Author Archives: Marilyn

WHAT IS AN ANALOGY?

Why is it that great communicators often use analogies in order to explain a new concept or to clarify an idea?   Taking a familiar object and comparing it in specific ways to something that is unfamiliar can help the listener to engage in an active way.  There is the element of surprise and mystery as…Continue Reading

“COME, FOLLOW ME”

Exploring 5 Biblical analogies of what it means to live out your faith. To View or Print Study Guides Remember how much fun it was to play “Follow the Leader” when you were a young child?  You formed a line behind your teacher and then you got to do whatever she did with her arms…Continue Reading

THE PATH TO AUTHENTIC FAITH

Have you ever wished there was a clear “instruction manual” for living out your faith in Jesus? You are invited to join with us as we discover the concise and helpful guidelines which James wrote for the new believers and for us. As he says, “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters if you…Continue Reading

AFFECTIONATE ADMONITIONS

Discovering how to “live out your faith” from the book of JAMES To View or Print Study Guides What would you say is the difference between giving someone a suggestion, some advice and an admonition?  To suggest, the dictionary says, is to express an idea for consideration or action.   To advise means to counsel or…Continue Reading