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Ripple Effects (week 2) | A Sign of Becoming
Belief is important, but belief alone is not evidence that someone is actively walking with Jesus. The ritual of baptism is, therefore, more than a sign of believing, it is also a tangible sign of a person’s willingness to follow Jesus in acts ...
Ripple Effects (week 1) | A Sign of Believing
A watermark is a faint design embedded in some papers and is used for branding, as a mark of authenticity and a sign of quality. Look closely at the currency in your wallet and you will find a watermark that ensures that what you hold ...
Questioning Jesus (week 3) | Are You Able?
When we accept God’s love for us, we are still faced with the question: Why would a loving God allow bad things to happen? One answer might be that He is not able to stop them. But the very idea that God is not able is incompatible with the ver...
Questioning Jesus (week 2) | Do You Care?
Critics of religion often say that if there is a god, he cannot be both all-powerful and all loving. An all-loving God would not allow the terrible suffering we see in the world, and an all-powerful God would surely be able to stop it. Therefor...
Questioning Jesus (week 1) | Are You The One?
Discouragement and disappointment often lead to serious questions about the character and nature of God. Even Jesus’ greatest advocate faced a moment of significant doubt as he was confronted with his own death. Join us for part one of Q...
Two Fathers That Count
A collaboration between the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board, Send Relief is here to help you make a difference in your community and the world around you — because compassion ministry opens doors to the gospel.<...
Where Do I Begin?
The Great Commission was given to Jesus' followers to share God's love to the entire world. That would be a BIG dream or goal. It can seem even more daunting because the Great Commission is actually a command to achieve. How is that possible? W...
Glass Ceilings (week 5) - A Woman's Place
How would you finish this statement, “A woman’s place is ______________”? Depending on when this is asked, who answers, and the culture in which the conversation takes place, there is no limit to the number of possible responses. But the very i...
Glass Ceilings (week 4) | And Also, Some Women
Ancient historical documents contain little information about or by women. Because of this, it can be difficult to develop an accurate picture of women throughout much of human history. One startling exception is the Bible which contains numero...
Glass Ceilings (week 3) | Leveling the Playing Field
Cultures throughout history have always had specific social hierarchies. Still today, there are groups and classes of people who benefit from simply being born into a certain family or because of the language they speak or the color of their sk...
Glass Ceilings (week 2) - Double Standards
Since the time of Adam and Eve, there have been obvious double standards for men and women in almost every area of life. Luke frequently pairs stories of men and women together to highlight Jesus’ love and mission to redeem all of God’...
Glass Ceilings (week 1) | Mothers and Sons
There is a special connection between mothers and sons. As Jesus encountered a grieving mother in the town of Nain, He performed one of His most miraculous signs by raising the widow’s dead son. This not only brought the son back to life, it re...
How To Be Human (week 4) - Fundamentals
It has been said that everything we really need to know in life was taught in kindergarten. The basic fundamentals of being human are so simple a child can understand them, yet so profound that we spend our entire lives trying to live them out....
How to Be Human (week 3) - Dealing with Other Humans
Part of what makes “human-ing” so hard is that we have to do it with other humans. The world teaches that the best way to deal with other people is to respect their humanity by not doing to them what we wouldn’t want them to do to us. In fact, ...
How to be Human (week 2) | Your Blest life Now
#Blessed has become synonymous with material wealth and personal wellbeing. Even the sincerest believer will describe financial security, health, and a good reputation as “a blessing.” But Jesus’ definition of blessings and curses are very diff...
How to Be Human (week 1) - Rhythm of Life
Medical science has concluded that a lack of sufficient rest can be responsible for everything from heart disease to certain types of cancer. The Bible was way ahead of medical science. Embedded in the earliest pages of the Old Testament, the C...
Jesus: Friend of Sinners (week 6) | Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt
There is a shadow of doubt over almost every aspect of our lives. From economic uncertainty and political instability to questions about environmental sustainability and global health, we are regularly confronted with conflicting theories about...
Jesus: Friend of Sinners (week 5) | Jesus and Death Row Inmates
Even as Jesus was dying on the cross, He proved to be a friend to sinners. Jesus was crucified between two other men who had also been condemned to die. Both of these men were guilty. Both had been convicted. Both men would be dead within a few...
Jesus: Friend of Sinners (week 4) | Motley Crew
As Jesus assembled His disciples, He was not looking for the religious credentials you might have expected. Instead, He called fishermen, tax collectors, political malcontents, and otherwise completely unremarkable people. Join us for part four...
Jesus: Friend of Sinners (week 3) | With Friends Like These
If Jesus was a friend of sinners, then it stands to reason that people who follow Jesus should be friends of sinners, too. But how, exactly do we do that? Join us for part three of Jesus, Friend of Sinners as we see how four of ...
Jesus: Friend of Sinners (week 2) | Unclean!
Social distancing and mask mandates have made us all more aware of the potential for contamination. In Bible times, people who were infected with various diseases were required to yell, “Unclean!” as they made their way in public. Masks, social...
Jesus: Friend of Sinners (week 1) | Before and After
Even the most basic reading of the Gospels tells us that Jesus was loved by sinners and repeatedly challenged and questioned by the religious people of His day. In fact, Jesus’ harshest words were not directed towards people far from God, but r...
Inception (week 6) | Departure
After preaching His first public sermon and performing a couple of miracles, word about Jesus spread throughout Galilee. He was just beginning to draw larger crowds when, after a time of solitude, Jesus suddenly announced that He was leaving fo...
