As a church family, we can embrace our greater parental responsibility by maturing, modeling and mentoring Christian character for the generations behind us. Discussion Starters Read the passage together. Paul urges Titus to “teach what accords with sound doctrine” in verse one. What is “sound doctrine”? (Titus 1:9 also mentions sound doctrine.) Work through verses […]
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Written by Dawn Rutan There is a verse that comes to mind frequently and it happened to be in my Bible reading this week: “The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands” (Psalm 138:8 ESV and a similar verse in
1 Corinthians 1:10-25 The church is imperfect, but has been given a holy calling and everything necessary to fulfill it. We have the true power of Christ; but that power is not evident to most. Therefore we are tempted to abandon it for the false power of performance.
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Written by Dawn Rutan A couple items I’ve encountered recently have focused my attention on how we use social media. The first was this cautionary article by Thom Rainer: http://thomrainer.com/2014/08/04/seven-warnings-church-leaders-use-social-media/ and the second was last Sunday’s sermon on church unity from 1 Corinthians 1:10-17. It’s made me reconsider some of the things I see on
Written by Dawn Rutan I’m reading a book that quotes part of a day’s reading from the One Year Bible. Out of that reading, the following verses caught my attention: Deuteronomy 10:9 – “That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your
Written by Dawn Rutan Recently I’ve been doing some study on autism spectrum disorder. (Psychology has long been an interest to me.) One thing that has stood out is that no one can really define what is “normal” and what is not. Is something a disorder if it doesn’t bother the person who has it?