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December 28, 2020
“The Mission Begins”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 28, Session 4—Living Like Jesus
Growing up, I never cared for soccer. At all. I thought it was boring. And there was no way I was going to play that boring game because it shared a season with the best game around—baseball. But something made all of that change. I still enjoy baseball, although not as much as I used to. Now, however, I...
December 21, 2020
"The Mission Begins": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 28, Session 3: Showing Christ in Times of Trials
Peter addressed his letter to a very specific audience: believers described as chosen people and also exiled people. In a world where those who are chosen, elected, and selected often reap the benefits of preferential treatment and due honor, it may seem odd that Peter associated being chosen with living as exiles. The word exile denotes that someone is an outsider...
December 21, 2020
“The Mission Begins”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 28, Session 3—Faithful in Hard Times
The heart of Peter’s epistle written to the early church which was likely enduring, or about to endure, Roman persecution at the hands of Nero can be found in the second chapter: 11 Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul. 12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the...
December 14, 2020
"The Mission Begins": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 28, Christmas Session: The Word Became Flesh
With the first portion of John’s prologue speaking about the Word’s eternal divinity (“the Word was with God, and the Word was God”) and cosmic activity (“all things were created through him”; “that life was the light of men”), why is the middle portion concerned with John the Baptist (vv. 6-9)? The Old Testament pointed forward to a messenger...
December 14, 2020
“The Mission Begins”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Christmas—Jesus Was Born
When many of our kids (and us too perhaps) think of Christmas, they think of trees, lights, decorations, presents, special meals, and family gatherings. There is nothing at all wrong with these aspects of the Christmas season, but we know that there is more, much more, to Christmas. In John’s prologue to his Gospel, he provides a fantastic summary...
December 7, 2020
"The Mission Begins": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 28, Session 2: Empowered by the Holy Spirit
In Acts 3, the man who was lame was passed by over and over again for years. Perhaps every so often, someone would stop and hand him a few coins. Maybe someone would even pray for him as they passed by while going into the temple. However, his life was riddled with constant helplessness and shame. Peter and John,...