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Materials Included5 Sessions of Learner's Materials5 Sessions of Teaching MaterialsHandoutsSessions Included1. Reassuring the Faithful2. The Beasts and the Holy Ones3. Fretting Over the Future4...

Like it or not, it's election time again in the United States, which means partisan passions are probably already running hot, sometimes to the point of boiling over into angry arguments...

Spring cleaning is never a pleasant task, but it is a necessary one. Sometimes we can no longer consider a room, garage, or even a house a livable space unless we engage in the practice of deciding...

Some five centuries before Christ, the biblical narrative travels east, out of Israel to the kingdom of Persia-modern-day Iran. King Ahasuerus, or Xerxes, ruled the Middle East and the Persian Gulf...

A central issue in the drama of human existence is that of forgiveness. From birth to death we struggle with forgiving and being forgiven. In fact, our relationships are defined and controlled by our...

Materials Included- 4 Sessions of Learner's Materials- 4 Sessions of Teaching Materials- HandoutsSessions Included1. The Adultress?2. The Mourner3. The Advocate4. The Intercessor?Scriptures1. 2...

Materials Included- 4 Sessions of Learner's Materials- 4 Sessions of Teaching Materials- HandoutsSessions Included1. The Adolescent David: Waging Battles of Giant Proportions2. The Adult David:...

If we are serious about following Jesus, we will be people of open hearts, open hands, and open homes. In other words, as followers of Jesus we will practice the fine art of hospitality.In this unit,...

It was July 3, 2002. I reclined in a chair on the beach of St. George Island, Florida, reading Numbers: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, by Dennis Olson. I would be willing to bet I was...

A carol is simply a festive song, often of a dance-like or popular nature. Carol-singing was one of the pagan customs the medieval church adopted, initially at both Easter and Christmas. The earliest...

For many centuries, visual art, music, literary arts, and drama were closely linked with the people of God. Consider that paintings and sculptures of biblical characters and events are featured in...

The first four lessons in this unit draw inspiration from a traditional interpretation of the Advent candles as the Prophets' Candle, the Bethlehem Candle, the Shepherds' Candle, and the Angels'...

We see in the Passion of Christ our own struggle of faith. Authentic faith is a daily challenge. According to Hebrews 11:1, "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not...

In the 1986 film, The Mission, Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro play the central characters in a saga about the church, a mission, and a native people. Irons plays Father Gabriel, who is committed to...