Adults
November 25, 2019
Concordia Publishing House
Adults
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Humans navigate various stages of life development. This simple, downloadable guide is designed to help you identify with young adults and learn about the life stage with benchmarks and activities.
Older Adults
Humans navigate various stages of life development. This simple, downloadable guide is designed to help you empathize with older adults and learn about the life stage with benchmarks and activities.
The Four Different Loves in Your Life
In the New Testament, Christians are often told to love our brothers and sisters in Christ. The Greek language uses different words to describe love: storge, philia, eros, and agape, to...
Smaller and Smaller Churches: Evaluating Our Retention
My hometown church is small. It always has been. I started attending my junior year of high school, and at that time, it was already a pretty small congregation. But it’s smaller now,...
Small Signs of Christ’s Comfort
Recently, I’ve been calling my friends from home, talking to them a lot about loneliness. This holiday season was my first without having my parents or close friends nearby. Although...
Growing Trust in Jesus
About a month ago, my husband and I were talking after our post-dinner devotions. I was telling him how I felt like I was lacking in my faith walk—like I was going through the motions,...
5 Ways God Works Through Your Local Congregation
The congregation—the place where God is present through Word and Sacrament ministry—is where Christ comes to His people. But worship is not the only way in which God...
How to Form New Devotional Habits
Can you believe that another year has come and gone?! In the blink of an eye, 2019 will be gone and 2020 will be here. For many, the start of the new year is a great time to think about...
In Times of Doubt, Keep Your Faith
The year is coming to an end. At the beginning of 2019, many of us set resolutions or goals for ourselves. You may have chosen to try and lose those extra pounds or to put more money...
Books of the Bible Study Questions: Malachi
We continue our journey through the Bible with another minor prophet—Malachi. The Book of Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament, but it still occurs about 430 years before the...
Walking through Loss during the Holidays
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” “Happy Thanksgiving,” “Merry Christmas,” and “Happy New Year” are all phrases we hear both from loved ones and strangers that encourage us to...
You’ve Got a New Bible. Now What?
The past few months, I’ve been talking about new Bibles. From trying out a devotional Bible to gifting a Bible to someone, we’ve considered why finding the right Bible can enhance your...
Books of the Bible Study Questions: Habakkuk
Habakkuk is one of the minor prophet books of the Bible we traditionally gloss over—it’s only three chapters long, and its prophecies are mostly God responding to Habakkuk’s questions...
Fancy Prayers and Simple Words
Bring Him your simple words and join in the lovely scripted prayers of the Church, knowing He loves our words, no matter how we offer them. The number one comment I hear from people about pr
Considerations When Gifting a Bible
In three days, she would return to Germany. I was 16 and had become friends with a German foreign exchange student the year prior. She was back in the states for a month-long visit, and...
Working with Difficult Emotions in Caregiving
This post is adapted from Kim Marxhausen’s newest book, Weary Joy.
Why a Devotional Bible Can Help Start a Bible-Reading Habit
I consistently remember to do my devotions but rarely think about going further into God's Word. It’s definitely a problem. I love that devotions center me on Christ, guide me through...
Hymn Devotions: The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want
This post is an excerpt adapted from Praise & Honor by Timothy J. Shoup
Why Christians Need Heroes
This post is an excerpt adapted from A Martyr’s Faith in a Faithless World by Bryan Wolfmueller.
Books of the Bible Study Questions: Ezekiel