September 12, 2022
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Looking at the entire passage (Ezekiel 37:1-14) what does the valley of dry bones and their reanimation represent . . . for Israel? For God’s church today?
Articles for tag: Sharing The Gospel
April 4, 2022
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In Luke 7:36-50, what change in Simon’s perspective or beliefs was Jesus trying to achieve through his parable and subsequent three comparisons of Simon and the woman?
March 28, 2022
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In Luke 7:11-23, how does Jesus' presence lead to a display of his power, which leads to an understanding of his purpose?
March 21, 2022
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How does your choice—to conform or be transformed—affect how you follow Christ?
February 7, 2022
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How have you experienced suffering and what it produces? What have you learned from that?
January 1, 2022
Delighting Dad
They were turning off the lights and beginning to lock the doors after worship at church this past Sunday. The crowd stuck around longer than usual because, well, I’m not really sure why, but I know it’s a sign of healthy and growing churches, so I was not upset. Anyway, my niece, Carter, knocked on the office door where I help count the offering so she could say goodbye before she made a trip with her parents to the next town over. “Bye, Mimi. I just really miss you,” she said. “Well, Bug, why don’t I come along so we
November 15, 2021
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How can we as a community of Christ followers be involved in helping one another to keep going?
August 16, 2021
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What significance do you see in the contrast of being “born according to the flesh” and being “born as a result of a divine promise”?
February 1, 2021
When Opportunity Knocks
I noticed the wicker basket on the floor was adorned with yellow daisies and contained a variety of Bibles and Testaments. I asked my friends, “Why do you have a basket of Bibles near your front door?” “I collect those in good condition at garage sales and thrift shops,” Jim said as he opened a Bible. “I mark the Scriptures containing the plan of salvation. Then I write those references on a bookmark and insert it at the first passage.” “When we have unexpected callers, we always offer them a Bible,” Darlene added. “There’s a promise from God about the
October 1, 2015
Pray for My Muslim Neighbors . . . and Yours
By Name Withheld When I was getting ready to leave my home church, I shared openly with a group of women about some of the unique struggles Islamic women face. I asked these ladies to consider covering me in prayer as I entered into the world of Muslim women. One woman came up to me after the service and told me her husband once said Muslims were the one people group he felt he could never love or accept. She asked me to join her in praying that the Lord would soften (and humble) his heart. Christianity Today recently published
January 7, 2014
Reading Again for the First Time
By Mark A. Taylor “Do professors have to be boring?” Dan Ariely”s answer to the college student who asked that question offers insight for Christians as well as academics. I can imagine a secular neighbor or friend asking, “Do Christians have to be “˜churchy”?” The student”s problem, posed to the Wall Street Journal advice columnist, was this: He had recently attended a lecture by a well-known professor and “was amazed and baffled” by the teacher”s inability to communicate even basic concepts in a compelling and understandable way. The student”s question, which got me to thinking about lifetime Christians like me:
Beyond the Steeples
By Mark A. Taylor When we think about “churches without steeples,” we quickly remember ways we”ve seen the church at work wherever two or three of its members gathered together. Two Christian men meet at a restaurant, one hearing the other”s confession of sin and then committing to help him walk a path of recovery. A couple interrupts their Saturday routine to gather with friends and family in a hospital”s intensive care unit where a fellow church member is suffering. Two women walk together daily, the older sharing encouragement with the younger, whose children are just half a generation younger
