotion to God. . . .
April 10, 2023
Questions for group discussion for use with this week’s lesson titled “Sinners Are Invited” (Mark 2:1-17).
July 19, 2021
Communion time in our worship gatherings is like meeting a hearse in traffic. It’s a call to move out of the busyness and pause to reflect.
July 27, 2020
By Stuart Powell In his description of Good Friday, Matthew shared details about three events that corresponded with the time of Jesus’ death: At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people (Matthew 27:51-53). Why do we spend so little time pondering these three acts of God—the torn curtain,
June 4, 2019
By Stuart Powell Suffering and sorrow stink! Pain—whether physical, emotional, or spiritual—is seemingly ever present in our lives, and there often is no good way to deal with it. It never passes quickly enough. Some pain never diminishes. The death of a loved one gives birth to intense and enduring pain. Philip Yancey explained that God gave us memories of those who are absent from this life as a gift to help with the pain. The weakness of our memories is the best weapon we have to combat the pain of loss. Memory is limited, but memory also is a