Adults

Serve adults at your church with ideas and tips from these articles. Find insights into the unique qualities of adults and their faith.

  • Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness Perseveres in Love

    Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness Perseveres in Love

    My husband’s family gathered at our house one summer for a Fourth of July cookout. When it got dark, we went outside for sparklers and fireworks in the driveway. As we lit some sparklers...

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  • 5 Bible Verses about God’s Plan for You

    5 Bible Verses about God’s Plan for You

    The concept of “God’s plan” can be nebulous. The platitude, “This was just God’s plan,” rings hollow—or even hurtful—in times of pain or terrible events in history. While we cannot always...

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    2023 CPH Fall Catalog

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  • Fruit of the Spirit: Peace Lets Go

    Fruit of the Spirit: Peace Lets Go

    Peace is an intrinsic part of the Christian life. Believers receive peace with God. We, in turn, seek peace with others as we forgive and love them. We also experience peace in our hearts...

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  • Exploring the Christian Story with Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek2:39

    Exploring the Christian Story with Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek

    The Bible contains many real-life stories - Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, and many more. How do these accounts relate to Jesus on the cross, and how does this re

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  • Three Tips to Find Focus in a Distracting Culture

    Three Tips to Find Focus in a Distracting Culture

    Once, my pastor asked me if I liked his reference to Shakespeare in his sermon. I should have been able to laugh with him and comment that I appreciated the way it connected to the Gospel...

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  • An Invitation to Pray The Lord's Prayer: National Day of Prayer

    An Invitation to Pray The Lord's Prayer: National Day of Prayer

    Prayer. This gift from God is a beautiful and blissful reminder that He wants to have a conversation with you about everything in your life: the good, the bad, and the ugly. On the...

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  • 5 Things Missionaries Wish You Knew

    5 Things Missionaries Wish You Knew

    Pssssst. C’mere. Closer. I’m gonna let you in on a not-so-secret secret. Five, actually: five things missionaries wish you knew.

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  • What is Authentic Servant Leadership?

    What is Authentic Servant Leadership?

    There has been a lot of buzz recently about what it means to be an authentic servant leader. The phrase “servant leadership” was originally coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in his 1970 The...

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  • Getting Right with God | FLAME1:37

    Getting Right with God | FLAME

    What does it mean to be right with God? Take a journey with Christian rapper FLAME as he grapples with finding the answer to this question. In his book Extra Nos: Discovering Grace outside Myself, FLA

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  • Top Five Misunderstood Sayings of Jesus

    Top Five Misunderstood Sayings of Jesus

    There are many of Jesus’ sayings and teachings from the New Testament that are frequently misunderstood. Whether the verses are taken out of context or the understanding behind them is...

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  • Loving with the Capacity of Christ

    Loving with the Capacity of Christ

    Do you ever pause and consider how vast God’s love is for us? How absolutely outrageous and wonderful and impossible it is in its scope?I venture it’s not always often that you do if...

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  • Christopher S. Esget | Understanding Lies about Human Nature1:54

    Christopher S. Esget | Understanding Lies about Human Nature

    We've been told lies about our human nature. Our culture has developed an understanding of the human mind that is disconnected with the human body. In short, the world is disordered - man's fall into

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  • Fruit of the Spirit: Love Comes First

    Fruit of the Spirit: Love Comes First

    At youth group, the teens in attendance were engaged in a very lively discussion, during which, my daughter said something slightly off the mark theologically. I immediately corrected and...

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  • Sadness and Joy in Lent

    Sadness and Joy in Lent

    I spend a fair amount of time in airports and on airplanes. On almost every trip, someone inevitably asks me what I do for a living. I generally want to answer, “It’s complicated.” There...

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  • A Closer Look at Using Walking Together at Your Church

    A Closer Look at Using Walking Together at Your Church

    Discipleship is not meant to be done alone. Walking Together: Simple Steps for Discipleship by author Pastor Ted Doering is a Bible study intended for a group setting and written to...

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  • Prayers for Forgiveness to Help You Turn a New Leaf

    Prayers for Forgiveness to Help You Turn a New Leaf

      There’s never a perfect time to turn over a new leaf in life, but as a Christian, it is always necessary to offer forgiveness. We are meant to show God’s love and Christ’s light to all....

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  • God's Design for Your Emotions | Lutheran Life Issue 123

    God's Design for Your Emotions | Lutheran Life Issue 123

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  • Best Biblical Devotions for Your Shelf

    Best Biblical Devotions for Your Shelf

    Devotionals are a pivotal part of any daily faith enrichment. Just as you try to have conversations with your friends daily, it’s important to keep a conversation going with God the Father...

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  • Mental Health and Technology as Christians: An Interview with Heidi Goehmann

    Mental Health and Technology as Christians: An Interview with Heidi Goehmann

    Mystery, tension, data, connection, and creativity. These were recurring threads throughout my discussion with licensed clinical social worker, author, and hope-driven mental health...

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