“Jesus the Savior”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 26, Session 1—Jesus’ Triumphal Entry
It was Passover—one of the major feast celebrations of Israel when the people turned their attention back to how God had rescued His people from captivity, thanks to the blood of an unblemished lamb. As Jesus made His way into Jerusalem, a city that was overflowing with pilgrims for the celebration, the people greeted Him …
Continue ReadingEntering and Weeping Over Jerusalem [The Hero of the Story 185]
How does Jesus challenge our perspective of Him? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: The major beats of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem in Luke 19:28–48 What to make of the people shouting for joy at Jesus’ arrival Why Jesus wept over Jerusalem How this passage …
Continue ReadingA Bodily Resurrection [The Hero of the Story]
Is the resurrection the Bible speaks of physical or only spiritual? That’s the question we’re addressing on this episode of The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: How Scripture points us to a bodily resurrection Why we need to respect our physical bodies in light of this doctrine How this doctrine informs different …
Continue ReadingWill We Be Resurrected from the Dead? [99 in :99]
One of the central themes in both the Old and New Testaments is resurrection. But what is the resurrection? Let’s find out. Both the Old and New Testaments teach that one day believers will experience a resurrection of the body from the dead. Isaiah 26:19, Ezekiel 37:12-14, and John 11 all point to this truth. …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 25, Session 4: Jesus Raises Lazarus
The Lord specializes in “hopeless” causes. When Jesus got to Lazarus’ grave, there was already a stench. The Lord, it seemed, was four days late. Lazarus was dead. He was deader than dead. In the hands of anyone else, this case would have been hopeless, impossible. But our God is the God of the “impossible.” …
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