By Melissa Wuske Evangelism Tool Transcends Literacy Evangelists in Sierra Leone and other regions have a new tool: the Proclaimer. This battery operated audio player with speakers comes loaded with audio Bibles, music, sermons, and other Christian materials in the native language of a region. They allow the message to reach large groups, especially people […]
The Great High Priest—The Uniform Lesson for October 16, 2016
By Mark Scott The Bible is full of priests. There is a sense in which all of God’s people are priests (Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6). But there is another sense in which certain people were called especially to represent God to the people and to represent the people to God. Some of […]
The School of Hard Knocks—Life Application for October 16, 2016
By David Faust Do you remember your first grade classroom? I can still picture mine at Salem Elementary School. The letters of the alphabet stretched in bold type across the top of the old-fashioned blackboard, complete with dusty erasers and sticks of white chalk. To capture her pupils’ 6-year-old imaginations and expand our view of […]
The Presidential Election
By Jacqueline J. Holness In just under a month, our nation will elect its 45th president. While political campaigns are typically not in my scope of exploration in this column, the political campaign process has, unfortunately, become like a game of our favorite sports. And sports frenzy is unquestionably part of American culture. During a […]
Builder of the House—The Uniform Lesson for October 9, 2016
By Mark Scott Our grandkids enjoyed watching a television show called Bob the Builder. The refrain in the theme song went, “Can we fix it? Yes, we can!” Our lesson text today deals with two builders. Jesus the Builder Hebrews 3:1-6 The Hebrew Christians were tempted to compromise Jesus. Some of the people were mesmerized […]