Search results for: "failure" (56)

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Blog

Remembering the life, work, and ministry of Howard E. Butt, Jr., who died Saturday, September 11, 2016.

Success and Failure

Audio

Young Winston struggled in school.  He failed the entrance exam twice before entering Britain’s military academy....

Through Pain and Grace Toward Redemption: Part Two

Blog

When you discover that your unmarried teen-age daughter is pregnant, you feel anger, grief, sorrow, and shame among...

Working through Failure (Devotional)

Devotional

Face failure with a Biblical perspective and move forward when you've made mistakes.

Course Module in Preaching - Is Work Meaningful or Futile?

Seminary Curriculum

With the right focus, sermons on Ecclesiastes 2 can help Christians make sense of their working lives.

How Can Lawyers React to Failure?

Small Group Study

Sometimes things go wrong. This may be in relation to a particular client and their situation which we cannot control or...

Perseverance, Wisdom, and Spiritual Growth (James 1:1–3)

Bible Commentary

James begins by emphasizing the deep connection between daily life and spiritual growth. Specifically, God uses the...

The Judges’ Failure of Leadership (Judges 9-16)

Bible Commentary

Gideon’s failures are intensified in the judges who follow. Gideon’s son Abimelech unites the people around him, but...

David’s Successes and Failures as King (2 Samuel 1-24)

Bible Commentary

No Guarantees (Click to read) In 2011, Johnson & Johnson made a series of massive product recalls after...

Suffering with Christ in Order to Be Glorified with Christ (Romans 8:15–17)

Bible Commentary

Paul contrasts life in the Spirit with life under the Jewish law. Paul says believers have received a “spirit of...

There is No Way to Know What Comes Afterwards (Eccl 9:1-11:6)

Bible Commentary

Perhaps it would be possible to work out what is best to do in life if it were possible to know what comes afterwards....

There is No Way to Find Out What is Good to Do (Eccl 6:10-8:17)

Bible Commentary

A life of toil amounts to a chasing after wind, for the results of work are not permanent in the world as the Teacher...