One Single Story

General Theme for the Week: Insight from Eavesdropping on a Psalmist's Prayer Today's Lesson: Leaders Beware! On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: God measures leadership differently than the way we do. How does our evaluation of leaders differ from God's evaluation of leaders? Why is it important to evaluate a leader ba...

General Theme for the Week: Important Insights About Sin Today's Lesson: The Sin Problem: Everybody Has It On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions: Scripture teaches us that every person, including priests and ministers, has a sin issue. Why is it so hard to consider that God's leaders are also common men who must be cleansed fr...

General Theme for the Week: Important Insights About Sin Today's Lesson: What Sacrifices Teach us about God On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following: What do these instructions teach us about God? He is worthy of precision. The importance of an occasion is reflected in the pump and ceremony, and through how much attention to detail we give...

General Theme for the Week: Important Insights About Sin Today's Lesson: Church Rituals: Reflecting the Seriousness of Sin On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions: How might some church rituals portray God as distant and untouchable? How might some church rituals, portray God as approachable but lenient? Why is it important to h...

General Theme for the Week: Important Insights About Sin Today's Lesson: Can Sin Defile Places? On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions: What do you think the difference is between the motive behind a sin and the act of sin? Do we still have sins of which we were unaware, and sins of omission? Does the idea of an unintentional s...

General Theme for the Week: Important Insights About Sin Today's Lesson: Can Sin Defile Places? On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Jay Rivenbark discuss the following questions: Do you think that sin still defiles particular places? How might our personal sin affect the church? How might our personal sin affect government locations? How might our personal sin affect ou...

General Theme for the Week: The Christian Message is Relevant Today's Lesson: A Relevant Message for Hurting People On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions:  How does the Gospel reach and lift up "outsiders"? What are the different conditions of captivity that can be created by sin? (E.g. financial, relational, broken families, e...

General Theme for the Week: The Christian Message is Relevant Today's Lesson: God is Doing Something! On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions: Again, so often we read this text during the season of Christmas and miss the insights that can come from reflecting on the passage's deeper meanings. what do you think it was like to reco...

General Theme for the Week: The Christian Message is Relevant Today's Lesson: Four Goals to Live Like Jesus in Everyday Life On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions: If growing in wisdom implies continuing to be educated in the Scripture, does that mean that everybody has to go to Bible school? What does continuing to grow in wis...

General Theme for the Week: The Christian Message is Relevant Today's Lesson: Jesus is Lord, He is God, and He is King! On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following question: Sometimes we overlook the implications of the birth of Jesus because we usually think about this account during Christmas time. Talk about the incredible meaning of these...

General Theme for the Week: The Christian Message is Relevant Today's Lesson: The Church Affects Big Community Issues On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Alyssa Bream discuss the following questions: How does the letter of Philemon apply in our modern society concerning the issues of social, racial, and economic barriers? What is the responsibility of the church concern...

General Theme for the Week: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayers Today's Lesson: God Finally Answers On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Sharon Schwartz discuss the following questions: We plead for God to move, and when we read of how He moves we are sometimes surprised at how swift and deadly He moves. Why do we think God's judgments are harsh when the evidence is they a...

General Theme for the Week: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayers Today's Lesson: Three Good Reasons to Ask God to Move for You On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Sharon Schwartz discuss the following questions: Do you think God has characterized Himself as One who will move for His people? If so, why do you think God waits so long to move sometimes? How do you think the t...

General Theme for the Week: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayers Today's Lesson: God, Take Your Hands out of Your Pockets and Do Something! On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Sharon Schwartz discuss the following questions: Why do we often interpret God's inactivity, or delayed response to a given situation to be rejection? Talk about a time in your life when you felt God...

General Theme for the Week: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayers Today's Lesson: A Big Question On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Sharon Schwartz discuss the following questions: Sometimes we ask, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" And sometimes we ask, "Why do good things happen to bad people?" How do the ok answers to these questions change when we look at them...

General Theme for the Week: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayers Today's Lesson: "What about me?!" On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: Why do you think a self-focused perspective can put you in danger of slipping and falling in your faith? Have you ever had to deal with the lies that Asaph mentioned? (There is no benefit t...

General Theme for the Week:Challenges of Godly Leadership Today's Lesson: Seeking God's Approval On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: What do you think it looks like for God to assess a leader? Does this make leadership more desirable to you, or less? Do you read this scripture and get a sinking feeling in the pit of you...

General Theme for the Week:Challenges of Godly Leadership Today's Lesson: Timothy's First Leaders On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: How would it influence our parenting if we viewed it from the perspective of leadership? Are parents also leaders? What are some things that would be necessary to create the right environ...

General Theme for the Week:Challenges of Godly Leadership Today's Lesson: Leaders Live Like the Opposite On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: Holiness before God is a contrast to the world. How difficult does that make the Christian life? When Paul tells Timothy that he is a man of God and then encourages him to run/purs...

General Theme for the Week:Challenges of Godly Leadership Today's Lesson: Duties of Godly Leadership On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: How do we see Christian leadership compromising in the area of teaching the Word? Where do we see leadership improving in teaching the Word? What is the general impression that you get...

General Theme for the Week:Challenges of Godly Leadership Today's Lesson: Duties of Godly Leadership On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Wendy Korbusieski discuss the following questions: How do we see Christian leadership compromising in the area of teaching the Word? Where do we see leadership improving in teaching the Word? What is the general impression that you get...

General Theme for the Week: Lessons from the Tabernacle - How We Have Communion with God Through Christ Today's Lesson: Dressed for Ministry On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Chris Rexroad discuss the following questions: Do you think of yourself as a "minister"? How does your life and work for the Lord carry the burden of people? Do you see people as jewels, close to...

General Theme for the Week: Lessons from the Tabernacle - How We Have Communion with God Through Christ Today's Lesson: The Brass Altar and the Courtyard On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Chris Rexroad discuss the following questions: Do you think that the picture of sin has a beast with horns is appropriate? How has sin been like a wild beast in your life? How has Je...

General Theme for the Week: Lessons from the Tabernacle - How We Have Communion with God Through Christ Today's Lesson: The Curtains of the Tabernacle On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Chris Rexroad discuss the following questions: What does it mean to you to think about the veil of the Tabernacle being torn on the day of Jesus' crucifixion? There is an interesting co...

General Theme for the Week: Lessons from the Tabernacle - How We Have Communion with God Through Christ Today's Lesson: The Ark, the Table of the Bread, and the Lampstand On this edition of One Single Story, Pastors Stephen Mizell and Chris Rexroad discuss the following questions: Why do you think it is important that we recognize how the Tabernacle and each piece of furniture points towards Jesus...