By Dan Hamilton Perhaps you grew up in a home where justice was swift and powerful. No matter which parent handled discipline problems in my home as a child, we never had to wait very long for justice to be served. Somehow the authorities in our household could get to the cause of the conflict […]
By David Faust Jesus never said, “Blessed are the powerful.” However our culture persistently communicates the message, “Assert yourself. Be the boss. Climb the ladder. Make a name for yourself.” The account of King Uzziah in 2 Chronicles 26 cautions us about the perils of personal power. God made him successful. Precocious in his youth […]
By Melissa Wuske Turkish and Armenian Christians Seek Reconciliation A shocking scene at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan marked the hundredth anniversary of the massacre—Turkish and Armenian Christians were joining hands and praying for reconciliation. In 1915 the Ottoman Empire systematically killed an estimated 800,000 to 1.5 million Armenians. In the century since the […]
By Laura McKillip Wood Jody Hesler joined a search committee at her church in the early ’90s, helping the leadership find a Christian family to live in Ukraine and facilitate a partnership with a church there. Instead she began to hear God whispering that he wanted her to go. “I absolutely did not trust that […]
By Sam E. Stone This lesson begins the final month in this quarter’s study about God’s desire for justice, as outlined by various Old Testament prophets. God expects his people to know right from wrong and then to do what is right. Justice is as serious a requirement for Christians today as it was for […]
