Easter

Sharing the Message of the Cross STEP SCRIPTURE SETTING PEOPLE PRESENT KEY THOUGHT RELATED DETAILS 1. Luke 22:40–50 Garden of Gethsemane Jesus and Apostles Judas and Soldiers Arrested Jesus prayed Apostles slept Jesus agonized Jesus submitted Judas betrayed 2. Matthew 26:57–68 Before High Priest and Sanhedrin Jesus, High Priest, Part of Sanhedrin Apostles at a … Continue reading “Easter”

Deadline

A fishing boat sank in rough, cold waters off Vancouver Island, leaving two men in a life raft tied to the sinking boat by a nylon rope. Neither had a knife to cut the rope, and had the ship sunk, it would have pulled the boat and the men down with it. For an hour, … Continue reading “Deadline”

Deacon

Resources •      J.B. Lightfoot, Philippians, Zondervan, p. 181ff •      Leadership, IV, 3, p. 67 •      Bibliotheca Sacra, 140:558:151

Day Care

Effects of … Only one long-term study has ever been done on the effects of day care and this by Moore in 1975. His findings were largely negative. Boys reared in substitute care were more aggressive, nonconforming and less interested in academic subjects than boys reared at home. Girls reared in substitute care were nostalgic … Continue reading “Day Care”

Day

24-Hour Accomplishments IN a 24 hour period, if you’re an adult of average weight, here is what you accomplish: •      Your heart beats 103,689 times •      Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles •      You breathe 23,040 times •      You inhale 438 cubic feet of air. •      You eat 3.25 pounds of food •      You drink 2.9 … Continue reading “Day”

David

Resource •      Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome, K Hughes, Tyndale, 1988, pp. 88ff

Dating

Premarital Sex A study at a Midwestern school showed that 80% of the women who had intercourse hoped to marry their partner. Only 12% of the men had the same expectation Robert J. Collins in the Chicago Tribune, quoted in HIS, February, 1976 Quote I went over to my girlfriend’s house, and found she’d already … Continue reading “Dating”

Danger

Deadly Power A secret and deadly power lies hidden beneath the ground of Belgium’s Flanders Field, one of the bloodiest battlefields of World War I. Unexploded artillery shells are surfacing there more than 80 years after they were fired. Still unexploded, many are capable of killing. Some 3,000 shells are unearthed each year by farmers … Continue reading “Danger”

Daily

This is the Day Dr. F. W. Boreham tells about his stay in a quaint old cottage in England occupied by a minister’s widow. She had given him her bedroom and in the morning when he pulled up the blind, he saw that into the glass of the windowpane had been cut the words: “This … Continue reading “Daily”