By Christy Barritt Americans’ View on Same-Sex Marriage Shifts In 2006, sociologists at Rice University polled 1,300 adults randomly, asking them, “The only legal marriage should be between one man and one woman. Do you agree, neither agree nor disagree, or disagree?” Six years later, researchers conducted the same poll among a similar group […]
C. S. Lewis’s Enduring Legacy
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr This month marks the 50th anniversary of the death of C. S. Lewis who, just shy of his 65th birthday, passed away on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Numerous books have been released about Lewis this year, and half a dozen or more conferences have been held […]
The Angel Foretells Jesus’ Birth—The Uniform Lesson for December 1, 2013
By Sam E. Stone For the next two months our lessons are taken from Luke’s Gospel, presenting “Jesus and the Just Reign of God.” Luke is the longest of the four Gospels and, in fact, is the longest book in the New Testament. Angels are shown throughout to be special messengers from God. Early […]
Where You Live– for December 1, 2013
By Dan Lentz 1. What are you doing today that you did not expect to be doing five years ago? What are you not doing today that you expected to be doing by this time? Read Luke 1:26-40. 2. From reading these verses, do you think Mary and Elizabeth expected to be […]
The Lesson and Life — for December 1, 2013
By Tom Cash “Christmas can’t come soon enough!” Have you heard this from others? Or, like me, have you said it yourself? It is true: this year some retailers began displaying their Christmas wares as early as July. In the secular world, Christmas easily trumps every other holiday. Some businesses specialize in Christmas all […]
