By Victor Knowles “Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again—until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and which is the other,” observed William Booth (1829-1912). Booth was a […]
The Lesson and Life — for January 19, 2014
By Cindy Tuttle Not long ago I had a friend request on Facebook from someone I knew during high school. We started writing back and forth, catching up on the years that have been lost between us. I found that he is not the person I thought I knew back then. He was a […]
Great Faith for Ordinary People
By Kelly Carr, Interim Editor Faith can be intimidating. It sounds like an attribute only the super-spiritual can attain. Some people seem to have an abundance of faith; at times we don’t feel like we have enough. There’s even an entire chapter of the Bible dedicated to people who showed great faith. Read through […]
Where You Live — for January 19, 2014
By Dan Lentz 1. Was there a popular group or an “in” crowd when you were in school? What did it take to be in that group? Did other kids consider you popular? Read Luke 14:7-18a, 21-24 2. How would you define humbleness according to these verses? 3. It’s easy to […]
Committed Like Daniel
By Don Dilmore “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” (Daniel 6:20). If Christians today were as committed as the Old Testament prophet Daniel, the world would be vastly different. Daniel was most likely a teenager when he was taken […]
