Friday – Reflect – Pioneer Players
We pray and reflect about this week’s topic. Meeting with a Group? Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Thursday – Act On It – Pioneer Players
We’ve been studying the story of Simon, a magician who becomes a Christian, then tries to pay for the power of the Holy Spirit, perhaps to bolster his magic act. Here’s what Peter, one of the apostles (early Christian leaders) said to him: …your heart is not right before God. [22] Repent, therefore, of this wickedness […]
Wednesday – Change It – Pioneer Players
Yesterday we learned about a man named Simon, who became a Christian and was baptized. He’d been a magician before that, and people called him the Great One. He amazed people all the time, but today he was amazed himself by Philip, who was preaching the good news about Jesus, and decided to join Philip’s […]
Tuesday – Study It – Pioneer Players
In today’s reading from the Bible, we find the Christian message continuing to change lives in every city it touches. Philip, one of the new leaders appointed to help share the apostles’ workload, has been preaching, healing people and there is great joy in the city. But there’s also one shady character: [9] But there was […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneer Players
Some big news just two weeks ago was that the new Roman Catholic Pope had excommunicated the Mafia. This is serious business in the Roman Catholic Church, meaning someone can’t receive communion, a central part of their way of life and worship. To many this seems like a no-brainer, of course a member of an […]
Group Study Guide – Pioneer Players
Are you meeting regularly with a discussion group? If you meet just once a week, you can find all of this week’s discussion questions in one place right here. Question: What examples have you seen of people using the church, or Christian message, for their own illicit gain? Reading: [9] But there was a man named Simon, […]