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Aging from the Perspective of the Cross
Adult Sunday School lesson or study guide on aging: "The cross Jesus Christ bids us to take up includes the ordinary, everyday sufferings of human life—including those associated with aging—when they are borne as Jesus bore...
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Study Guide
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
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Author:
Robert B. Kruschwitz
Aging from the Perspective of the Cross
Because of our Biblical understanding of Jesus and the cross, we can take up our own "ordinary" sufferings, including those of aging.
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Article
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
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Author:
Stephen Sapp
Aging Together in Grace
Churches can offer a countercultural message about the gifts of older adults and walking with them through the challenges of aging.
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Article
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Source:
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
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Author:
Joan Huyser-Honig
Honoring the Aging in a Congregation
Zachariah Ellis' article offers worship planning resources for inviting the participation of the elderly in the congregation in light of research showing an increasing aging population . Suggested verses include Psalm 71,and Exodus 20:12.
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Practical How-To
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Source:
Fuller Plpit
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Author:
Zachariah Ellis
Worship Service (Aging)
A worship service considering aging, based on the six stanzas of Isaac Watts' hymn "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (ST ANNE).
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Song/Hymn
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
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Author:
David M. Bridges
On Aging and Sanctification
A post that celebrates a very counter-cultural idea: aging is beautiful and sanctifying.
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Article
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Source:
The Twelve
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Author:
James Schaap
Quotations on Aging
Quotations about aging, useful for sermon illustrations, reflections, etc.
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Sermon Illustration
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
Aging with Hope and Wonder
Many of those chosen for special calls in the Bible were older people. The culture's worship of youth is antithetical to listening for God's special call and blessings in later years.
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Article
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
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Author:
Terry Thomas Primer
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Aging as seen through the eyes of a son.
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Book Quote
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Source:
Center for Excellence in Preaching
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Author:
Tom Wolfe
What's Retirement For?
Adult Sunday school lesson or study guide on aging: we can use our later years as a time to deepen relationship with God, use ministry in new ways, discover new gifts.
Resource type:
Study Guide
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
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Author:
Robert B. Kruschwitz
How Aging Became a "Disease"—and a Huge Business
An illustration by Matt Woodley describing the story of how aging became a "disease," appropriate for Proverbs 16:31, Psalm 71:9, and 1 John 2:15-17.
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Sermon Illustration
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Source:
Preaching Today
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Author:
Mathew Woodley
Full Text Hymns on Aging
It is stage by stage to the golden agePD
O God, Our Help in Ages PastPD
Welcome, Happy Morning!PD
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Two Aging Actresses Discuss Death
David Hochman cites the views of death expressed by two actresses, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda, which can introduce discussion of the Christian hope of eternal life through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
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Sermon Illustration
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Source:
Preaching Today
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Author:
David Hochman
Google Seeks to Solve Death
Illustration regarding the announcement in the September 13, 2013 issue of Time magazine that Google and its CEO are funding a company that will try to extend human lifespan and solve the diseases of aging.
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Sermon Illustration
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Source:
Preaching Today
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Author:
Antonio Regalado
Old and Full of Years
Adult Sunday School lesson or study guide about aging: We are to find our call during our advanced years, and to honor those whose wisdom can guide our congregations because of their experiences.
Resource type:
Study Guide
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Source:
The Christian Reflection Project
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Author:
Robert B. Kruschwitz
New future for an aging congregation
A dwindling congregation in Dallas shares its space with four international congregations and a health clinic as a way of ensuring that its legacy lives on after its members are gone.
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Article
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Source:
Faith and Leadership
Accentuate the Positive
This is the first of an alphabetical look at strategies for successful aging. One of the ways to age well is focus on the things we can still do, rather than on negatives in our lives.
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Article
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Source:
Ministry Matters
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Author:
Barbara Bruce
The Blessing of Growing Old
Alexander Solzhenitsyn reflects on blessing of aging and says, "... Growing old serenely is not a downhill path but an ascent." An illustration fitting for Philippians 2:14-18.
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Sermon Illustration
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Source:
Preaching Today
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Author:
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Aging People
Zechariah, Elizabeth, Simeon, and Anna: In a sudden swirl of events, God gathers these aging people into the drama of salvation.
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Article
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Source:
The Christian Century
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Author:
Thomas G. Long
Surrender
Growing old is a gradual surrender. Evelyn Vander Veen ponders these words as she shares how God is at work in her life through the experience of aging.
Resource type:
Devotional
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Source:
The Banner
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Author:
Evelyn Vander Veen