By Peggy Park Finding your spiritual gifts can be compared to searching through a drawer full of gloves in a department store. My fingers are too short for most gloves, so it is a real achievement when I find a pair that fits my fingers as well as the width of my hand. We […]
Media Matters Attacks Christian Conservatives News website The Daily Caller reported in February that Media Matters, a politically progressive watchdog group that’s dedicated to “monitoring, analyzing and correcting conservative misinformation,” had accepted a $50,000 grant to “monitor and attack” religious news outlets like the Christian Broadcasting Network and Focus on the Family. The grant was […]
By Conover Swofford In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30) Jesus taught some important principles for making the most of our personal strengths. Since God is all knowing, it is no coincidence that the word talent, which referred to a sum of money in Jesus’ day, means something different to us. Today we […]
By Sam E. Stone In the Old Testament, God’s relation to the Hebrew people was often compared to that of a shepherd and his sheep (Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 34:31). It is not surprising to find that Jesus used the same illustration (Luke 15:3-6). Today’s lesson is taken again from John’s Gospel. The setting is […]
By Ben Cachiaras What are you drawing?” the teacher asked the little girl in Sunday school. “I’m drawing a picture of God,” she proudly replied. “But nobody knows what God looks like,” the teacher told her. The little girl answered, “They will when I’m through.” Jesus made seven “I AM” statements in John’s Gospel, […]
