By Nancy Hoag My husband is both a gentleman and a gentle man who puts the needs of others before his own. But his calming kindness with me and with our children—as well as with our friends and neighbors—does not mean Scotty suffers from a weakness. Nor does it suggest he’s at a disadvantage when […]
By Laura McKillip Wood Gentleness isn’t a concept many of the children Orphan Helpers works with have experienced. Raised in difficult family environments, surrounded by drug abuse, poverty, and violence, many of the children and teenagers in El Salvador and Honduras that Orphan Helpers reaches are incarcerated in juvenile detention centers or have been placed […]
By Mark Scott One of my college professors titled a chapel sermon, “Love.” We thought the text would be 1 Corinthians 13, or John 3, or even Hosea 11. Instead it was our text for today. Simply put, discipline is love, and Jesus modeled it. Our text today shows that Jesus is the model of […]
By Javan Rowe We have all heard that cliché about making faith our own. The truth is that our faith is never really our own because of the interactions we undoubtedly experience. Upon retrospection, I find that my faith did not arise within me because of some inherent greatness. God is, of course, the author […]
By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson Text: Hebrews 7:1-3, 18-28 1. Have you ever given much thought to the miracle of Jesus’ ascension? Why, or why not? What does Jesus’ ascension mean to you? 2. How does it encourage you to know […]
