By Michael C. Mack 1. If you could develop a “new and improved” version of something, what would it be? (Warning: People are unacceptable responses!) What are the limitations of the old version? What would you change? Read Jeremiah 31:31-37. 2. Identify each of the “I will” statements. In your own […]
Impact of ICOM
By Laura McKillip Wood Last November, my husband and I packed our kids into the back of our compact car and began our three-hour journey to ICOM. Looking back at their three faces in the seat behind me, I couldn’t help but think about how much fun they’d have in the next few days. […]
Answer to Prayer at ICOM
By Sam Gill—Guest Editorial I grew up in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, that has more than 10 million people. Among those are more than 100,000 Christian women who do not have any skills or education. Women of all ages work for Muslim people. They have no choice but to clean their toilets, houses, […]
Hope for the Future–The Uniform Lesson for September 14, 2014
By Sam E. Stone Jeremiah is often called “the weeping prophet” because of the sad news he had to bring to his people. But he also held out hope for them. Following 70 years in Babylonian captivity, a remnant would return to the promised land (Jeremiah 23:3). They would rebuild Jerusalem and be the […]
The Lesson and Life — for September 14, 2014
By Nathan Kline There I was, standing before hundreds of people, crying my eyes out because of what I beheld. At four o’clock in the afternoon on August 18, 2012, my eyes flowed like Niagara Falls because the woman of my dreams was walking down the aisle, getting ready to marry me. As I […]
