1. “Sluggard” is not a word that we use every day.
1) Perhaps by reading from various other translations, we can get the gist of the wise man’s advice.
Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise (Bible in Basic English).
You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill [...]
INTRODUCTION: Ps. 103:17-18.
1. The burden of my lesson today is how we should understand and follow the Bible’s command to fear God.
2. Some number of years ago we went up into the CN Tower in Toronto. It was fascinating to stand on a glass floor and look 1815 feet down through it to the ground below.
INTRODUCTION: Rom. 5:6-10; Matt. 5:43-48.
ILLUSTRATION: G. K. Chesterton noticed that the best fairytales teach us how to live as grown ups. Chesterton said that Beauty and the Beast teaches us that unlovely things must be deeply loved before they become lovable.
1. Notice what Paul wrote: God demonstrates His own love . . .
INTRODUCTION:
1. One of the most popular object lessons of recent years is called “the trust fall.” I went with a group of my colleagues to a rope climbing facility, and we actually did “the trust fall.”
1) One of us would stand on a rock, a table, or an elevated surface of some sort (in our [...]
INTRODUCTION: Matt. 5:17-45.
In 1990, Life Magazine published an article naming the 100 most significant individuals of the 20th century. Many of the names are familiar, but one may be new to you—Karl Menninger. You may not recognize his name unless you are a student of modern psychiatry. Dr. Menninger wrote a number of very influential [...]
