You are like salt for the whole human race. But if salt loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again. Matthew 5:13-16 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 5:13-16. What is your personal preference for salt? In what ways can you imagine yourself being...
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, our bodies require around 500 mg of sodium to "conduct nerve impulses, contract and relax muscles, and maintain the proper balance of water and minerals." Their website also points out other beneficial uses. Salt...
Do not worry about tomorrow. It will have enough worries of its own. Matthew 6:24-34 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 6:24-34. Are you familiar with this teaching? What worries you? Is there a way to worry less about it? Read this week’s article titled Worries....
With longer days and warmer temperatures, garden time is right around the corner. Some of our neighbors mowed their yard this past week. And soon enough, those determined plants we don't want growing near our flowers and vegetables show up with persistence. Jesus once...
God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others… Matthew 7:1-5 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 7:1-5. Are you familiar with the Sermon on the Mount? If so, state your impression of this sermon....
We've all been or felt judged at some point. Judged is a common circumstance for the vast majority. And depending on our level of healthy self-esteem, some of us feel under constant judgment. Judgment is also a frequent topic in scripture. The word judgment appears...
“Why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Whom are you looking for?” John 20:15 Questions for Life Groups Read John 20:1-18. Try to imagine yourself in Mary’s place and describe what you felt as you read this text. What does it mean for Jesus to call you by name? Read...
It’s Easter Sunday and John’s story, told in the first person by the Living Bible, is the appropriate text for ending our study of Revelation. Together with the Lord’s description of the New Jerusalem found in Isaiah, we’re ready to move on. That is, move back to the...
Our companion book for our new worship series, coming in April, is Jeremy Richard Rohr’s insights into the Sermon on the Mount. His book is titled Jesus’ Alternative Plan. Amazon’s website describes his book this way: When Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God, he was...
Beginning the Sunday after Easter we begin a new series titled The Alternative. Our series is based primarily on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount where Jesus offers us a better way forward. The teachings of Jesus was commonly known as the Way, acknowledging that following...