| Daniel Davis | Filed Under: Adults, Blog
“Hey you, freeze!” “What are you talking about?” “Don’t move!” “Are you talking to me?” “Yes, I’m talking to you, and I said freeze!” “What is this all about?” “Doesn’t matter. Just stay still, be quiet, and put your weapon down.” “I can’t do that.” “You listen to me! Put that weapon down and surrender…
Read More Tags: Bible skills, Bible study, dwell, Scripture| Daniel Davis | Filed Under: Adults, Blog
The phrase “The Devil is in the details” works as a reference to the fine print in a contract or the painstaking effort to make sure small parts of a plan or machine are in working order. In both these cases, a small glitch can cause huge problems. Out of fear, we might wade through…
Read More Tags: Bible skills, Bible study, biblical literacy, small groups| Daniel Davis | Filed Under: Adults, Blog
Knowing the purpose of something makes a big difference in the way we view and interact with that thing. This is certainly true of objects as a whole—it would be foolish to rent a motorcycle for the purpose of a moving all your possessions from one home to another, just as it would be silly to…
Read More Tags: Bible skills, biblical literacy, Gospels, purpose| Tim Pollard | Filed Under: Blog, Kids
Many years ago as a leader of preteen boys, one of my challenges to them was to read the entire chapter of Psalm 119. Once they discovered how long that chapter was they pushed back. My admonition was that every single one of the 176 verses of this Psalm illustrates the majesty and glory of…
Read More Tags: Bible skills, God's Word, Psalm 119:11| Toby Jennings | Filed Under: Adults, Blog, Young Adults
By Bill Craig A common practice of many pastors is to invite people to “turn in their Bibles” to the passage they are about to read. I’ve noticed recently in some churches, including my own, this practice is changing. My pastor now invites people to “turn on” their Bibles and “navigate to” the Bible passage.…
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