By Sam E. Stone All that is known of the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk is found in his short book. Even this does not tell us his genealogy, nor when he prophesied. Most Bible students place him as a contemporary of Jeremiah (627-586 BC). The book begins with God raising up the Babylonians as […]
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr We’ve been doing a series on what’s good in mass media. In the last two articles I talked about smarter television. In this, the last piece of the series, let’s look at how film is also getting smarter. More Characters Film has increased in its complexity by giving […]
By Jeanette Hanscome When my attorney emerged from the courtroom, I expected her to tell me that my painful, unwanted divorce process was finally over. Instead she said, “The judge wants you and your husband to pursue bankruptcy.” She explained that bankruptcy would release me from dividing a mountain of debt that I couldn’t […]
By David Faust Do you ever struggle to find the right balance between engagement and disengagement? Books like Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend and Cloud’s Necessary Endings remind us that it’s OK to say, “I can’t do that” or, “Let’s stop and find a new approach.” There is a time […]
By Sam E. Stone In last Sunday’s lesson Jeremiah was being held in a courtyard prison by King Zedekiah (Jeremiah 32), and he is still there in today’s text. Jeremiah repeated with fuller explanation his prophecy of the one great king called “the Branch,” who would one day come and fulfill the promise of […]
