Building in Christ

All around us, we see construction: new homes, new businesses, new stores, new cars. But when it comes to the spiritual, how much “building” do we see? There are a lot of new “mega churches” popping-up these days, but are they building on according to God’s plans? How about us...

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Finding Weakness + Finding Strength in the Bible

Kyle and Roger split the lessons this past Sunday while Abe was traveling. Kyle planned to talk about a history of finding strength in the Bible. When he asked how I’d like to work my lessons in, I thought that doing and ‘opposite’ lesson seemed good. He agreed and so...

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Bible Basics

The more complicated our world seems to get, the more we forget the basics. Sure we can do some amazing things today in our personal, professional, and religious lives with technology and with all the information at hand, but pushing the limits of new accomplishments may mean little if we...

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Roll ’Em! + Science and the Bible

Kyle and Roger shared lessons this past Sunday while Abe was traveling. Roger’s lesson was entitled “Roll ‘Em!” focusing on the old-time video cameras that were being used when Charlie Chaplin’s was acting and producing movies in the early 1920s. The cameraman really had to ‘roll ’em’ to record the...

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The Root, Vine, and Tares

Abe and Roger shared lessons today on roots, vines, and tares! Abe presented his lesson first, focusing on the vines, roots, and branches of Israel, Christ, and how God’s people were (and are) a part of that life-giving plant. Roger presented the second lesson focusing on the Vine and tares,...

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Lessons on Encouragement

Roger and Kyle split the lessons today on different views on the theme of ‘encouragement’. Roger took the first lesson and focused on creation, and the universe as we know it. In the lesson, he focused on the diversity and size (small and large) of all that exists – from...

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