One Single Story

General Theme for the Week: Insights: God's Chosen People

Today's Lesson: The Family: The Fabric of Connection

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Sheryl Daughety discuss the following questions:

Americans do not often emphasize family as an important factor to help individuals feel connected to national history. How might families also be important to help individuals feel connected to Christian history?

Do you think that the family is still the prime structure of our society?

What are some ways that the family unit is currently under attack?

The reading for the day is Numbers 7.

General Theme for the Week: Our Great Big God

Today's Lesson: Leaders Who Fear a Great God

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions:

We have come to expect corruption and compromise in our government leaders. How does this text challenge this?

What do we expect when we discover our leaders have been involved in corruption? What do we expect when we realize the leadership in our families has been corrupted?

Does this psalm create a standard for leadership that is too perfect to reach?

The reading for the day is Psalm 101.

General Theme for the Week: Our Great Big God

Today's Lesson: A Great God is Worthy of Great Service

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions:

Why is it a distortion to think about worship in terms of how it makes us feel?

What other actions of worship can be done outside of worship services? Do you normally think of these actions as "worship"?

Do you think there is a great contrast between our actions during our worship services and those outside of our worship services?

The reading for the day is Psalm 100.

General Theme for the Week: Our Great Big God

Today's Lesson: Our Great God is Holy!

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions:

Why do modern Christians often forget that God is holy?

What does it mean to you that a Holy God speaks to common men?

Does God ever talk to you?

The reading for the day is Psalm 99.

General Theme for the Week: Our Great Big God

Today's Lesson: God's Self-Portrait

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions:

When we speak of God being the God of Israel, we are not attempting to make a political statement but a theological statement. Why do some people confuse our point?

When we observe how God dealt with Israel, how are we encouraged? How are we warned? What effect should this have on our personal lives?

The reading for the day is Psalm 98.

General Theme for the Week: Our Great Big God

Today's Lesson: Rejoice, because God is Terrible?

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions:

We often talk about God around church, but seldom in terms like these terrible descriptions. Do you think we have a soft, flimsy view of God?

Are these descriptions of God viewed negatively by our society? If so, why?

Would you say that you and God have the same enemies?

Are the reasons the psalmist gives for rejoicing over God's fierceness still good reasons for us to rejoice over God's terror?

The reading for the day is Psalm 97.

General Theme for the Week: Jesus is Still Working Through the Church

Today's Lesson: Unusual Evidence that Jesus' Ministry Continues

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

The subject of God judging someone by death terrifies many people. Why is this action of God so controversial?

Why does this active judgment NOT contradict the idea that God is a God of love, mercy, and compassion?

The reading for the day is Acts 5.

General Theme for the Week: Jesus is Still Working Through the Church

Today's Lesson: Another Tripping Stone

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

Not everyone will receive the ministry of the church, just as not everyone received the ministry of Jesus. Why should the church continue the work of Christ if it is going to be rejected?

If rejecting Jesus is not rational, where does rejection come from?

The reading for the day is Acts 4.

General Theme for the Week: Jesus is Still Working Through the Church

Today's Lesson: Show Them Jesus

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

How does it change our perspective of our work in the church when we consider that every ministry action we perform should ultimately lead people to hear the gospel and have the opportunity to repent?

Do you think it is easy to lose that ultimate goal in the minutia of our church work?

The reading for the day is Acts 3.

General Theme for the Week: Jesus is Still Working Through the Church

Today's Lesson: Everybody in the Church Ministers

On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:

Our modern culture makes much of equality. However, the Christian religion is frequently accused of creating inequality. Why is the inclusiveness of the church so unclear to those who are outside the church?

What are some unique ways that men can contribute to the work of Jesus? What are some unique ways that women can contribute to the work of Jesus?

What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of age in the work of the church?

How can people from various social classes uniquely contribute to the ministry of Jesus in our modern society?

The reading for the day is Acts 2.