Sunday Wisdom

Laurel Quinn, Kids Ministry Team Lead for BCBC, shares the results of American Bible Society's "State of the Bible" study - a current look at attitudes toward Scripture and Americans' engagement with it. She also offers a few helpful tips for parents and grandparents who hope to add more Bible engagement.  Access her slide deck here (for the visuals referenced throughout her talk). 

Why was it significant that Jesus entered the East Gate of Jerusalem?  And, as He did, what do we learn about courage, compassion, and God's plan?

Why did Jesus take His disciples into a pagan-dominated area, to discuss His true identity? What does it mean about building a Church on a rock - and that the gates of hell would not prevail against it? Dive in, and let's learn more from Jesus how to be like Him.

Why do some people love God passionately, and other people treat their relationship with Him like a formality? Learn the answer from Jesus himself in Luke 7:36-50.

How did Jesus reach out to the woman at the well?  And, out of curiosity, what happened during the rest of that woman's life, after meeting Jesus?

Learn about how Jesus influenced the circle around Capernaum - and how we can influence the circle around us!

What can we learn from Jesus' calling of the first disciples?  And how can we make disciples today?

Pastor Del connects the temptations Jesus endured to desires shared by every human soul - and shows how we, like Christ, can defeat temptation.

What can we learn from the baptism of Christ?

Learning from Jesus how to be like him - in the "workshop."  What does it mean for us that Jesus spent the first 29 years of his earthly life in relative obscurity?  What does this part of His life mean - for us?