By Sam E. Stone Today’s text is especially appropriate as the world celebrates the birth of Christ. The Christmas story does not begin in Bethlehem. Before the world was created, God existed. The prologue of John’s Gospel affirms this. That life was the light of all mankind. Paul’s message to the church in Ephesus […]
By David Faust Job has asked God lots of questions. Now it’s time for God to ask the questions. After Job and his friends speculate at length about the meaning of life and suffering, the Lord speaks to Job. It’s the longest single speech attributed to God in all the Bible. God speaks “out […]
By Christy Barritt Wisconsin Schools Push Back Against Legal Ruling A Wisconsin school district plans to file an appeal with the United States Supreme Court concerning graduation. Some parents in the Elmbrook School District filed a suit, taking issue with the district’s usage of a church for high school graduation ceremonies. They said it […]
By Sam E. Stone When we become discouraged in today’s hostile religious environment, it helps to remember what it was like for the first-century Christians back when the church began. In pagan Ephesus, few people knew anything about Jesus Christ, even less about who or what a “Christian” was. There of all places, it […]
By David Faust Do you know how it feels to be down and out? Have you ever fallen into an emotional pit? Some of faith’s heroes lived in caves and holes in the ground (Hebrews 11:38). Jeremiah literally spent time in a pit, lowered into a muddy cistern (Jeremiah 38:6). Even worse, Daniel’s pit […]
