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May 31st, 2026: Living in a Christian Community | Matthew 28:18-20, Hebrews 10:22-25
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10: 37-39). Tis the season for family reunions and weekend cook-outs with friends. Who doesn’t love the togetherness of the summer season? What a joy to share our abundance and blessings
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
4 hours ago6 min read
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May 31st, 2026: Living in a Christian Community | Matthew 28:18-20, Hebrews 10:22-25
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10: 37-39). Tis the season for family reunions and weekend cook-outs with friends. Who doesn’t love the togetherness of the summer season? What a joy to share our abundance and blessings
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
4 hours ago6 min read
May 24th, 2026: The Christian Rhythms of Life | Mark 2:18-28
When I was young, I once believed that if I were more beautiful, then everything would work out right. But now I’ve become friends with many lovely-looking people who struggle as I do, and sometimes even worse. As a young mother, I believed that if I were smarter and more efficient, then my young family would be so much happier. But I know a host of smart and efficient women who still get the blues and deal with disobedient children and disorderly households. Perhaps many
Laura Neal
7 days ago6 min read
May 17h, 2026: Christian Manner of Justice | Deuteronomy 24:14-21, Ephesians 6:5-91 Timothy 6:17-19
Deuteronomy 24:14-21 The book of Deuteronomy sets forth the legal principles that the nation of Israel was built on. Many will claim that religious beliefs should be kept personal and that we should not impose biblical thinking on the culture or bring Christian morals and values into public discourse. From the beginning, God gave human beings stewardship to govern the world that He had created. Being a child of God is an all encompassing position, we are christians in the w
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
May 146 min read
May 10th, 2026: Work As Christian Duty | Genesis 2:5, Exodus 20:9, John 5:17, John 9:4 , Acts 20:33-35, II Thessalonians 3:6-12
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:27-28). This lesson requires that we begin by defining our terms. Often, in the church world the word, “work” is associated with an act of earning salvation. This is not the definition of work used in our lesso
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
May 77 min read
May 3rd, 2026: Christian Expectation of Grace | Jonah 3:1-5, 4:6-11
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to thi
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Apr 298 min read
April 26th, 2026: Distinct and Obedient | Deuteronomy 6:3-9, Matthew 19:3-9
Hear. Observe. And Do. God’s instructions through Moses were to be heard, not just listened to, but attended to. God’s commands were to be observed; seasons of time and family generations were to be measured by their keeping. In obedience they were to “walk out” the holy practices that pointed to the heart of God and His purpose for His people. Finally, they were to be done. His people were to do what God commanded in obedience and then to live lives founded on the pat
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Apr 267 min read
April 19th, 2026: Gift and Model | Mark 9:36-37, 42 Mark 10:13-16
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the e
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Apr 176 min read
April 12th, 2026: Belonging to God | Mark 12:17, Romans 13:1, 6-8, 1 Peter 2:13-17
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. (Proverbs 21:1). Today’s lesson was a hard lesson to write. To be honest, when I first read the scripture passages presented, I simply stared at each text. We live today in a world that is marked by division, rebellion, and loud, angry voices all around us. The twenty-four-seven news feeds and social media only strengthen our ideas and inflame our defiant human nature. H
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Apr 97 min read
April 5th, 2026: Resurrection Day | I Corinthians 15:12-20, 51-58
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison:
Laura Neal & Debbie Barcus
Apr 36 min read
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