In the World–August 25, 2024

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REPURPOSED FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The Hanford site in Washington state produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium used in the Manhattan project in World War 2. It was decommissioned in 1960, and clean-up efforts began in the 1980s. And now the Department of Energy is including the site in its Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative. Late last month, plans were announced to build a gigawatt-scale solar farm on the site, converting a facility that once made radioactive plutonium for nuclear bombs to one that creates carbon-free, sustainable energy for local communities.

REGENERATED FROM UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

Our text this week is a passage from Paul’s letter to Titus. The apostle draws a stark contrast between the behaviors anyone demonstrates before and after they are introduced to the love and kindness of the Savior. When Jesus pours the Holy Spirit out on us in salvation, we are washed, renewed, and reborn and given the hope of eternal life.

1. What’s the biggest industrial clean-up project you know of?
2. In what ways were you washed and renewed when you came to Christ?
3. How should we think about unsaved people who behave in toxic or ungodly ways?

Additional Resources

Any videos or web materials are for your personal use. If you play any media files in class, be sure to have the necessary rights to do so.

• Contemporary Worship Weekly
• Echoes Worship Weekly
• Traditional Worship Weekly
• Audio (5 minutes): David Guzik’s “Remember What You Used to Be”
• Thomas L. Constable’s expository notes on Titus 3
• Whitney Wollard’s “Titus: A Counter-Cultural Gospel for Cretans”