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April 26, 2021
“The Church United”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 32, Session 4—Letters to Church Leaders
This week’s session covers the pastoral epistles that Paul wrote to Timothy and Titus and provides us with a fantastic opportunity to help our kids develop a heart for the pastors, elders, deacons, teachers, and other leaders in the church. Here are three take-aways you might want to consider being sure to address: We Should See Leaders as Gifts...
April 20, 2021
"The Church United": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 32, Session 3: The Church Is United in the Gospel
It seems strange that Paul would thank God that he had not baptized people (vv. 14-15). Paul’s point in making this statement was not to suggest that baptism is unimportant; rather, it was that people should not seek to identify with the person who baptized them because their only saving union is with Christ. Paul wanted the focus of...
April 19, 2021
“The Church United”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 32, Session 3—The Church Divided
When word of various sins—some quite severe—taking place in the church in Corinth reached Paul through a believer named Chloe, he penned a letter to admonish the church to be holy. Paul addressed what are probably the two most severe sins first and last. First, he rebuked the church for its open and willful disunity. Last, he corrected the...
April 13, 2021
"The Church United": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 32, Session 2: The Church Is Sent to the World
Having been sent out by the Holy Spirit, the missionaries Barnabas and Saul, with John as their helper, enjoyed smooth sailing and success in the early phase of their journey. However, in Paphos the missionaries encountered resistance in the person of Elymas. One must not mistake ease and large audiences as evidences of God’s favor, just as hardship and...
April 12, 2021
“The Church United”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 32, Session 2—Paul's First Journey
This week, we see the story of the church take a major turn, one that we should be immensely grateful for. In Acts 13-14, Paul and Barnabas take the first recorded church missions trip. Thus, the final step of the formula Jesus gave to follow in Acts 1:8 began in earnest. The gospel was being taken to the ends...
April 6, 2021
"The Church United": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 32, Session 1: The Church Is Sent to Trust God
Reflect on the fact that James, a disciple of Jesus and brother of John, was executed at the hand of King Herod, while Peter, another disciple, would miraculously be set free. Did God display greater love to Peter than to James? Many believers find it easier to acknowledge God’s sovereignty when His will aligns with their preferred outcome. This...