Adults
Serve adults at your church with ideas and tips from these articles. Find insights into the unique qualities of adults and their faith.
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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
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
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
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?
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 | 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
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
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 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
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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2023 CPH Spring Catalog
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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
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
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
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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
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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Jesus Said What!?! | Chris Kennedy breaks down the most challenging words of Jesus
Sometimes we read through the Gospels and encounter words of Jesus that seem blunt or even harsh. In our culture of sound bites, it’s easy for Jesus’ words to be taken out of context and misunderstood
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Finding Peace, Hope, and Joy during a Bittersweet Christmas
For many people, Christmas is an exciting time of reuniting with family, spending quality time together, and eating too many cookies. But for others, it’s a painful reminder of broken...
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The Cycle of the Christian Life—Oratio, Meditatio, Tentatio
The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119. The Psalm is divided into twenty-two sections, one for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Each section speaks about God’s Word in a vast...
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