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 […]
The good shepherd–The uniform Lesson for May 13
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 […]
The Lesson and Life — May 13, 2012
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, […]
The bread of life–The Uniform Lesson for May 6
By Sam E. Stone An entire year elapsed between the healing of the lame man (John 5) and the feeding of the 5,000 (John 6). This would be two years after the first cleansing of the temple and one year before the crucifixion. John explains that his Gospel contains only a limited number of […]
The Lesson and Life — April 29, 2012
By Ben Cachiaras Do you remember Edmund from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe? He came under the spell of the terrible White Witch in Narnia, believing she could make him a real king and extremely happy, which of course she could not. She only wanted to lure him and his […]