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Going deeper in your Bible Study

What-does-the-text-mean questions are the heart of what is usually thought of as Bible study. What-does-the-text-mean questions are the most commonly used kind of questions in Bible study groups, and are the ones you are most familiar with. Let’s look at a few examples. Imagine you are exploring Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s workmanship, created […]

What My Grandbabies Taught Me About the Uniqueness of the Individual

Lesson #4: my grandbabies taught me that humans are unique and that this uniqueness should be celebrated. I have three kids and they are as different as night and day. I wouldn’t want it any other way. I love what John Ortberg says about this: Here is the good news: When you flourish, you become […]

What My Grandbabies Taught Me About Depravity

You might not think a baby could teach theology. My grandbabies taught me plenty. To be more accurate, I suppose I could say that it was my kids that taught me. But, when you have kids, you don’t have a lot of time to philosophize about the lessons they are teaching you about theology. Between […]

Discipline without direction is drudgery

Imagine six-year-old Kevin, whose parents have enrolled him in music lessons. After school every afternoon, he sits in the living room and reluctantly strums “Home on the Range” while watching his buddies play baseball in the park across the street. That’s discipline without direction. It’s drudgery. Now suppose Kevin is visited by an angel one […]

How to share Jesus like it matters

How exactly can we share Jesus with people who do not know Him as Savior and Lord in a biblical, polite, competent manner? According to Jesus, most people are lost and need to be saved: Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and […]

What My Grandbabies Taught Me About Theology

8 ready-to-use, discussion-based Bible lessons on the topic: What My Grandbabies Taught Me About Theology. You might not think that a newborn could teach anything about anything. I mean, what does a baby know? Here is what I learned when I held my grandbaby for the first time: I learned that I loved this little […]

Don’t skip this question, even though you might be tempted to

Recently, I posted an article on, “What does the text say?” questions. There are two reasons we might be tempted to skip these questions. They are not as interesting as later questions We think everyone knows all this already Dr. Curtis Vaughan told us the story of a preacher he heard one time who began […]

Slaying the Giant of Procrastination

Billy Graham was at a hotel in Seattle, fast asleep, when he suddenly woke with a powerful burden to pray for Marilyn Monroe, the actress and sex symbol. Graham understood something of the urgency of the Spirit’s prompting. He began to pray, and the next day the burden was just as strong. He had his […]

Taking our discipleship as seriously as we take our sports

In recent years, I have also become a tennis dad. Tennis is a sport in which I only dabbled as a child, but now several of my children play competitively. I have grown to love the sport because of the sportsmanship inherent in the game and the fact that it is uniquely grueling and mentally […]

The nature and need of salvation

Both the nature of salvation and man’s need for salvation motivate Christians to share Jesus with lost people. Salvation in Jesus is a glorious, gracious gift provided by God for every person. Salvation enables people to live meaningful lives on earth and assures them eternity with God in Heaven after they die. Let’s look at […]