If you haven’t checked in yet with A.D. The Bible Continues, you might want to. As a point of confession, I am not hugely enthusiastic over Bible story depiction. I’m not sure why, partly because the depictions over the past decades tend to run through the filter of western Christianity and come off, well, cheesy. … [Read more...]
In a Nod to Draft Day: A Bible Football Team
A few years ago, as a simple ice breaker, I asked a group of middle schoolers to draft a football team from people in the Bible. Being a creative group, they actually came up with an entire football operation: team members, team administration, and even people you don’t want on the team. This was not only a fun … [Read more...]
Summer Missions: The Power of Hear and Do
It’s a rhythm through all of Scripture. It’s what keeps our foundation solid. It’s what produces a crop exponentially greater than what was sewn. It’s what keeps us from fooling ourselves. It’s the steady sway of Hear and Do. Understand and practice. Know and keep. It’s why summer missions experiences are … [Read more...]
Tax Day: The New Reminder to Love. Really.
In Jesus’ day there wasn’t a much more reviled occupation than “tax collector.” It wasn’t so much out of a general distaste of all things IRS as you might see today, but more because the system was rigged for tax collectors to game the system, which they did. It was made worse when tax collectors gamed the system against their … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Mark 50 Days
The Easter season gives us a unique opportunity to use the calendar as a tool to jump start our spiritual lives. We have the 40 days of Lent before Easter. We have the six-day countdown between Jesus’ Triumphal Entry on Sunday and His crucifixion on Good Friday. We even have a more hourly record during the crucifixion. And of … [Read more...]
Gaining Courage
Just a few weeks after Jesus’ resurrection, the Holy Spirit rocked the world of the new believers in Acts 2. In Acts 3, the apostles began performing some of the same miracles that Jesus had done. This included healing a lame man in the “name of Jesus”---a name that disturbed the Jewish leaders, since they thought they’d dealt … [Read more...]
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