By Vicki Edwards My daughter and her husband moved back home after she had earned her bachelor’s degree to mitigate the debt they would incur while in graduate school. She was aware there was a stigma to living with her folks. She joked that she would tell her friends she was moving home to […]
Paul ministers on Malta–The Uniform Lesson for November 18, 2012
By Sam E. Stone Once safely on land after the shipwreck, Paul and his companions learned they were on the island of Malta. Located about 60 miles south of Sicily, it is some 500 miles west of Crete where Paul’s trip to Rome had begun. Warm Welcome Acts 28:1, 2 When the sailors […]
Job’s questions and Jesus’ answers–Job 10-15
By David Faust Comedian Steven Wright asks some thought-provoking questions: • “If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?” • “Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?” • “What’s another word for thesaurus?” • “How young can you die of old age?” In the midst of his suffering Job […]
A veteran remembers
By Guest Columnist Harry R. Kerr Editor’s note: While preaching a revival earlier this year at the Lester Road Christian Church in Fairburn, Georgia, I met Harry R. (Bob) Kerr, a Sunday school teacher, nursing home chaplain, and a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In recognition of Veterans Day, I asked Bob […]
In the World — November 11, 2012
By Christy Barritt High School Football Coach Scrutinized for Team Meals A high school football coach in Walker County, Georgia came under attack by an atheist organization after several local churches provided pregame meals for the team. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the county’s school superintendent and requested that the […]