By Sam E. Stone This month’s lessons have followed the theme, “God Sends Jesus,” based on Luke’s Gospel. We have seen how God called various individuals to have part in these events. In today’s study Simeon and Anna touch the life of Jesus when he is just a baby. Their hopes were realized in […]
By David Faust Jesus said nothing about the Christmas holiday, but he did mention his birth. The Bible tells us where, when, and how Jesus was born. Where? In Bethlehem of Judea. When? At the intersection of BC and AD, “when the set time had fully come” (Galatians 4:4). How? Miraculously a virgin conceived […]
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr In 2011 I wrote a yearlong series on the purpose and function of the arts, something I’d done a little bit from time to time beforehand and want to keep doing from time to time still. Art appeals to the imagination and the imagination mimics the senses. When done […]
By Christy Barritt Wisconsin School Silences Christmas Several schools in the Wausau School District of Wisconsin cancelled their “holiday” concerts after the district issued guidelines that severely limited the number of sacred holiday songs they were allowed to perform. According to one choral director, who spoke with the Wausau Daily Herald, he said he […]
By Dan Lentz 1. Think about two things you hope to accomplish in the coming year and one thing you hope to avoid in the coming year. Share these with the group. Read Luke 2:21, 22, 25-38. 2. From these verses, what do you see as Simeon’s greatest hopes? 3. What […]
