Bible Study

  • Cultivating the Culture of Your Christian School

    Cultivating the Culture of Your Christian School

    This is part 3 of the series. You can read part 1, Creating the Culture of Your Christian School here. You can read part 2, Establishing the Culture of Your Christian School here. We’ve talked about creating the culture of Christ in your Christian school, establishing the culture of Christ in your Christian school, and…

  • Establishing the Culture of Your Christian School

    Establishing the Culture of Your Christian School

    This is part 2 of the series. You can read part 1, Creating the Culture of Your Christian School here. Once you’ve created the culture of your Christian school, you have to take steps to establish it. Every interaction with students, with families, and with staff give you opportunities to establish what your Christian…

  • Creating The Culture Of Your Christian School

    Creating The Culture Of Your Christian School

    Years ago, I read “The Purpose Driven Youth Ministry” by Doug Fields and Rick Warren and one of the opening thought exercises when thinking about youth ministry was to think about successfull organizations and how they’re structured and compare that to the structure of youth ministry. My mind always goes to sports and as…

  • Love Life, Love Others, Pursue Peace

    Love Life, Love Others, Pursue Peace

    A few key takeaways: First, the Lord wants us to love life and have good days! He doesn’t want us to live miserably here on earth. Second, Peter tells us to keep our tongue from evil and our lips from speaking deceit. What is your mouth saying that is hurting others? James warns us…

  • A Life of Service

    A Life of Service

    In a world filled with challenges and distractions, how do we maintain our focus on serving the Lord in our daily work? Colossians 3:23 reminds us to approach our tasks with enthusiasm, viewing them as acts of service rather than mere obligations. Whether you’re a teacher, a factory worker, or in any profession, your…

  • Prayer – The Most Effective Weapon in Spiritual Warfare

    “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” – James 5:16 (NLT) Many Christians have a misunderstanding of the power of prayer.  A lot of people view prayer as the last resort…

  • What Jesus Do People See In Your Life?

    This hit me hard today. This is from the book “The Life of Radical Faith” by Jeff Keaton.“We’re so good in the church at hiding behind our four walls and demonizing all those bad people out there. It’s easy to dislike someone you don’t know. But when God says, “Go and love them,” everything…

  • Jesus, The Righteousness Of God

    As the Scriptures say,“No one is righteous–    not even one.– Romans 3:10 (NLT) 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.”  This is what Jesus did for us.  Colossians 2:14 says He wiped out the handwriting of…

  • In This World to Transform It, Not Conform To It

    “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.  Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but…

  • The Order of Operations

    “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” – ​Matthew 6:33 In Matthew 6, Jesus is talking about the needs that we have in life and our worry about how we will get the things that we need.  He says in 6:25, “Do not worry about…