By Joni Wood A long time ago I read a Dear Abby column titled, “Welcome to Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley. She wrote about the anticipation one experiences prior to the birth of a baby. She gave birth to a special needs child and compared her experience to traveling to Holland instead of Italy. […]
By David Faust It’s not unusual to read in the Scriptures that “some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him” (Mark 8:22). Nor is it surprising to see how Jesus dealt with the situation. “He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village” (v. 23), […]
By Christy Barritt Americans Want to Keep Charitable Deductions The majority of Americans strongly oppose a proposed cut in charitable contribution deductions on their income tax. That’s according to a new survey done by Dunham and Company. The poll found that 75 percent of Americans value the deduction as it currently stands. Sixty-one percent […]
By Dan Lentz 1. If you had the freedom and resources to take a class or develop a skill to do something you cannot do now, what would it be? Read 1 Peter 1:3-16. 2. How would you explain the inheritance described in these verses to someone who is unfamiliar with Jesus? […]
By Sam E. Stone Two letters from the apostle Peter have been preserved for us in the New Testament. Around AD 64 he wrote to Christians living in the region we know as modern Turkey. The churches of Asia Minor were going through great suffering and persecution at this time. Peter wrote to encourage […]
